In 1992 this publication, known as The Seventeenth Incarnation of the Glorious Gyalwang Karmapa, was first printed and later, it was printed a second time in 1994 as it is the first among all the accounts of how the supreme king, the Seventeenth Karmapa Ogyen Drodul Trinley Dorje, came into the world and was discovered.
Recognizing this important chronicle to be a true record of the events, many learned authorities suggested that it would be good to print it again. Although the meaning of the words remains unchanged and nothing of note has been added or removed, for reference we have placed at the end, the letter of Kunzik Shamar Rinpoche, in which he fully accepts the Karmapa's reincarnation found in Lhathok, a photo of him with His Holiness Karmapa Ogyen Drodul Trinley Dorje.
Now this publication has been printed in Nepal for a third time by Karma Lekshey Ling. In line with the way books are made these days, the size is smaller, the pages are more numerous, and the production is of higher quality. In brief, all best pratices were followed.
The essential purpose of this reprint is to benefit limitless numbers of living beings and, in particular, to benefit the one whom we are fortunate to call our supreme lama, Gyalchok Karmapa Ogyen Drodul Trinley Dorje. With a single focus, we pray that the myriad blazing lights of his activities, manifesting through the vajras of his body, speech, and mind, will dispel all darkness; that his every wish will be spontaneously accomplished; and that all possible harm will vanish of itself. May the life of this one, who leads all the living beings of this world into peace and true happiness, be long and stable.
On the twenty-second day of the ninth Tibetan month (November 13) in the year 2014-the day of the Buddhas descent from the celestial realm-this was written by the Neshangpa Phuntsok, a humble disciple of the Karmapa, at Karma Lekshey Ling in Nepal. May it blaze in auspicious glory as an ornament of this world. Sarva Mangalam.