7th Karmapa, Chödrak Gyatso

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.

Chödrak send a lot of gold to India to enable the gilding of the statue of the Gautama Buddha near Bodh Gaya.

[citation needed] 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.

[1] He was also an accomplished scholar, most famous for authoring the Ocean Of Logic, which is considered the most important text on pramana in the Kagyu tradition.

The 7th Karmapa, Chödrak Gyatso (1454–1506)