Editing Tulku (section)

===Lineage of the Karmapas===
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[[Image:Karmapa2.jpg|upright|thumb|left|The second Karmapa was the first tulku.]]
[[Düsum Khyenpa, 1st Karmapa Lama]] ({{bo|w=Dus gsum Mkhyen pa}}, 1110–1193), was a disciple of the Tibetan master [[Gampopa]]. A talented child who studied Buddhism with his father from an early age and who sought out great teachers in his twenties and thirties, he is said to have attained [[bodhi|enlightenment]] at the age of fifty while practicing [[dream yoga]]. He was henceforth regarded by the contemporary highly respected masters Shakya Śri and Lama Shang as the Karmapa, a manifestation of [[Avalokiteśvara]], whose coming was predicted in the ''[[Samadhiraja Sutra]]''{{sfn|Thrangu Rinpoche|1993}} and the ''[[Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra]]''.<ref>[http://www.buddhistinformation.com/lankavatara_sutra.htm The Lankavatara Sutra] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060113184106/http://www.buddhistinformation.com/lankavatara_sutra.htm |date=2006-01-13 }}</ref>

The Karmapa is a long line of consciously reborn lamas. A Karmapa's identity is confirmed through a combination realized [[lama|lineage teachers]] supernatural insight, prediction letters left by the previous Karmapa, and the young child's own self-proclamation and ability to identify objects and people known to its previous incarnation.{{sfn|Karma Thinley Rinpoche|1980 |pp=44,81,89,95,109,110,113,115,119,121,125,129}}{{sfn|Levin|2013|p=xx}}

After the [[first Karmapa]] died in 1193, a lama had recurrent visions of a particular child as his [[Rebirth (Buddhism)|rebirth]]. This child (born {{Circa|1205}}) was recognized as the [[Karma Pakshi, 2nd Karmapa Lama]] (1204–1283), thus beginning the Tibetan tulku tradition. Karma Pakshi was the first recognized tulku in [[Tibetan Buddhism]] that predicted the circumstances of his rebirth.{{sfn|Melnick|2007}}{{sfn|Wong|2010|p=2}}

The 8th, 10th, and 12th incarnations, as well as the [[Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa#Controversy and Recognition as Karmapa|16th Karmapa]], each faced conflicts during their recognition,{{sfn|Thrangu Rinpoche|n.d.}} which were ultimately resolved. There was a [[Karmapa controversy|controversy]] over the enthronement of two 17th Karmapas.