Dusum Khyenpa is known as the 1st
Karmapa. Dusum Khyenpa is the founder of the
Karma (Kamtsang) branch of the
Kagyu Tradition. Dusum Khyenpa was born in Kham
He served as Abbot of
Daklha Gampo monastery after
Gampopa and founded the
Tsurphu monastery. He is becoming the seat of the incarnate Karmapa
lamas.
Dusum Khyenpa was the founder of the
Karma Kagyu school and of its three main monasteries: Kampo Nenang Gon in 1164, Karma Gon .