Karmapa
Britishnoun
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Emmanuel Dunand AFP-Getty Images The Karmapa, a Buddhist holy man in exile from Tibetan China, could become the next Dalai Lama.
From Newsweek ● Apr. 29, 2010
But this bespectacled man is also thought to be the latest reincarnation of the 900-year-old Karmapa, the spiritual leader of one of Tibetan Buddhism's four schools.
From Newsweek ● Apr. 29, 2010
The Karmapa already has a lot of responsibilities, so others have to consider that.
From Newsweek ● Apr. 29, 2010
Yet he appeared to have left one task undone: the penning of the traditional poem that would help his followers find his reincarnated self -- and thus the next Karmapa.
From Time Magazine Archive
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In September 1992 Ugen Thinley was officially enthroned as the 17th Karmapa in Tibet's Tsurphu Monastery.
From Time Magazine Archive
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