Songs Of The Karmapas

By HH the 17th Karmapa
Dharamsala, India (2000)

" A Joyful Aspiration: Sweet Melody For Fortunate Ones"

"Joyful Aspiration" is poetic song with a message composed by the XVIIth Karmapa, Ugyen Trinley Dorje, during his flight from Tibet.
 

By HH the 16th Karmapa
Palpung Chökhor Ling (appx. 1941)

"A Song"

Written by the Sixteenth Karmapa when he was seventeen, "A Song", foretells his flight from Tibet to India, and his close connection to Tai Situ Rinpoche.
 

By HH the 16th Karmapa
Tolung Tsurphu, Tibet (1944)

"A Song Whose Time Has Come: Melodious Hum Of The Bee"

"Melodious Hum" foretells of the Karmapa's departure from Tibet and speaks of His Holiness Karmapa's great sadness in leaving his many disciples in Tibet. It predicts that the Karmapa will return to his seat in Tsurphu, Tibet to care for his disciples.
 

By HH the 16th Karmapa
Rumtek, Sikkim (1961)

" Blissful Roar of Melodius Experience"

Written and published in 1961 in Sikkim, "Blissful Roar" expresses the Karmapa's deep connection to the Dalai Lama.

By HH the 17th Karmapa
Dharamsala, India (2000)

The Tibetan language version of "A Joyful Aspiration," the song composed by the Karmapa after his departure from Tibet. Click here.

By HH the 3rd Karmapa
Tibet (14th century)