Palpung and the Kenting Tai Situpa Lineage
Palpung: Mount of Excellence
In Tibetan, Palpung means Mount of Excellence, and was first used in 1727, when the Eighth Tai Situpa founded the great Palpung Thubten Chokor Ling Monastery in Tibet. The name conveys the vast magnitude of study and practice engaged in at the monastery. Palpung in Tibet is the Karma Kagyu mother monastery in Kham, and evolved into the center of the Rimé (non-sectarian) movement. All eight major practice traditions of Tibetan Buddhism are upheld in the Palpung tradition, with a particular emphasis on the Marpa Kagyu and Shangpa Kagyu.
Guru Vajradhara His Holiness Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa
Pema Donyo Nyinche Wangpo
Pema Donyo Nyinche Wangpo
The lineage of the Kenting Tai Situpas is traced to one of the main disciples of the Buddha, the Bodhisattva Maitreya. Since that time, there has been a successive chain of incarnations, a direct lineage that continues to the present day.
The Twelfth Kenting Tai Situpa is the current head of the Palpung lineage. Born in 1954 in Tibet to a family of farmers, he was recognized by His Holiness the Sixteenth Gyalwang Karmapa Rigpe Dorje at an early age and was one of his closest students. He in turn became the main teacher of HH the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa, Orgyen Trinley Dorje. The Twelfth Kenting Tai Situpa oversees a vast network of monasteries, retreat centers, and Dharma centers worldwide, and has made great contributions toward training the next generation of Buddhist masters, including Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche. He is also a scholar, poet, calligrapher, artist, author, architect, and geomancer.
Norbu Samphel
Event News
2024 Year-End Chanting Practices
Druptab, the extended version of the Six-Armed Chadrupa practice
These extended Mahakala prayers are performed to clear away obstacles.
Sang, Morning Fire Offering Ceremony
The resident sangha of PTC will be participating in a variety of chanting events to dispel obstacles and bring about auspicious conditions.
Drolma Yuldok, a practice based on the 21 Taras and Sür, Evening Fire Offering Ceremony
The resident sangha of PTC will be participating in a variety of chanting events to dispel obstacles and bring about auspicious conditions.
Sherab Nyingpo, a practice based on the Heart Sutra
The resident sangha of PTC will be participating in a variety of chanting events to dispel obstacles and bring about auspicious conditions.
Gya Shi, The Practice of the Four Hundred Offerings
The resident sangha of PTC will be participating in a variety of chanting events to dispel obstacles and bring about auspicious conditions.
Teachings on the Mahamudra Monlam
Lama Norgyal will be teaching on and leading the sangha in the chanting of Calling the Lama from Afar. Written by the great master Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye, this text is a powerful supplication to invoke the blessings of the lama and the great masters of all four Tibetan Buddhist lineages.
