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'''Pulung Rinchen Ling''' ([[Wyl.]] ''pho lung rin chen lding'') is a [[Kagyü]] monastery in [[Powo]], Tibet, which was founded by '''Gar Dampa Zhonnu Dorje''' (who appears in the [[Garchen Tulku Incarnation Line]]) in 1260. His disciple '''Pa Rinpoche''' served as its first abbot. It is considered a branch of [[Tsurphu Monastery]] in [[Central Tibet]].<Ref>Presentation of Pulung Rinchen Ling on The Treasury of Lives.</Ref>
'''Pulung Rinchen Ling''' ([[Wyl.]] ''pho lung rin chen lding'') is a [[Karma Kagyü]] monastery in northern [[Powo]], Tibet, which was founded by '''Gar Dampa Zhonnu Dorje''' (who appears in the [[Garchen Tulku Incarnation Line]]) in 1260. His disciple '''Pa Rinpoche''' served as its first abbot. It is considered a branch of [[Tsurphu Monastery]] in [[Central Tibet]].<Ref>Presentation of Pulung Rinchen Ling on The Treasury of Lives.</Ref><Ref>Among the alternative names & spellings are:
*Polung Gön (Wyl. ''pho lung dgon'')
*Powo Polung Gön (Wyl. ''spo bop ho lung dgon'')
*Pulung Gön Womin Changchub Ling (Wyl. ''phu lung dgon ‘og min byang chub gling'')
*Pulung Chöding (Wyl. ''phu lung chos lding'')
*Rinchenpung Densa Womin Changchub Ling (Wyl. ''rin chen spungs gdsan sa ‘og min byang chub gling'')</Ref>


'''Pulung Sangye''', aka [[Garwang Sangye Dorje]] was one of the main residents of Pulung Rinchen Ling during the 20th cent. [[Tulku Dawa Rinpoche]] did a three-year retreat in Pulung Rinchen Ling, under the guidance of Garwang Sangye Dorje.
==Locations==
Phulung lies on the banks of the [[Yarlung Chu]], above the junction of the Yarlung Chu with the [[Potö Chu]]. Further south, the Potö Chu flows into the [[Parlung Tsangpo]] at the town of [[Kanam]].<Ref>Emeric Yeshe Dorje, The History of the Düdjom Tersar Lineage, forthcoming.</Ref>
 
==Foundation==
===First a Drikung Kagyü monastery===
Phulung Rinchen Ling was founded by Gar Drubchen (1180-1240) in 1240, just 63 days before his death.<Ref>Gar Drubchen is also known as Śākya Pel (Wyl. shakya dpal), Gar Dampa Chodingpa (Wyl. mgar dam pa chos sdings pa) and Gar Dampa Zhonnu Dorje (Wyl. mgar dam pa gzhon nu rdo rje).</Ref>
 
Gar Drubchen received empowerment from [[Gampopa]]’s disciple [[Phagmodrupa Dorje Gyalpo]] and later became a close disiple of [[Drikung Kyobpa Jikten Sumgön]], the founder of the [[Drikung]] tradition. Hence, at its inception, Phulung Rinchen Ling belonged to the Drikung Kagyü school.
 
Gar Drupchen’s disciple Pa Rinpoche (Wyl. pha rin po che) (1222-1292), served as its first abbot. His main disciple, Lama Orgyen (Wyl. bla ma o rgyan) (1239-1313), succeeded him at Pulung Rinchen Ling. In its beginning, Phulung Rinchen Ling had a line of 42 head lamas after Gar Drupchen.
 
After that, ten Lamas of incarnate status beginning with Shatrul Künsang Gyatso (Wyl. shwa sprul kun bzang rgya mtsho) up to Karma Trinle Nyima (Wyl. karma phrin las nyi ma) were heading Phulung Rinchen Ling monastery.
 
