Palyul Monastery in Baiyu County, Garze

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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 Dege, 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 Chö Terma of Terton Migyur Dorje. Drubwang Padma Norbu was the 11th throneholder of the Palyul lineage. Upon his mahaparinirvana in March, 2009, Karma Kuchen Rinpoche became the 12th throneholder.

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 Migyur 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