Karmapa in Samadhiraja Sutra and Lankavatara Sutra?

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crazy-man
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Karmapa in Samadhiraja Sutra and Lankavatara Sutra?

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The Karmapa is to be called in the Samadhiraja Sutra, Lankavatara sutra, etc.. I have read some of this Sutra in english but don´t found any corresponding text. Can someone help? Please give a precise description, if possible, because the most web source are not precise. Thanks.
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Re: Karmapa in Samadhiraja Sutra and Lankavatara Sutra?

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I found the following text-passages at the internet:
http://www.mikyodorje.com/en/web/seccion.asp?Seccion=9
The Sutra Lankavatara refers to H. H. Karmapa in the following words, "Those who contemplate his face, even once, will be freed from their dark veils. Simply seeing him leads to liberation".
http://kagyuoffice.org/karmapa/the-17-karmapas/
From the Lankavatara Sutra (Descent Into Lanka Sutra):
Wearing monastic robes and a black crown,
He will perform unceasing benefit for beings
Until the teachings of one thousand buddhas disappear
From the Samadhiraja Sutra (The King of Samadhi Sutra):
Two thousand years after my passing,
The teachings will spread in the land of the red-faced ones,
Who will be the disciples of Avalokita.
[At that time,] the bodhisattva Simhanada, known as “Karmapa”, will appear.
Possessing mastery over samadhi, he will tame beings
And establish them in bliss through seeing, hearing, recalling and touching.
http://www.khandro.net/Karmapas.htm
Samadhiraja (King of Samadhi) Sutra:
Two thousand years after my passing,
The teachings will spread in the land of the red-faced ones,
Who will be the disciples of Avalokita:
The bodhisattva Simhanada, known as Karmapa, will appear.
Possessing mastery over samadhi, he will tame beings
And establish them in bliss through seeing, hearing, recalling and touching.
From the Lankavatara (Manifesting in Lanka) Sutra:
Wearing monastic robes and a black crown,
He will perform unceasing benefit for beings
Until the teachings of one thousand buddhas disappear.
From the Mulamañjushri Tantra (Root Tantra of Mañjushri):
Endowed with a name beginning with "Ka" and ending with "Ma",
There will appear an individual who illuminates the teachings.
http://www.helsinki.fi/~papinnie/buddhism.html
In the Lankavatara Sutra, Buddha declares: "In the northern country will appear the one who increases virtue, the supreme spiritual friend. The one who possesses the greatest enlightened power, who has the greatest ascetic ability, who many will listen to. He will carry the name of 'the knower of the three times' or 'the holder of all the Buddhas' activity: Karmapa.' Whoever sees his face, be it only once, will be freed from their obscuring veils, as it is prophesied that simply seeing him brings liberation."
I´m sorry, but i can not find these text-passages in the sutra. Can someone help?
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