Karuna 2018. Kagyu Life International Volume 3 "A Brief History of the Karma Kagyu Lineage of Tibet" by Topga Yugyal Rinpoche Buddhism Today Volume 2 1996 "The Karmapas of Tibet" by Brooke Webb Buddhism Today Issue 15 2005 Volume 1 "The Golden kagyu Garland" By Bruce Tawer Riding the Tiger by Ole Nydahl Entering the Diamond Way by Ole Nydahl External links Biography of the 16th Karmapa on The Treasury of Lives (peer-reviewed) Biography of the 16th Karmapa at Kagyuoffice.org (Ogyen faction) Biography of the 16th Karmapa at Diamondway Buddhism (Thaye faction) 1924 births 1981 deaths People from Garze 16 20th-century lamas Kagyu Buddhists Karma Kagyu lamas