===Becoming a Karma Kagyü monastery===
After the passing of the 6th Shatrul, obstacles for the recognition of the 7th Shatrul had occurred. Word was sent to Situ Rinpoche of Palpung monastery in Kham, who ordered the fortified Dungchu temple, aka Dungchu Kar Lhakang, (Wyl. mdung chu mkhar lha khang), that had the purpose to tame the danger of floods from the Brahmaputra, to be restored.
Around that time, ties of Phulung Rinchen Ling to Palpung were strengthened, as Palpung monastery had sent an officially appointed head lama to Phulung along with his two servants for a period of three years. Shatrul and Sangtrul (Sangs sprul), the second incarnate lama of Phulung Rinchen Ling continued their dharma activity during that time.
As a result of this, to this day, Phulung Rinchen Ling became a branch of the Karma Kagyü, it’s reincarnated lamas being recognized by the [[Karmapa]]. <Ref>Emeric Yeshe Dorje, The History of the Düdjom Tersar Lineage, forthcoming.</Ref>
 
==Description==
The buildings comprised of a large assembly hall, that featured a reliquary on top of it containing representations of the deities of the [[Chakrasamvara]] mandala, and as innermost sanctuary, relics of Buddha [[Kashyapa]].
Below that, was a life-sized statue of Gar Drupchen and of Gyalwa Götsangpa, along with smaller statues of seven lineage holders. Furthermore, garment pieces of [[Tilopa]], hair of [[Naropa]], the skirt of [[Marpa]], physical remains of Buddhas that had appeared earlier, relics of The [[Eighty-four mahasiddhas]], the skull cup of king Senge Dra bearing the syllable A, a statue of [[Avalokiteshvara]]] made from the remaining wood of the [[Jowo Shakyamuni]].
In Phulung Rinchen Ling, there were different stupas dedicated to [[Marpa]], [[Milarepa]], [[Gampopa]] and to the different lineage holders of the monastery. <Ref>Phurbu rdo rje (1988), sPo bo lo rgyus, [History of Powo], Lhasa: Bod ljongs mi dmangs dpe skrun khang.</Ref>
 
==Developments==
'''Pulung Sangye''', aka [[Garwang Sangye Dorje]] was one of the main residents of Pulung Rinchen Ling during the 20th cent. [[Tulku Dawa Rinpoche]] did a three-year retreat in Pulung Rinchen Ling, under the guidance of Garwang Sangye Dorje. <Ref>Emeric Yeshe Dorje, The History of the Düdjom Tersar Lineage, forthcoming.</Ref>


When [[Dudjom Rinpoche]] was thirty years old [1933-34], he resided at the hermitage of Ösel Tekchok Ling at Pulung Rinchen Ling. While there, he compiled two sadhanas ate the request of Garwang Sangye Dorje. There were based on the '''Damchö Gongpa Yongdü''' (Tib. དམ་ཆོས་དགོངས་པ་ཡོངས་འདུས་, Wyl. ''dam chos dgongs pa yongs ‘dus''), 'Quintessence of All Dharma Realizations', that had been revealed by [[Rigdzin Düddul Dorje]]. The two sadhanas are called '''Rigpa Dzinpé Gong Gyen''' (Tib. རིག་པ་འཛིན་པའི་དགོངས་རྒྱན་, Wyl. rig pa ‘dzin pa’i dgongs rgyan), 'Heart Essence of the Vidyadharas', and '''Lamé Sangdrub Norbu Gyatsö Trinlé Lamkhyer Yangzab Tuk Kyi Tiklé''' (Tib. བླ་མའི་གསང་སྒྲུབ་ནོར་བུ་རྒྱ་མཚོའི་ཕྲིན་ལས་ལམ་ཁྱེར་ཡང་ཟབ་ཐུགས་ཀྱི་ཐིག་ལེ་, Wyl. ''bla ma’i gsang sgrub nor bu rgya mtsho’i phrin las lam khyer yang zab thugs kyi thig le''), ‘Heart Drop and Secret Practice of the Lama’. He supplemented these sadhanas with various practice instructions manuals.<ref>[[Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal]], ''Light of Fearless Indestructible Wisdom'', p197.</ref>.
When [[Dudjom Rinpoche]] was thirty years old [1933-34], he resided at the hermitage of Ösel Tekchok Ling at Pulung Rinchen Ling. While there, he compiled two sadhanas ate the request of Garwang Sangye Dorje. There were based on the '''Damchö Gongpa Yongdü''' (Tib. དམ་ཆོས་དགོངས་པ་ཡོངས་འདུས་, Wyl. ''dam chos dgongs pa yongs ‘dus''), 'Quintessence of All Dharma Realizations', that had been revealed by [[Rigdzin Düddul Dorje]]. The two sadhanas are called '''Rigpa Dzinpé Gong Gyen''' (Tib. རིག་པ་འཛིན་པའི་དགོངས་རྒྱན་, Wyl. rig pa ‘dzin pa’i dgongs rgyan), 'Heart Essence of the Vidyadharas', and '''Lamé Sangdrub Norbu Gyatsö Trinlé Lamkhyer Yangzab Tuk Kyi Tiklé''' (Tib. བླ་མའི་གསང་སྒྲུབ་ནོར་བུ་རྒྱ་མཚོའི་ཕྲིན་ལས་ལམ་ཁྱེར་ཡང་ཟབ་ཐུགས་ཀྱི་ཐིག་ལེ་, Wyl. ''bla ma’i gsang sgrub nor bu rgya mtsho’i phrin las lam khyer yang zab thugs kyi thig le''), ‘Heart Drop and Secret Practice of the Lama’. He supplemented these sadhanas with various practice instructions manuals.<ref>[[Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal]], ''Light of Fearless Indestructible Wisdom'', p197.</ref>.


