About Lekshe Mawai Nyima

The 7th Kenting Tai Situpa, Lekshe Mawai Nyima (1683 -1698), was born as the son of the royal family of Ling. He studied previously in a Sakya University. Kenting Tai Situpa was immediately recognized as the reincarnation of the Kenting Tai Situpa and was nurtured spiritually by the 11th Karmapa Yeshe Dorje. Unfortunately, he passed away at young age before having received the full transmission and essence of the Kagyu teachings.

Spreading the sunlight of the teachings of the two knowledges, Lord Chökyi Jungne, I supplicate you.

The lineage & incarnations of Kenting Tai Situpa

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2022

Biography, Rinpoche, Vajrayāna

The lineage of the Kenting Tai situpas can be traced to one of the main disciples of the Goutama Buddha, the Bodhisattva Maitreya. Since that time there have been a successive chain of incarnations, whose achievements are recorded in Sanskrit, Chinese and Tibetan annals, a direct lineage that continues to the present day. Origin of the Kenting Tai situpa lineage There are twelve incarnations crowned as Kenting Tai Situ till now. Furthermore, according to some historical records and .