Background
Chödrak Gyatso was born in Chida in the north of Tibet.
Chödrak Gyatso was born in Chida in the north of Tibet.
According to the legend, he said at the age of five months: "There is nothing on this world, except for emptiness." He was recognized as Karmapa at the age of nine months. According to the legend he established peace at the age of five during a tour through Tibet where in the south the tribes of Nagaland and Bhutan were engaged in a war. He spent a large part of his life protecting animals and teaching people to give up hunting and fishing.
According to Karma phrin las, Dri lan yid, 91-92, his teacher, Chödrak Gyatso, interpreted the nature of shentong accepted by Rangjung Dorje, 3rd Karmapa Lama, who, in turn, had probably influenced and been influenced by the great shentong master Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen.
He also authored an important commentary on Asanga"s Abhisamayalankara called Lamp of the Three Worlds.