==Alternative Names & Spellings==
==Main Lineages==
*Polung Gön (Wyl. ''pho lung dgon'')
The main lineages held were [[Mahamudra]], [[Six Yogas of Naropa]], [[Chakrasamvara]], [[Vajravarahi]].
*Powo Polung Gön (Wyl. ''spo bop ho lung dgon'')
 
*Pulung Gön Womin Changchub Ling (Wyl. ''phu lung dgon ‘og min byang chub gling'')
==Main Teachers==
*Pulung Chöding (Wyl. ''phu lung chos lding'')
Among the main incarnation lines are:
*Rinchenpung Densa Womin Changchub Ling (Wyl. ''rin chen spungs gdsan sa ‘og min byang chub gling'')
*The Gar Drupchen, the root incarnation of the Garchen tulkus in the Drikung lineage.
*The Shatrul
*The Sangtrul


==Notes==
==Notes==
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==Internal Links==
*[[Powo]]


==External Links==
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Pulung Rinchen Ling (Wyl. pho lung rin chen lding) is a Karma Kagyü monastery in northern Powo, Tibet, which was founded by Gar Dampa Zhonnu Dorje (who appears in the Garchen Tulku Incarnation Line) in 1260. His disciple Pa Rinpoche served as its first abbot. It is considered a branch of Tsurphu Monastery in Central Tibet.[1][2]

Locations

Phulung lies on the banks of the Yarlung Chu, above the junction of the Yarlung Chu with the Potö Chu. Further south, the Potö Chu flows into the Parlung Tsangpo at the town of Kanam.[3]

Foundation

First a Drikung Kagyü monastery

Phulung Rinchen Ling was founded by Gar Drubchen (1180-1240) in 1240, just 63 days before his death.[4]

Gar Drubchen received empowerment from Gampopa’s disciple Phagmodrupa Dorje Gyalpo and later became a close disiple of Drikung Kyobpa Jikten Sumgön, the founder of the Drikung tradition. Hence, at its inception, Phulung Rinchen Ling belonged to the Drikung Kagyü school.

Gar Drupchen’s disciple Pa Rinpoche (Wyl. pha rin po che) (1222-1292), served as its first abbot. His main disciple, Lama Orgyen (Wyl. bla ma o rgyan) (1239-1313), succeeded him at Pulung Rinchen Ling. In its beginning, Phulung Rinchen Ling had a line of 42 head lamas after Gar Drupchen.

After that, ten Lamas of incarnate status beginning with Shatrul Künsang Gyatso (Wyl. shwa sprul kun bzang rgya mtsho) up to Karma Trinle Nyima (Wyl. karma phrin las nyi ma) were heading Phulung Rinchen Ling monastery.

Becoming a Karma Kagyü monastery

After the passing of the 6th Shatrul, obstacles for the recognition of the 7th Shatrul had occurred. Word was sent to Situ Rinpoche of Palpung monastery in Kham, who ordered the fortified Dungchu temple, aka Dungchu Kar Lhakang, (Wyl. mdung chu mkhar lha khang), that had the purpose to tame the danger of floods from the Brahmaputra, to be restored. Around that time, ties of Phulung Rinchen Ling to Palpung were strengthened, as Palpung monastery had sent an officially appointed head lama to Phulung along with his two servants for a period of three years. Shatrul and Sangtrul (Sangs sprul), the second incarnate lama of Phulung Rinchen Ling continued their dharma activity during that time. As a result of this, to this day, Phulung Rinchen Ling became a branch of the Karma Kagyü, it’s reincarnated lamas being recognized by the Karmapa. [5]

