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{{Short description|Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Babang, Sichuan, China}}
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|caption = Palpung Monastery, [[Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture]], [[Sichuan]]
|caption = View of Palpung Monastery in 2014
|t= དཔལ་སྤུངས།
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|map_caption = Location within Sichuan
|map_caption = Location within Sichuan
|country = China
|country = China
|location=Babang, [[Dêgê County]], [[Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture]], [[Sichuan]], [[China]]
|location= [[Babang Township, Sichuan|Babang]], [[Dêgê County]], [[Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture]], [[Sichuan]], [[China]]
|founded_by =8th Tai Situ
|founded_by =8th Tai Situ
|founded = {{start date and age|1727}}
|founded = {{start date and age|1727}}
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[[File:Palpung in Tibet.jpg|thumb|Palpung Monastery before its restoration]]
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'''Palpung Monastery''' ({{bo|t=དཔལ་སྤུངས།|w=dpal spungs dgon pa}}<ref name=Palpung>{{cite web|url=http://tbrc.org/#!rid=G36|website=Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center|publisher=Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center|access-date=21 May 2015|title=dpal spungs dgom pa}}</ref>) is the name of the congregation of monasteries and centers of the [[Tai Situpa]] lineage of the [[Kagyu]] school of [[Tibetan Buddhism]] as well as the name of the Tai Situ's monastic seat in [[Babang Township, Sichuan|Babang]], [[Kham]] (modern [[Sichuan]]). Palpung means "glorious union of study and practice". It originated in the 12th century and wielded considerable religious, political, and economic influence over the centuries.<ref name="khamaid.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.khamaid.org/about_kham/articles/palpunghistory.htm |title=History of Palpung Monastery |access-date=2008-10-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828192505/http://www.khamaid.org/about_kham/articles/palpunghistory.htm |archive-date=2008-08-28 }}</ref>


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The current monastery was founded in 1727<ref>{{cite web|title=Palpung Centre History|url=http://www.palpung.org/english/monastery/briefin.asp|access-date=11 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Kagyu Lineage|url=http://www.kagyuoffice.org/kagyulineage.html|access-date=11 November 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030220424/http://kagyuoffice.org/kagyulineage.html|archive-date=30 October 2010}}</ref> by the 8th Tai Situpa "[[Situ Panchen]]" with the great support of the Dharma King of [[Derge]] Temba Tsering. It is the seat of four lines of incarnate [[lama]]s, the best-known being the [[Tai Situpa]]<ref name="asianart.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.asianart.com/cers/palpung/palpung.html|title=Palpung Architecture Project|website=www.asianart.com}}</ref> as well as the [[Jamgon Kongtrul]] and the [[Second Beru Khyentse]]. The temple has historically been associated with the [[Karmapa]]s: for instance, [[Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa]], was enthroned first at Palpung before traveling to his main seat at [[Tsurphu Monastery]] in [[Ü-Tsang]].
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'''Palpung Monastery''' ({{bo|t=དཔལ་སྤུངས།|w=dpal spungs dgom pa}}<ref name=Palpung>{{cite web|url=http://tbrc.org/#!rid=G36|website=Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center|publisher=Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center|access-date=21 May 2015|title=dpal spungs dgom pa}}</ref>) is the name of the congregation of monasteries and centers of the [[Tai Situpa]] lineage of the [[Kagyu]] school of [[Tibetan Buddhism]] as well as the name of the Tai Situ's monastic seat in [[Derge]], [[Kham]] (modern [[Sichuan]]). Palpung means "glorious union of study and practice". It originated in the 12th century and wielded considerable religious and political influence over the centuries.<ref name="khamaid.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.khamaid.org/about_kham/articles/palpunghistory.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-10-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828192505/http://www.khamaid.org/about_kham/articles/palpunghistory.htm |archive-date=2008-08-28 }}</ref>


