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[[Image:Drupwang Pema Norbu.JPG|frame|'''Drubwang Pema Norbu''']]
'''First Drubwang Pema Norbu''' (1679-1757) was born in 1679, as prophesied by [[Jatsön Nyingpo]] (1585-1656), the famous revealer of [[terma]]s, the hidden treasure teachings of [[Padmasambhava]]. At the age of twenty one, he met the great [[vidyadhara]] and first throne-holder of [[Palyul monastery]], [[Kunzang Sherab]]. Pema Norbu's root guru was Pema Lhundrup Gyatso, the second throne-holder, who granted him the transmissions of the all-important teachings on Maha, Anu and Ati yogas; as well as the [[Kagyé]], Gongdü, the termas of [[Ratna Lingpa]], the '[[Namchö]]' termas of [[Tertön Mingyur Dorjé|Mingyur Dorje]], the revelations of Jatsön Nyingpo, and many others. On account of his perfect accomplishment, particularly in the [[trekchö]] and [[tögal]] practices of [[Dzogpachenpo]], he was called Drubwang--'Powerful Master of Accomplishment'. He became the third holder of the throne of Palyul, passing away in 1757. Many of his disciples attained full realization in their lifetime.

==Further Reading==
*Ven. Tsering Lama Jampal Zangpo, ''A Garland of Immortal Wish-Fulfilling Trees: The Palyul Tradition of Nyingmapa'', translated by Sangye Khandro, Snow Lion, 1988

==Internal Links==
*[[Throneholders of Palyul Monastery]]
*[[Penor Rinpoche Incarnation Line]]

[[Category:Nyingma Masters]]