Description

The buildings comprised of a large assembly hall, that featured a reliquary on top of it containing representations of the deities of the Chakrasamvara mandala, and as innermost sanctuary, relics of Buddha Kashyapa. Below that, was a life-sized statue of Gar Drupchen and of Gyalwa Götsangpa, along with smaller statues of seven lineage holders. Furthermore, garment pieces of Tilopa, hair of Naropa, the skirt of Marpa, physical remains of Buddhas that had appeared earlier, relics of The Eighty-four mahasiddhas, the skull cup of king Senge Dra bearing the syllable A, a statue of Avalokiteshvara] made from the remaining wood of the Jowo Shakyamuni. In Phulung Rinchen Ling, there were different stupas dedicated to Marpa, Milarepa, Gampopa and to the different lineage holders of the monastery. [6]

Developments

Pulung Sangye, aka Garwang Sangye Dorje was one of the main residents of Pulung Rinchen Ling during the 20th cent. Tulku Dawa Rinpoche did a three-year retreat in Pulung Rinchen Ling, under the guidance of Garwang Sangye Dorje. [7]

When Dudjom Rinpoche was thirty years old [1933-34], he resided at the hermitage of Ösel Tekchok Ling at Pulung Rinchen Ling. While there, he compiled two sadhanas ate the request of Garwang Sangye Dorje. There were based on the Damchö Gongpa Yongdü (Tib. དམ་ཆོས་དགོངས་པ་ཡོངས་འདུས་, Wyl. dam chos dgongs pa yongs ‘dus), 'Quintessence of All Dharma Realizations', that had been revealed by Rigdzin Düddul Dorje. The two sadhanas are called Rigpa Dzinpé Gong Gyen (Tib. རིག་པ་འཛིན་པའི་དགོངས་རྒྱན་, Wyl. rig pa ‘dzin pa’i dgongs rgyan), 'Heart Essence of the Vidyadharas', and Lamé Sangdrub Norbu Gyatsö Trinlé Lamkhyer Yangzab Tuk Kyi Tiklé (Tib. བླ་མའི་གསང་སྒྲུབ་ནོར་བུ་རྒྱ་མཚོའི་ཕྲིན་ལས་ལམ་ཁྱེར་ཡང་ཟབ་ཐུགས་ཀྱི་ཐིག་ལེ་, Wyl. bla ma’i gsang sgrub nor bu rgya mtsho’i phrin las lam khyer yang zab thugs kyi thig le), ‘Heart Drop and Secret Practice of the Lama’. He supplemented these sadhanas with various practice instructions manuals.[8].

Main Lineages

The main lineages held were Mahamudra, Six Yogas of Naropa, Chakrasamvara, Vajravarahi.

Main Teachers

Among the main incarnation lines are:

  • The Gar Drupchen, the root incarnation of the Garchen tulkus in the Drikung lineage.
  • The Shatrul
  • The Sangtrul

Notes

  1. Presentation of Pulung Rinchen Ling on The Treasury of Lives.
  2. Among the alternative names & spellings are:
    • Polung Gön (Wyl. pho lung dgon)
    • Powo Polung Gön (Wyl. spo bop ho lung dgon)
    • Pulung Gön Womin Changchub Ling (Wyl. phu lung dgon ‘og min byang chub gling)
    • Pulung Chöding (Wyl. phu lung chos lding)
    • Rinchenpung Densa Womin Changchub Ling (Wyl. rin chen spungs gdsan sa ‘og min byang chub gling)
  3. Emeric Yeshe Dorje, The History of the Düdjom Tersar Lineage, forthcoming.
  4. Gar Drubchen is also known as Śākya Pel (Wyl. shakya dpal), Gar Dampa Chodingpa (Wyl. mgar dam pa chos sdings pa) and Gar Dampa Zhonnu Dorje (Wyl. mgar dam pa gzhon nu rdo rje).
  5. Emeric Yeshe Dorje, The History of the Düdjom Tersar Lineage, forthcoming.
  6. Phurbu rdo rje (1988), sPo bo lo rgyus, [History of Powo], Lhasa: Bod ljongs mi dmangs dpe skrun khang.
  7. Emeric Yeshe Dorje, The History of the Düdjom Tersar Lineage, forthcoming.
  8. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal, Light of Fearless Indestructible Wisdom, p197.

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