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Original fileSangye Nyenpa Rinpoche
Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche or (Sangye) Nyenpa Drupchen (the Great Adept Sangye Nyenpa) (d. 1519), primary teacher of the eighth Karmapa, from the image of the 8th Karmapa with disciples (cropped)
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The figure is shown from the waist up, seated with hands resting in his lap in a dhyana mudra. He wears traditional monastic robes: a light-colored lower garment, a red patterned shawl draped over one shoulder, and a dark outer cloak. A large, simple circular halo surrounds his head, and he is positioned against a background of soft, voluminous clouds, typical of Tibetan thangka painting.
Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche (1457–1519) was a prominent Kagyu master and the primary teacher of the 8th Karmapa, Mikyö Dorje, playing a vital role in the transmission of the Karma Kagyu lineage in Tibet.
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