Trinley Thaye Dorje

Trinley Thaye Dorje
Trinley Thaye Dorje in 2005
TitleHis Holiness
17th KarmapaCo-claimant along with Ogyen Trinley Dorje
Personal
Born (1983-05-06) May 6, 1983 (age 41)
Lhasa, Tibet, China
ReligionTibetan Buddhism
SpouseRinchen Yangzom (m. 2017)[1]
ChildrenThugsey
DenominationVajrayana
SchoolKarma Kagyu
Senior posting
PredecessorRangjung Rigpe Dorje
ReincarnationKarmapaCo-claimant along with Ogyen Trinley Dorje
Websitewww.karmapa.org

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.

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.

  1. ^ "Karmapa has something special and personal to share with you... - The 17th Karmapa: Official website of Thaye Dorje, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa". The 17th Karmapa: Official website of Thaye Dorje, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa. Karmapa. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.