THE TENTH KARMAPA & Tibet's Turbulent Seventeenth Century Edited by Karl Karl Debreczeny and Gray TuttleThe Tenth Karmapa Chying Dorj (1604 1674) was both a famous artist and leader of the Karma Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism during a formative period in Tibetan history. The religious and institutional shape of modern Tibet was decided in the turbulent conflicts and dramatic reorganization of Tibetan society in the seventeenth century. With Mongol support, the Fifth Dalai Lama took control of Central Tibet and projected Gelukpa power far beyond Lhasa.