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Tinley Thaye Dorje, Karma-pa XVII, 1983-

LC control no.n 2009217221
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Personal name headingTinley Thaye Dorje, Karma-pa XVII, 1983-
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Variant(s)Karma-pa XVII, 1983-
Phrin-las-mthaʼ-yas-rdo-rje, Karma-pa XVII, 1983-
See alsoO-rgyan-ʼphrin-las-rdo-rje, Karma-pa XVII, 1985-
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LocatedKālimpong (India)
Birth date1983-05-06
Place of birthLhasa (China)
Field of activityBuddhist Sects
AffiliationBkaʼ-brgyud-pa (Sect)
Profession or occupationBuddhist priests
Special noteNot same as O-rgyan-ʼphrin-las-rdo-rje, Karma-pa XVII, 1985-
Found inFrom youth to mastery, c2009: container (17th Karmapa, Thinley Thaye Dorjee; b. in Lhasa in 1983 and has been living in India since 1994)
Wikipedia website, viewed 2010-02-17: (The recognition of the 17th Karmapa, the head of the Karma Kagyu sect of Tibetan Buddhism, has been the subject of controversy; since the death of the 16th Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje in 1981, two candidates have been put forward: Ogyen Trinley Dorje (also spelled Urgyen Trinley Dorje) and Trinley Thaye Dorje; both have already been enthroned as 17th Karmapa, and both independently have been performing ceremonial duties in the role of a Karmapa; Phrin-las-mtha'-yas-rdo-rje; b. May 6, 1983, Lhasa, Tibet is a claimant to the title of 17th Karmapa)
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   <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinley_Thaye_Dorje>
Wikipedia WWW site viewed November 1, 2017: (born May 6, 1983 at Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China; identified and recognized as the 17th Karmapa by Samar Rinpoche; In March 1994, Thaye Dorje and his family escaped from Tibet to Nepal and then to India; He lives in Kalimpong, India)
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