Palyul

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
Monastery information
Location Baiyü, Baiyü County, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China
Founded by Rigdzin Kunzang Sherab
Founded 1665
Type Tibetan Buddhist
Sect Nyingma
Lineage Palyul lineage
Head Lama Karma Kuchen Rinpoche

Palyul is one of the six mother monasteries of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. It was founded in 1665 by Rigdzen Kunzang Sherab in Derge, on the eastern edge of Tibet, a town in today's Baiyü County, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in China's Sichuan province. The monastery is the seat of the Nam Cho Terma of Terton Migyur Dorje. Penor Rinpoche was the 11th throne holder of the Palyul lineage. Upon his death in March, 2009, Karma Kuchen Rinpoche became the 12th throne holder.

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Notes

  1. Chhosphel, Samten (August 2011). "Namcho Mingyur Dorje". The Treasury of Lives: Biographies of Himalayan Religious Masters. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
  2. Gardner, Alexander (November 2011). "Jampel Dorje". The Treasury of Lives: Biographies of Himalayan Religious Masters. Retrieved 2013-10-08.

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