Düsum Khyenpa (1st Karmapa)
1110 CE–1193 CE · Daklha Gampo
1110–1193 CE
Düsum Khyenpa (1110–1193 CE) was a chief disciple of Gampopa and the founder of the Karma Kagyu lineage; he is recognized in the tradition as the first Karmapa, the figure who began what became Tibetan Buddhism's earliest formally recognized line of reincarnate teachers (tulkus). Born in Kham in eastern Tibet, he trained under leading masters of his day and received the Kagyu Mahāmudrā transmission, and in 1189 founded Tsurphu monastery, long the seat of the Karmapas. His dates and institutional role are securely attested; some episodes of his life rest on later tradition.
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Daklha Gampo
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DOCUMENTED: studied under Gampopa, the chief disciple of Milarepa, becoming a holder of the Kagyu Mahāmudrā transmission.
About Daklha Gampo
Daklha Gampo is a monastery in the Dakpo region of south-central Tibet, founded in 1121 by Gampopa, the principal disciple of Milarepa. It was the seat from which the Dakpo Kagyu lineage spread; the future First Karmapa, Düsum Khyenpa, came there to study under Gampopa.
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- Kilij Arslan II· 1113 CE–1192 CE
- Manuel I Komnenos· 1118 CE–1180 CE
- Emperor Gaozong of Song· 1107 CE–1187 CE
- Frederick I Barbarossa· 1122 CE–1190 CE
- Nur ad-Din· 1118 CE–1174 CE
- Andrey Bogolyubsky· 1111 CE–1174 CE
- al-Adid· 1151 CE–1171 CE
- Saladin· 1137 CE–1193 CE
- Jayavarman VII· 1122 CE–1218 CE
- Ghiyath ad-Din Muhammad· 1140 CE–1203 CE
- Minamoto no Yoritomo· 1147 CE–1199 CE
- Muhammad of Ghor· 1144 CE–1206 CE
- Qutb ud-Din Aibak· –1210 CE
- Lord Four Wind 'Fire Serpent'· 1092 CE–
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