Changchub Dorje (1703–1732), also Chanchub Dorje, was the twelfth

Gyalwa Karmapa The Karmapa (honorific title ''His Holiness the Gyalwa'' ��ྒྱལ་བ་, Victorious One''Karmapa'', more formally as ''Gyalwang'' ��ྒྱལ་དབང་ཀརྨ་པ་, King of Victorious Ones''Karmapa'', and informally as the '' ...

, head of the

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School of Tibetan Buddhism.THE TWELFTH GYALWA KARMAPA, Changchub Dorje
/ref> Changchub Dorje was born in Chile Chakhor in the kingdom of Derge in

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. According to the legend, he said at the age of two months: "I am Karmapa." He was discovered by a search party and was recognized as Karmapa by Palchen Chökyi Döndrup, the eighth Shamarpa. Tibet had become politically unstable during the reign of the 7th Dalai Lama, because the Dzungars and

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tried to gain control of the government. Changchub Dorje and the eighth Shamarpa decided to make a Buddhist pilgrimage to Nepal, India and

. After they returned, they were once again invited by the emperor of China, however both the Karmapa and the Shamarpa got sick during the journey and died of smallpox.

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The Twelfth Karmapa
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dorje, Changchub 1703 births 1732 deaths Deaths from smallpox 12 Infectious disease deaths in China 18th-century Tibetan people Qing dynasty Tibetan Buddhists

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