Palyul is one of the six mother monasteries of the Nyingma

Nyingma

The Nyingma tradition is the oldest of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism . "Nyingma" literally means "ancient," and is often referred to as Nga'gyur or the "old school" because it is founded on the first translations of Buddhist scriptures from Sanskrit into Tibetan, in the eighth century...

 tradition of Tibetan Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism is the body of Buddhist religious doctrine and institutions characteristic of Tibet and certain regions of the Himalayas, including northern Nepal, Bhutan, and India . It is the state religion of Bhutan...

. Founded in 1665 by Rigdzen Kunzang Sherab, the monastery is the seat of the Nam Cho

Nam Cho

Nam Cho translates as the "sky/space dharma", a terma cycle especially popular among the Tibetan Buddhist Nyingma Palyul Lineage as revealed by Terton Namcho Migyur Dorje and transmitted to Rigdzin Kunzang Sherab and compiled by Kagyu master Karma Chagme Raga Asya.The Nam Cho comprises an entire...

 Terma

Terma (religion)

Terma are key Tibetan Buddhist and Bön teachings, which the tradition holds were originally esoterically hidden by various adepts such as Padmasambhava and his consorts in the 8th century for future discovery at auspicious times by other adepts, known as tertöns. As such, they represent a...

 of Terton

Tertön

A tertön is a discoverer of ancient texts or "terma". Many tertöns are considered incarnations of the 25 main disciples of Padmasambhava. A vast system of transmission lineages developed...

 Migyur Dorje

Migyur Dorje

Migyur Dorje is the Terton who recognized Kunzang Sherab as the Lineage Holder of Nam Cho terma in the Palyul Lineage. Born in the Ngom To Rola region of Tibet...

. His Holiness Penor Rinpoche

Penor rinpoche

Kyabjé Drubwang Pema Norbu Rinpoche was the 11th throne holder of the Palyul Lineage of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism, and said to be an incarnation of Vimalamitra. He was widely renowned in the Tibetan Buddhist world as a master of Dzogchen...

 was the 11th throne holder of the Palyul lineage. Upon his death in March, 2009, His Holiness Karma Kuchen Rinpoche became the 12th throne holder.

Palyul lineage

• Chöku Kutuzangpo (Dharmakaya
  Dharmakaya
  The Dharmakāya is a central idea in Mahayana Buddhism forming part of the Trikaya doctrine that was possibly first expounded in the Aṣṭasāhasrikā prajñā-pāramitā , composed in the 1st century BCE...
  
   Samantabhadra
  Samantabhadra
  Samantabhadra , is a bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism associated with Buddhist practice and meditation. Together with Shakyamuni Buddha and fellow bodhisattva Manjusri he forms the Shakyamuni trinity in Buddhism...
  
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• Durgpa Dorjé Changchen (Vajradhara
  Vajradhara
  Vajradhara is the ultimate primordial Buddha, or Adi Buddha, according to the Gelug and Kagyu schools of Tibetan Buddhism.In the evolution of Indian Buddhism, Vajradhara gradually displaced Samantabhadra, who remains the...
  
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• Dorje Sempa (Vajrasattva
  Vajrasattva
  Vajrasattva is a bodhisattva in the Mahayana, Mantrayana and Vajrayana buddhist traditions...
  
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• Thugjé Chenpo Chenresig (Avalokitesvara
  Avalokitesvara
  Avalokiteśvara is a bodhisattva who embodies the compassion of all Buddhas. He is one of the more widely revered bodhisattvas in mainstream Mahayana Buddhism....
  
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• Lopön Garab Dorje
  Garab Dorje
  Garab Dorje was the semi-historical first human teacher of the Ati Yoga or Great Perfection teachings according to Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Prior to Prahevajra, the Nyingma hold that the Dzogchen teachings had been expounded only in celestial realms and the 'pure lands' of the Buddhas,...
  
  
• Jampel Shenyen
• Lopön Shiri Singha
• Yeshe Do
• Pema Junge (Padmasambhava
  Padmasambhava
  Padmasambhava ; Mongolian ловон Бадмажунай, lovon Badmajunai, , Means The Lotus-Born, was a sage guru from Oddiyāna who is said to have transmitted Vajrayana Buddhism to Bhutan and Tibet and neighbouring countries in the 8th century...
  
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• Gelong Namkhai Nyingpo
• Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal
  Yeshe Tsogyal
  Yeshe Tsogyal , was the consort of the great Indian tantric teacher Padmasambhava, the founder-figure of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Nyingma tradition considers her equal in realization to Padmasambhava himself. The meditational practices related to her, stress her enlightened...
  
  
• Nanam Dorjé Dudgom
• Lhase Mutri Tsenpo
• Tertön Zangpo Drakpa
• Trulku Rigdzin Chenpo
• Kunpang Dönyöd Gyaltsen
• Gyudzin Sönam Chogzang
• Trubthob Thangthong Gyalpo
• Jangsem Kunga Nyima
• Trulshig Tayakeuri
• Tsenchen Tayabenza
• Chöjé Bodhi Singha
• Tulku Tashi Gyatso
• Drubwang Tonpa Sengge
• Tulku Chönyi Gyatso
• Terton Migyur Dorje
  Migyur Dorje
  Migyur Dorje is the Terton who recognized Kunzang Sherab as the Lineage Holder of Nam Cho terma in the Palyul Lineage. Born in the Ngom To Rola region of Tibet...
  
  
• Khechog Karma Chagme

Palyul Founded: Throneholders of Palyul Monastery

• Rigdzin Kunzang Sherab
• Pema Lhundrub Gyatso
• Drubwang Pema Norbu
• Karma Tashi
• Drenchog Karma Lhawang and Karma Dondam
• Gyurme Nyedon Tenzin
• Pema Dhongag Tendzin
• Dhongag Chökyi Nyima
• Pedma Kunzang Tendzin Norbu
• Thegchog Nyingpo
• Drubwang Pedma Norbu Rinpoche