Category:Nyingma Lineage

[[The Karmapa consecrated his three main seats in Tibet by giving them the names of the three mandalas of enlightened form, enlightened speech and enlightened mind of Cakrasamvara [bde mchog]. He named mtshur phu dgon pa : [‘og min mkha’ spyod thugs kyi gden sa] which is the name of the enlightened mind mandala of Cakrasamvara, Karma dgon* was named [‘og min sa spyod gsung gi gden sa] which is the name of the speech mandala of Cakrasamvara and Kam po gnas nang was named [‘og min sa la sku yi gden sa] which is the name of the enlightened form mandala of Cakrasamvara]] (Excerpt from rnam thar of the 5 th Karmapa De bzhin gshegs pa (1384-1415)

• karma dgon* monastery was founded by the first Karmapa dus gsum mkhyen pa in 1184