Palpung Monastery

Palpung Thubten Chökhor Ling (Tibetan: dpal spungs thub bstan chos 'khor gling in short, Palpung Chökhor Ling, T.: dpal spungs chos ' khor gling, also: Palpung ) is the name of a 1727 of 8 Tai Situpa Chokyi Chungne ( 1699/1700-1774) in Dege, Kham, founded the monastery. It is the mother monastery of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism in Eastern Tibet and the headquarters of Tai Situpas. In the course of time Palpung Thubten Ling Chökhor developed into a center of " Buddhist ecumenism" ( Rime ). All branch monasteries and centers Palpung Chökhor Thubten Ling also bear the name Palpung and are summarized in the world " Palpung Congregation ". Palpung means "glorious union of study and practice ."

Palpung Thubten Ling Chökhor

Palpung Thubten Chökhor Ling was known for his huge library of more than 324 000 lyrics and an art collection of more than 10,000 thangka paintings. The founder of the monastery - the 8th Tai Situpa - was a great master of " Karma Gadri " - style ( Tib: karma sgar bris ) of thangka painting and the monks Palpung Chökhor Thubten Ling were regarded as a leader in the spiritual painting. The mother monastery of the Karma Kagyu tradition in eastern Tibet and the center of the Rime movement could accommodate over a thousand monks. In addition to Tai Situpas other lines incarnate lamas had their seat in Palpung Thubten Ling Chökhor, including the Jamgon Kongtrul. At the time of the 11th Tai Situpa Pema Wangchuk Gyelpo ( 1886-1952 ) had Palpung a solid reputation in spiritual, docile and artistic excellence and authority. In the late 1950s the monastery was destroyed. On the reconstruction is carried out as before. 1998-1999 Palpung Thubten Ling Chökhor was included in the list of the world's endangered buildings.

Printing of Palpung Thubten Ling Chökhor

After printing house in Dege the printing of the monastery Palpung was the second most important traditional printing house in eastern Tibet, were prepared and stored in the printing blocks for block printing. Numerous works of the Kagyu and Nyingma school were printed in Palpung, including under the title Rinchen Terdzö ( Tib. rin chen gter mdzod; "treasure of rediscovered teachings" ) known extensive collection of works of Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye ( 1813-1899 ).

Palpung Sherab Ling

After the 12th Situ Rinpoche had fled at the age of six years to India, he was educated at Rumtek by the 16th Karmapa Gyelwa Rigpe Dorje. At 22 he began the monastery Palpung Sherab Ling in Himachal Pradesh, northern India build, which became his seat in exile. Palpung Sherab Ling is home to about 750 monks, about 250 of them are studying at the university cloister. Facilities for nuns and monks who want to hold on-site three-year retreats are also available. The project is dedicated to the connection of the four aspects of spirituality, education, health and culture.

The Palpung Congregation

The Palpung congregation has more than 180 monasteries and temples throughout and branch institutions in Europe, USA, Oceania and Asia by some Chinese and Tibetan districts.