Incarnation Lineage: Gyalwa Karmapa Religious Context

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Bibliography:

Karmapa the Black Hat Lama of Tibet. Nik Douglas & Meryl White. Luzac, London, 1976.

The History of the Sixteen Karmapas. Karma Thinley Rinpoche. Prajna Press, 1980.

Riding a Huge Wave of Karma: The Turbulent Life of the Tenth Karma-pa. Irmgard Mengele. Vajra Publications, 2012.

The Black Hat Eccentric: Artistic Visions of the Tenth Karmapa. Karl Debreczeny. Rubin Museum of Art, 2012.

The Tenth Karmapa & Tibet's Turbulent Seventeenth Century. Karl Debreczeny & Gray Tuttle. Serindia Publications, 2016.