| 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 ofPalyul Lineage |
| Location | |
| Location | Baiyü,Baiyü County,Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture,Sichuan,China |
| Country | China |
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| Architecture | |
| Founder | RigzinKunzang Sherab |
| Date established | 1665; 360 years ago (1665) |
Palyul Monastery (Tibetan:དཔལ་ཡུལ་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་བྱང་ཆུབ་ཆོས་གླིང་།,Wylie:dpal yul rnam rgyal byang chub chos gling), also known asPalyul Namgyal Jangchub Choling Monastery and sometimes romanized asPelyul Monastery, is one of the"Six Mother Monasteries" of theNyingma tradition ofTibetan Buddhism. It was founded in 1665 by RigzinKunzang Sherab inPelyul inBaiyü County,Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in China'sSichuan province, on the eastern edge ofTibet inKham. The monastery is the seat of theNam ChöTerma ofTerton Mingyur Dorje.Drubwang Padma Norbu (Penor Rinpoche) was the 11th throneholder of the Palyul lineage. Upon hismahaparinirvana in March 2009,Karma Kuchen Rinpoche became the 12th throneholder.
Namdroling Monastery inBylakuppe,India, is where the current throneholder to the Palyul lineage has resided since exile from Tibet duringChinese annexation.
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