Ogyen Trinley Dorje

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Ogyen Trinley Dorje
Title	His Holiness 17th Karmapa Co-claimant along with Thaye Dorje
Personal
Born	Apo Gaga (Happy Brother) (1985-06-26) 26 June 1985 (age 39) Chamdo County, Tibet, China
Religion	Tibetan Buddhism
Denomination	Vajrayana
School	Karma Kagyu a.k.a. Kamsang Kagyu
Lineage	Karma Kagyu
Senior posting
Predecessor	Rangjung Rigpe Dorje
Reincarnation	KarmapaCo-claimant along with Trinley Thaye Dorje
Website	KagyuOffice.org

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Ogyen Trinley Dorje (Tibetan: ཨོ་རྒྱན་འཕྲིན་ལས་རྡོ་རྗེ།, Wylie: O-rgyan 'Phrin-las Rdo-rje, Chinese: 鄔金欽列多傑; born 26 June 1985), also written as Urgyen Trinley Dorje (Wylie: U-rgyan 'Phrin-las Rdo-rje) is a claimant to the title of 17th Karmapa.

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.