Editing Shamarpa (section)

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[[File:Shamarpa teaching, from his website.jpg|thumb|260px|The 14th Shamarpa teaching]]
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The '''Shamarpa''' ({{bo-tw|t=ཞྭ་དམར་པ་|w=zhwa dmar pa}}; literally, "Person (i.e. Holder) of the Red Crown"),<ref name=bodhipath>{{cite web|last=Karmapa International Buddhist Institute's translation team. |title=A Brief History of the Karmapa-Shamarpa Lineages |url=http://www.bodhipath-west.org/lineage2.htm |access-date=2008-05-23 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509133749/http://www.bodhipath-west.org/lineage2.htm |archive-date=May 9, 2008 }}</ref> also known as ''Shamar Rinpoche'', or more formally '''Künzig Shamar Rinpoche''', is the second-oldest lineage of [[tulkus]] (reincarnated lamas). He is one of the highest lineage holders of the [[Karma Kagyu]] school of [[Tibetan Buddhism]] and is regarded as the mind manifestation of [[Amitābha]]. He is traditionally associated with [[Yangpachen Monastery]] near [[Lhasa]].

The first Shamarpa, Drakpa Senggé ({{bo|w=grags pa seng+ge}}, 1283–1349),<ref>{{cite web|title=grags pa seng+ge|url=http://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P70|website=Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center|publisher=Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center|access-date=29 May 2015}}</ref> received the title "Shamarpa", and a red crown, an exact replica of Karmapa’s black crown from [[Rangjung Dorje, 3rd Karmapa]], establishing the second line of reincarnate lamas in Tibetan Buddhism.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lionsroar.com/shamar-rinpoche-dies-suddenly-at-age-62/|title=Shamar Rinpoche dies suddenly at age 62 - Lion's Roar}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://tibetexpress.net/426/shamar-rinpoche-passes-away-in-germany/|title= Shamar Rinpoche passes away in Germany |last= Gaphel|first= Tenzin|date= June 12, 2014 |website= The Tibet Express|publisher= |access-date= |quote= }}</ref> The [[Karmapa]] was the first.

The Shamarpa is often referred to as the "Red Hat Karmapa", especially in early Kagyu texts.<ref>Yeshe Dronma: The Kunzig Shamarpas of Tibet 1992, P. 19.</ref><ref>Shabkar Tsogdruk Rangdrol. "The Life of Shabkar: Autobiography of a Tibetan Yogin". Translated by Matthew Ricard. Shambala Publication, 2001, p. 91, footnote 18</ref>

The [[5th Dalai Lama]] saw the Shamarpa as equal to the Karmapa: {{blockquote|Since Je Chen-nga Thamchad Khyenpa Chokyi Dragpa (the Fourth Shamarpa) ascended the throne of the [[Phagmodrupa Dynasty|Phagdrupa dynasty]], there was no longer any difference between the Red Hat and the Black Hat Karmapas. This was the reason why I afforded them both equal status.<ref>Autobiography of the Fifth Dalai Lama. 3 vols. Lhasa: bod ljongs mi dmangs dpe skrun khang, 1989, Vol. 2. P.359, cit. ''in'': {{cite book|author1=Shamarpa|author-link1=Shamarpa|title=A golden swan in turbulent waters : the life and times of the Tenth Karmapa Choying Dorje|date=2012|publisher=Bird of Paradise Press|location=Lexington|isbn=978-0988176201}}</ref>}}