His Holiness Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa in 1977 

His Holiness Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa in 1974. His Holiness was the sixteenth in a line of incarnate spiritual teachers who have headed the Kagyu order of Tibetan Buddhism since the twelfth century. The Karmapas are regarded by members of their sect as their sect as living buddhas who manifest their spiritual realization through compassionate activity on behalf of all beings. The sixteenth Karmapa had a close spiritual link with the Vidyadhara Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, who invited His Holiness to make his first visit to North America in 1974. This photograph is from the holdings of the Shambhala Archives. The photographer is Michael Wood, and duplication is by written permission only. 
 

His Holiness Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa in 1977
His Holiness Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa with Kalu Rinpoche, Jamgon Rinpoche, and others.
His Holiness Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa with Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1974
His Holiness Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa with friend in 1974
The 16th Gyalwa Karmapa in 1974 performing a Black Crown Ceremony in California
His Holiness Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa in 1974 
The 16th Gyalwa Karmapa with Trungpa Rinpoche and the Vajra Regent Osel Tendzin. in 1974
His Holiness Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa in 1974
His Holiness Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa
His Holiness Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa in 1974
His Holiness Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa at a petstore in 1974
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