Palyul Monastery

Palyul Monastery (Tibetan: དཔལ་ཡུལ་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་བྱང་ཆུབ་ཆོས་གླིང་།, Wylie: dpal yul rnam rgyal byang chub chos gling), also known as Palyul Namgyal Jangchub Choling Monastery and sometimes romanized as Pelyul Monastery, is one of the "Six Mother Monasteries" of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. It was founded in 1665 by Rigzin Kunzang Sherab in Pelyul in Baiyü County, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in China's Sichuan province, on the eastern edge of Tibet in Kham. The monastery is the seat of the Nam Chö Terma of Terton Mingyur Dorje. Drubwang Padma Norbu (Penor Rinpoche) was the 11th throneholder of the Palyul lineage. Upon his mahaparinirvana in March, 2009, Karma Kuchen Rinpoche became the 12th throneholder.

Palyul Monastery
Tibetan transcription(s) Tibetan: དཔལ་ཡུལ་དགོན་པ། Wylie transliteration: dpal yul dgon pa Tournadre Phonetic: Baiyü THL: Pelyül Other transcriptions: Palyul, Palyül Chinese transcription(s) Traditional: 白玉寺 Simplified: 白玉寺 Pinyin: Báiyù Sì
Lower Palyul Monastery
Religion
Affiliation	Tibetan Buddhism
Sect	Nyingma
Leadership	Karma Kuchen,[1] 12th Throne-Holder of Palyul Lineage
Location
Location	Baiyü, Baiyü County, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China
Country	China
Architecture
Founder	Rigzin Kunzang Sherab
Date established	1665

Namdroling Monastery in Bylakuppe, India, is where the current throneholder to the Palyul lineage has resided since exile from Tibet during Chinese annexation.

Dzogchen Lineage of Palyul

• Chöku Kuntuzangpo (Dharmakaya Samantabhadra)
• Drugpa Dorjé Changchen (Vajradhara)
• Dorje Sempa (Vajrasattva)
• Thugjé Chenpo Chenrezig (Avalokitesvara)
• Acarya Garab Dorje (Prahevajra)
• Jampal Shenyen (Manjushrimitra)
• Acarya Shiri Sing-ha
• Yeshe Do (Jnanasutra)
• Padma Jyungnas (Padmasambhava)
• Gelong Namkhai Nyingpo
• Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal
• Nanam Dorjé Dudzom
• Lhase Mutri Tsanpo
• Tertön Zangpo Dragpa
• Trulku Rigzin Chenpo
• Kunpang Dönyöd Gyaltsan
• Gyudzin Sönam Chogzang
• Drubthob Thangthong Gyalpo
• Jangsem Kunga Nyima
• Trulzhig Trayaketu
• Tsenchen Trayavajra
• Chöjé Bodhi Sing-ha
• Trulku Tashi Gyamtso
• Drubwang Tonpa Sengge
• Trulku Chönyi Gyamtso
• Terton Mingyur Dorje
• Khaschog Karma Chagme

Throneholders

• Rigzin Kunzang Sherab (rig 'dzin kun bzang shes rab, 1636–1398). He built "a temple with a reliquary stupa inside to preserve Mingyur Dorje’s relics, and had a statue of him made."^[2]
• Padma Lhundrub Gyatso
• 1st Drubwang Padma Norbu
• Karma Tashi
• Karma Lhawang and Karma Dondam
• Gyurme Nyedon Tanzin
• Padma Do-ngag Tanzin
• Do-ngag Chökyi Nyima
• 2nd Drubwang Padma Norbu (Padma Kunzang Tanzin Norbu, also known as Rig'dzin dpal chen 'dus pa)
• Karma Thegchog Nyingpo
• 3rd Drubwang Padma Norbu Rinpoche (Jigme Thubten Shedrub Chokyi Drayang Palzangpo, Wylie: 'jigs med thub bstan bshad sgrub chos kyi sgra dbyangs dpal bzang po)
• Karma Kuchen (Thubtan Tshultrim Norbu Odsal Thrinlas Kunkhyab Palzangpo)
• Drubwang Migyur Dechen Garwang Zilnon Dorje Palzangpo

Other people

• Jampal Dorje (19th and 20th centuries) ^[3]

Notes

1. "Palyul Teachers: Karma Kuchen Rinpoche". www.palyul.org. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
2. Chhosphel, Samten (August 2011). "Namchö Mingyur Dorje". The Treasury of Lives: Biographies of Himalayan Religious Masters. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
3. Gardner, Alexander (November 2011). "Jampel Dorje". The Treasury of Lives: Biographies of Himalayan Religious Masters. Retrieved 8 October 2013.

References

• Namchö Ngondro, The Great Perfection Buddha in the Palm of the Hand. Gyaltrul Rinpoche, Yeshe Nyingpo, Ashland, Oregon, (c)1986
• Ven. Tsering Lama Jampal Zangpo, A Garland of Immortal Wish-fulfilling Trees: The Palyul Tradition of the Nyingmapa. Snow Lion, (c)1988
• Dorji Wangchuk (Universität Hamburg): Das dPal-yul-KIoster in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Die Wiederbelebung einer klösterlichen Tradition der rNying-ma-Schule (PDF-Datei; 1,8 MB)

External links

• Official website

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