The Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje: Master of Mahamudra Vajrasattva foreign influences

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Commentary By Tulku Drimed Odzer

under the guidance of the Venerable Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche

His four arms represent the four boundless wishes: loving-kindness

Pure Appearance focuses on the generation and completion stages of tantra that work with the pure form aspect of enlightenment

The Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje: Master of Mahamudra Vajrasattva foreign influencesKnown for his mastery of teachings across sectarian lines, his treatises on medicine and astrology, and his work as spiritual advisor to the last Yuan emperor of China, Rangjung Dorje (12841339) is considered one of the most important and influential figures in Tibetan Buddhist history. First recognized as a tulku, or reincarnated Buddhist master, at the age of five, Rangjung Dorje became a major Kagyu lineage holder and instituted the Tibetan system