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- proper noun One of four main schools of Tibetan
Buddhism .
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The great Fifth Dalai Lama, however, the main disciple of the First Panchen Lama, had stated that it was not necessary to add the word "Kagyu" to the name of this lineage and that it was sufficient to call it merely the "Gelug tradition of mahamudra."
The Gelug-Kagyu Tradition of Mahamudra ��� Session Three 1997
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The head of the Kagyu lineage in Tibet — and the man who some say is likely to play an important, if not the top, role in Tibetan governmental affairs once the Dalai Lama steps down — turned 24.
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Lama Thogme is often sought out to train many of the monks of the Nyingma and Kagyu lineages at monasteries throughout India and Nepal in the complex art of sand mandala making.
Spotlight: The Mandala Project at Los Angeles' Hammer Museum (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Lama Thogme is often sought out to train many of the monks of the Nyingma and Kagyu lineages at monasteries throughout India and Nepal in the complex art of sand mandala making.
Spotlight: The Mandala Project at Los Angeles' Hammer Museum (PHOTOS) Melinda Brocka 2010
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Lama Thogme is often sought out to train many of the monks of the Nyingma and Kagyu lineages at monasteries throughout India and Nepal in the complex art of sand mandala making.
Spotlight: The Mandala Project at Los Angeles' Hammer Museum (PHOTOS) Melinda Brocka 2010
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In this case, we present audio of Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, one of the foremost scholars and meditation masters of his generation in the Nyingma and Kagyu schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
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Also, check out a great article by Barry Boyce (in the Summer 2008 issue of Buddhadharma, pictured here) on the Seventeenth Karmapa, the head of the Kagyu lineage, who is being touted as the most likely successor to the Dalai Lama.
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The head of the Kagyu lineage in Tibet — and the man who some say is likely to play an important, if not the top, role in Tibetan governmental affairs once the Dalai Lama steps down — turned 24.
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Yes, says the Karmapa, who — at 24 – is famous as the leader of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism.
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Lama Thogme is often sought out to train many of the monks of the Nyingma and Kagyu lineages at monasteries throughout India and Nepal in the complex art of sand mandala making.
Spotlight: The Mandala Project at Los Angeles' Hammer Museum (PHOTOS) Melinda Brocka 2010
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