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The 12th Tai Situpa, [[Pema Tönyö Nyinje]], has established a new monastic seat in exile at [[Palpung Sherabling Monastery]] in the state of [[Himachal Pradesh]] near the city of [[Baijnath, Himachal Pradesh|Baijnath]]. Palpung Yeshe Rabgyeling Nun Monastery is near the city of Manali in the town Bunthar about 3 hours drive from the [[Palpung Sherabling Monastery]] ({{bo|w=shes rab gling}}<ref name=shesrabgling>{{cite web|title=shes rab gling|url=http://tbrc.org/#!rid=G3CN1561|website=Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center|publisher=TBRC|access-date=21 May 2015}}</ref>).
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The current monastery was founded in 1727<ref>{{cite web|title=Palpung Centre History|url=http://www.palpung.org/english/monastery/briefin.asp|access-date=11 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tibet Travel Guide|url=http://www.tibettravel.org/tibettravel/html/2010460556-1.Html|access-date=11 November 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.is/20130415224758/http://www.tibettravel.org/tibettravel/html/2010460556-1.Html|archive-date=15 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Kagyu Lineage|url=http://www.kagyuoffice.org/kagyulineage.html|access-date=11 November 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030220424/http://kagyuoffice.org/kagyulineage.html|archive-date=30 October 2010}}</ref> by the 8th Tai Situpa "[[Situ Panchen]]" with the great support of the Dharma King of [[Derge]] Temba Tsering. It is the seat of four lines of incarnate [[lama]]s, the best-known being the [[Tai Situpa]]<ref name="asianart.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.asianart.com/cers/palpung/palpung.html|title=Palpung Architecture Project|website=www.asianart.com}}</ref> as well as the [[Jamgon Kongtrul]] and the [[Second Beru Khyentse]]. The temple has historically been associated with the [[Karmapa]]s: for instance, [[Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa]], was enthroned first at Palpung before traveling to his main seat at [[Tsurphu Monastery]] in [[Ü-Tsang]].

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The 12th Tai Situpa, [[Pema Tönyö Nyinje]], has established a new monastic seat in exile at [[Palpung Sherabling Monastery]] in the state of [[Himachal Pradesh]] near the city of [[Baijnath, Himachal Pradesh|Baijnath]]. Palpung Yeshe Rabgyeling Nun Monastery is near the city of Manali in the town Bunthar about 3 hours drive from the [[Palpung Sherabling Monastery]].({{bo|w=shes rab gling}}<ref name=shesrabgling>{{cite web|title=shes rab gling|url=http://tbrc.org/#!rid=G3CN1561|website=Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center|publisher=TBRC|access-date=21 May 2015}}</ref>).


==History==
==History==
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===Palpung in Tibet===
===Palpung in Tibet===
[[Image:Buddha painted on a rock wall in Tibet.jpg|thumb|left|Palpung Monastery is characterized by a number of rock paintings and shrines.]]
[[Image:Buddha painted on a rock wall in Tibet.jpg|thumb|left|Palpung Monastery is characterized by a number of rock paintings and shrines.]]
Palpung Monastery is a [[gompa]] in [[Dêgê County]], [[Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture]] in western [[Sichuan]]. It has historically always been associated with the [[Karmapa]]s such as the 16th Karmapa being enthroned first at Palpung before traveling to his main seat at [[Tsurphu Monastery]] in [[Ü-Tsang]]. The Karmapas and Tai Situpas have been connected closely over time, alternating as master and disciple.
Palpung Monastery is a [[gompa]] in [[Babang Township, Sichuan|Babang Township]], [[Dêgê County]], [[Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture]] in western [[Sichuan]]. It has historically always been associated with the [[Karmapa]]s such as the 16th Karmapa being enthroned first at Palpung before traveling to his main seat at [[Tsurphu Monastery]] in [[Ü-Tsang]]. The Karmapas and Tai Situpas have been connected closely over time, alternating as master and disciple.

