Trinley Thaye Dorje
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Trinley Thaye Dorje (Tibetan: ཕྲིན་ལས་མཐའ་ཡས་རྡོ་རྗེ་, Wylie: Phrin-las Mtha'-yas Rdo-rje) (born 6 May 1983 in Lhasa) is a claimant to the title of 17th Karmapa.
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Trinley Thaye Dorje | |
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Title | His Holiness 17th KarmapaCo-claimant along with Ogyen Trinley Dorje |
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Born | (1983-05-06) May 6, 1983 (age 41) |
Religion | Tibetan Buddhism |
Spouse | Rinchen Yangzom (m. 2017)[1] |
Children | Thugsey |
Denomination | Vajrayana |
School | Karma Kagyu |
Senior posting | |
Predecessor | Rangjung Rigpe Dorje |
Reincarnation | KarmapaCo-claimant along with Ogyen Trinley Dorje |
Website | www.karmapa.org |
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The Karmapa is head of the Karma Kagyu school, one of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Ogyen Trinley Dorje and Thaye Dorje are the persisting claimants to that office and title.