Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Derge Town, Sichuan, China
About Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa
- The sixteenth Gyalwa Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje (August 14, 1924 – November 5, 1981) (Wylie Rang 'byung rig pa'i rdo rje) was spiritual leader of the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.
- He was born in Denkhok in the Dergé district of Kham (Eastern Tibet), near the Dri Chu or Yangtze River.
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