Palpung originated in the 12th century and wielded considerable religious influence over the centuries.<ref name="khamaid.org"/> Palpung Monastery was founded by the 8th Tai Situpa "[[Situ Panchen]]" in 1727 and developed into one of the most prestigious centers in Tibetan history.<ref>[http://www.platt-form.com/Kunden/lama/eng/index.php?page_id=3]{{dead link|date=September 2020}}</ref>


The monastery once hosted more than 1000 monks and had one of the most leading monastic universities of the area. It is the seat of various lines of incarnate [[lama]]s, the best known being the [[Tai Situpa]]<ref name="asianart.com"/> and the [[Jamgon Kongtrul]].
Palpung originated in the 12th century and wielded considerable religious influence over the centuries.<ref name="khamaid.org"/> Palpung Monastery was founded by the 8th Tai Situpa "[[Situ Panchen]]" in 1727 and developed into a preeminent center of learning and scholarship on the eastern Tibetan plateau. The monastery once hosted more than 1000 monks and had one of the most leading monastic universities of the area. It is the seat of various lines of incarnate [[lama]]s, the best known being the [[Tai Situpa]]<ref name="asianart.com" /> and the [[Jamgon Kongtrul]].


Palpung was known for its huge library with more than 324,000 texts and an art collection of more than 10,150 [[thangka]]s. It was also leading in the fields of spiritual painting and the Situ Rinpoche is the founder of Karma Gadri painting style. At the time of the 11th Tai Situ Rinpoche, Palpung was already famous for spiritual, studious and artistic excellence and authority.
Palpung was known for its huge library with more than 324,000 texts and an art collection of more than 10,150 [[thangka]]s. It was also leading in the fields of spiritual painting and the Situ Rinpoche is the founder of Karma Gadri painting style. At the time of the 11th Tai Situ Rinpoche, Palpung was already famous for spiritual, studious and artistic excellence and authority.


Social turmoil from the late 1950s to 1976 brought destruction of some monastery buildings and neglected maintenance to Palpung's main temple. Construction and repair, initially funded by the government, then later by the 12th Tai Situpa and others, commenced in the late 1980s. Palpung’s main temple was recognized in 2013 as a national cultural heritage site, having previously been a provincial-level site.  It was named to the World Monuments Watch list in 1998 and 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Built Heritage on the Eastern Tibetan plateau – Palpung Chökhor Ling |url=https://www.pamela-logan.com/conservation/built-heritage-palpung-gonpa/ |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=www.pamela-logan.com}}</ref>
The monastery was partially destroyed in the late 1950s during the Cultural Revolution. The construction efforts by the 12th Tai Situpa has been in progress. In 1998-1999 it was added to the list of worldwide endangered list of monuments<ref>[[Asian Art]]:[http://www.asianart.com/cers/palpung/palpwmw.html ''Worlds Monuments Watch'']</ref>


There are an estimated 800 monks residing in the monastery itself and a larger number resident in the surrounding region.
There are an estimated 800 monks residing in the monastery itself and a larger number resident in the surrounding region.


===Palpung in India===
===Palpung in India===
[[File:Sherab-ling.png|thumb|350px|Sherap Monastery in [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[North India]].]]
[[File:Sherab-ling.png|thumb|350px|Sherap Monastery in [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[North India]]]]
[[Pema Tönyö Nyinje]], the 12th Tai Situpa, fled from Kham to [[Bhutan]] and then India at the age of six, where he consequently received his formal traditional training under [[Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa]]. At the age of 22 he started to set up his seat in exile, Palpung Sherabling Monastery, in [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[North India]].
[[Pema Tönyö Nyinje]], the 12th Tai Situpa, fled from Kham to [[Bhutan]] and then India at the age of six, where he consequently received his formal traditional training under [[Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa]]. At the age of 22 he started to set up his seat in exile, Palpung Sherabling Monastery, in [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[North India]].


