Palyul Dartang Monastery
Palyul Dartang Monastery (Tib. དཔལ་ཡུལ་དར་ཐང ་, Wyl. dpal yul dar thang ), aka Palyul Dartang Do Ngak Shedrub Chöling (Tib. དཔལ་ཡུལ་དར་ཐང་མདོ་སྔགས་བཤད་སྒྲུབ་ཆོས་གླིང་, Wyl. dpal yul dar thang mdo sngags bshad sgrub chos gling) is s the main branch of Palyul Monastery in Golok.
Location
Palyul Dartang Monastery is located to the west of the sacred mountain Nyenpo Yutsé, in present day Chikdril, on the banks of the Bo Lung Chu, a small tributary of the Mar Chu. To the north-west is located the Dharma encampment of Yéru Nakgar.
Origins
Palyul Dartang Monastery was founded in 1857 or 1882 by Gyatrul Rinpoche, Pema Dongag Tendzin (1830-1891), the seventh throne-holder of Palyul Monastery in Kham. Some says it was founded by the Second Karma Kuchen, Karma Gyurme Ngedön Tendzin.[1]
Developments
While it is historically considered a branch of Palyul Monastery, it quickly became its most influential branch, and became even much larger in size and number of monks than his mother monastery. Among its lineages of tulkus is the Palyul Choktrul incarnation Line.
Recent Years
Nowadays, Palyul Dartang has 1200 Nyingma monks and 30 incarnate lamas.
Main Characters
- Gochen Tulku
- Gyatrul Rinpoche
- Penor Rinpoche
- Sera Khandro
- Tarthang Tulku aka Dartang Tulku
- Thubten Chökyi Dawa
- Tulku Trimé Özer