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| | The First Fifteen Gyalwa Karmapas, Part 1 |
 | | He later established an important seat at Karma Gön, in eastern Tibet, and, at the age of 74, another seat at Tsurphu, in the Tolung valley, which feeds into the Brahmaputra, in central Tibet. |
 | | It is interesting to note, in the light of the Sixteenth Karmapa's prediction letter, that the abbot of the Buddhist monastery at Bodh Gaya, in India, the place of the Budha's enlightenment, sent a conch shell to Dusum Chenpa at Tsurphu, as a token of the latter's significance for buddhadharma. |
 | | Michö Dorjé was also a visionary artist, to whom we owe the Karma Gadri style of thangka painting— a very spacious, transparent and meditative style. |
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