Palpung Sherabling Monastery currently has approximately 1000 monks; 250 are enrolled in the monastic university curriculum on the premises. Palpung Yeshe Rabgyeling Nun Monastery is located near the city of Manali, in the Bunthar town has about 200 nuns. The Monastery also offers the traditional [[Kagyu]] three-year retreat for both monks and nuns on the compound.
Palpung Sherabling Monastery currently has approximately 1,000 monks; 250 are enrolled in the monastic university curriculum on the premises. Palpung Yeshe Rabgyeling Nun Monastery is located near the city of Manali, in the Bunthar town has about 200 nuns. The Monastery also offers the traditional [[Kagyu]] three-year retreat for both monks and nuns on the compound.


==Palpung Congregation==
==Palpung Congregation==
The Palpung congregation<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.palpung.org/|title=Palpung Web Center|website=www.palpung.org}}</ref> consists of more than 180 monasteries and temples throughout some Chinese and Tibetan districts. Palpung Congregation also has branch institutions in Europe, USA, Canada Oceania and Asia altogether about 300 branches world wide. Its European Seat is Palpung Yeshe Chökhor Ling Europe, [[Palpung Europe]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.palpung.eu/seite-1/|title=Startseite|website=Palpung Europe}}</ref> which was established and is under the direction of [[Gelongma Lama Palmo|Chöje Lama Palmo]].
The Palpung congregation<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.palpung.org/|title=Palpung Web Center|website=www.palpung.org}}</ref> consists of more than 180 monasteries and temples throughout some Chinese and Tibetan districts. Palpung Congregation also has branch institutions in Europe, USA, Canada Oceania and Asia altogether about 300 branches world wide. Its European Seat is Palpung Yeshe Chökhor Ling Europe, [[Palpung Europe]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.palpung.eu/seite-1/|title=Startseite|website=Palpung Europe}}</ref> which was established and is under the direction of [[Chöje Lama Gelongma Palmo]].


==See also==
==See also==
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[[Category:Buddhist monasteries in Sichuan]]
[[Category:Buddhist monasteries in Sichuan]]
[[Category:Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture]]
[[Category:Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture]]
[[Category:Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and temples in India]]
[[Category:Buddhist monasteries in Himachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Kangra district]]
[[Category:1976 establishments in Himachal Pradesh]]

Revision as of 15:44, 3 January 2024

Palpung Monastery
Tibetan transcription(s)
Tibetan: དཔལ་སྤུངས།
Wylie transliteration: dpal spungs
View of Palpung Monastery in 2014
Religion
AffiliationTibetan Buddhism
SectKarma Kagyu
Location
LocationBabang, Dêgê County, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China
CountryChina
Palpung Monastery is located in Sichuan
Palpung Monastery
Location within Sichuan
Geographic coordinates31°38′54″N 98°47′45″E / 31.64833°N 98.79583°E / 31.64833; 98.79583
Architecture
Founder8th Tai Situ
Date established1727; 297 years ago (1727)
Protected 1958. Reopened as monastery in 1982.
Palpung Monastery before its restoration

Palpung Monastery (Tibetan: དཔལ་སྤུངས།, Wylie: dpal spungs dgon pa[1]) is the name of the congregation of monasteries and centers of the Tai Situpa lineage of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism as well as the name of the Tai Situ's monastic seat in Babang, Kham (modern Sichuan). Palpung means "glorious union of study and practice". It originated in the 12th century and wielded considerable religious, political, and economic influence over the centuries.[2]

The current monastery was founded in 1727[3][4] by the 8th Tai Situpa "Situ Panchen" with the great support of the Dharma King of Derge Temba Tsering. It is the seat of four lines of incarnate lamas, the best-known being the Tai Situpa[5] as well as the Jamgon Kongtrul and the Second Beru Khyentse. The temple has historically been associated with the Karmapas: for instance, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa, was enthroned first at Palpung before traveling to his main seat at Tsurphu Monastery in Ü-Tsang.

The 12th Tai Situpa, Pema Tönyö Nyinje, has established a new monastic seat in exile at Palpung Sherabling Monastery in the state of Himachal Pradesh near the city of Baijnath. Palpung Yeshe Rabgyeling Nun Monastery is near the city of Manali in the town Bunthar about 3 hours drive from the Palpung Sherabling Monastery (Wylie: shes rab gling[6]).

