RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Trinley Thaye Dorje

1983 - Today

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Trinley Thaye Dorje (Tibetan: ཕྲིན་ལས་མཐའ་ཡས་རྡོ་རྗེ་, Wylie: Phrin-las Mtha'-yas Rdo-rje) (born 6 May 1983 in Lhasa) is a claimant to the title of 17th Karmapa. The Karmapa is head of the Karma Kagyu school, one of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Ogyen Trinley Dorje and Thaye Dorje are the persisting claimants to that office and title. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Trinley Thaye Dorje is the 3,085th most popular religious figure (down from 3,037th in 2024), the 1,099th most popular biography from China (down from 1,077th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Chinese Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Trinley Thaye Dorje ranks 3,085 out of 3,187. Before him are Alphonse Lacroix, Mari Emmanuel, Margot Käßmann, Patrick Joseph Hayes, Rufino Santos, and Begum Samru. After him are Edward Bouverie Pusey, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, Rawil Gaynetdin, Daniil of Bulgaria, Saad al Ghamdi, and Ogyen Trinley Dorje.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Trinley Thaye Dorje ranks 300. Before him are Guillermo García López, Marie Serneholt, Hrvoje Ćustić, Taiten Sato, Arthur Boka, and Steve von Bergen. After him are Steve Huffman, Nick Diaz, Timati, Carolina Klüft, Arouna Koné, and Alexander Dreymon.

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In China

Among people born in China, Trinley Thaye Dorje ranks 1,099 out of 1,610. Before him are Huang Zitao (1993), Wang Yaping (1980), Wang Yifu (1960), Xu Yuhua (1976), Sui Xinmei (1965), and Yan Zi (1984). After him are Ding Junhui (1987), Liu Guoliang (1976), Vincent Zhao (1972), Zhang Jin (1974), Jiang Jialiang (1964), and Gedhun Choekyi Nyima (1989).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In China

Among religious figures born in China, Trinley Thaye Dorje ranks 23. Before him are Witness Lee (1905), Thomas Tien Ken-sin (1890), Hsing Yun (1927), Paul Shan Kuo-hsi (1924), Paul Yü Pin (1901), and John Baptist Wu (1925). After him are Gedhun Choekyi Nyima (1989), Ogyen Trinley Dorje (1985), and Xuecheng (1966).

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