History

Palpung Monastery is the historical seat of the successive incarnations of the Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpas in Kham. It is also the mother monastery of the Karma Kagyu in Kham and evolved into the center of the Rimé movement. The seat in exile, outside of Tibet, Sherabling Monastery, is in India. The congregation has monasteries and centers around the world.

Palpung in Tibet

File:Buddha painted on a rock wall in Tibet.jpg
Palpung Monastery is characterized by a number of rock paintings and shrines.

Palpung Monastery is a gompa in Babang Township, Dêgê County, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in western Sichuan. It has historically always been associated with the Karmapas such as the 16th Karmapa being enthroned first at Palpung before traveling to his main seat at Tsurphu Monastery in Ü-Tsang. The Karmapas and Tai Situpas have been connected closely over time, alternating as master and disciple.

Palpung originated in the 12th century and wielded considerable religious influence over the centuries.[2] Palpung Monastery was founded by the 8th Tai Situpa "Situ Panchen" in 1727 and developed into a preeminent center of learning and scholarship on the eastern Tibetan plateau. The monastery once hosted more than 1000 monks and had one of the most leading monastic universities of the area. It is the seat of various lines of incarnate lamas, the best known being the Tai Situpa[5] and the Jamgon Kongtrul.

Palpung was known for its huge library with more than 324,000 texts and an art collection of more than 10,150 thangkas. It was also leading in the fields of spiritual painting and the Situ Rinpoche is the founder of Karma Gadri painting style. At the time of the 11th Tai Situ Rinpoche, Palpung was already famous for spiritual, studious and artistic excellence and authority.

Social turmoil from the late 1950s to 1976 brought destruction of some monastery buildings and neglected maintenance to Palpung's main temple. Construction and repair, initially funded by the government, then later by the 12th Tai Situpa and others, commenced in the late 1980s. Palpung’s main temple was recognized in 2013 as a national cultural heritage site, having previously been a provincial-level site.  It was named to the World Monuments Watch list in 1998 and 2000.[7]

There are an estimated 800 monks residing in the monastery itself and a larger number resident in the surrounding region.

Palpung in India

Sherap Monastery in Himachal Pradesh, North India

Pema Tönyö Nyinje, the 12th Tai Situpa, fled from Kham to Bhutan and then India at the age of six, where he consequently received his formal traditional training under Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa. At the age of 22 he started to set up his seat in exile, Palpung Sherabling Monastery, in Himachal Pradesh, North India.

Palpung Sherabling Monastery currently has approximately 1,000 monks; 250 are enrolled in the monastic university curriculum on the premises. Palpung Yeshe Rabgyeling Nun Monastery is located near the city of Manali, in the Bunthar town has about 200 nuns. The Monastery also offers the traditional Kagyu three-year retreat for both monks and nuns on the compound.

Palpung Congregation

The Palpung congregation[8] consists of more than 180 monasteries and temples throughout some Chinese and Tibetan districts. Palpung Congregation also has branch institutions in Europe, USA, Canada Oceania and Asia altogether about 300 branches world wide. Its European Seat is Palpung Yeshe Chökhor Ling Europe, Palpung Europe[9] which was established and is under the direction of Chöje Lama Gelongma Palmo.

See also

References

  1. ^ "dpal spungs dgom pa". Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center. Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  2. ^ a b "History of Palpung Monastery". Archived from the original on 2008-08-28. Retrieved 2008-10-28.
  3. ^ "Palpung Centre History". Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  4. ^ "Kagyu Lineage". Archived from the original on 30 October 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  5. ^ a b "Palpung Architecture Project". www.asianart.com.
  6. ^ "shes rab gling". Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center. TBRC. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  7. ^ "Built Heritage on the Eastern Tibetan plateau – Palpung Chökhor Ling". www.pamela-logan.com. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  8. ^ "Palpung Web Center". www.palpung.org.
  9. ^ "Startseite". Palpung Europe.

Sources

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