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Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava)*

His Holiness Karma Kuchen Rinpoche
12th Head of Palyul Nam Chö Lineage, Nyingma tradition 

His Holiness Penor Rinpoche 

11th Head of Palyul Nam Chö Lineage, Nyingma tradition 

Kyabjé Pema Norbu (Penor) Rinpoche March 27, 2009 Enters Parinirvana
Kyabje Pema Norbu Rinpoche 1932 - 2009

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  This is to formally announce that the 11th Throneholder of the Palyul Lineage of the Nyingma School

of Tibetan Buddhism, His Holiness Pema Norbu Rinpoche entered the stage of Thugdam,

the final stage of meditation, as of 8:20 PM on Friday, March 27, 2009,

at the Namdroling Monastery in Bylakuppe, South India.

His Holiness Penor Rinpoche remained in Thugdam for almost eight days.

Friday morning, April 3, 2009 India time, he released his meditation.

Now we are preparing to preserve his body for some time so that the public can

pay their respects and receive his blessings.

We, the board and faculty Namdroling monastery, have announced that the

blessing ceremony will begin on the 9th of April 2009 with rituals

and a ceremonial procession to carry Kyabje Penor Rinpoche's body into the

Zangdok Palri temple at Namdroling Monastery.

It is expected that His Holiness' body will remain in the temple for a month.

We welcome all of our Palyul students, Dharma friends and benefactors

who wish to come for this ceremony or afterward to receive Kyabje Penor Rinpoche's blessings.

His Holiness Penor Rinpoche Austin, Texas Practice Advice

His Holiness Pema Norbu (Penor) Rinpoche was the 11th throneholder (head) of the Palyul Lineage of the

Nyingma tradition, an incarnation of Vimalamitra. He is renowned as a master of Dzogchen practice and

for the integrity and strength with which he upholds the teachings of the Dharma.

He retired from the post of Supreme Head of the Nyingma tradition, the oldest of the schools of
Tibetan Buddhism, after many years service; succeeded by Mindroling Thrichen Rinpoche.
Palyul centers worldwide offer teachings in the Dharma including Meditation, Dzogchen, and more.

For further reading regarding the Palyul Lineage, please see the book: 

A Garland of Immortal Wish Fulfilling Trees: The Palyul Tradition of Nyingmapa

  by Venerable Tsering Lama Jampal Zangpo and Sangye Khandro, 

Snow Lion Publications, 1988.

His Holiness' main monastery is Namdroling, in South India, home also to the Ngagyur Nyingma Institute,

 where hundreds of lamas study and graduate from a ten-year program which includes a three-year retreat.

 Three senior khenpos (Professors of Buddhist philosophy) - Khenchen Pema Sherab Rinpoche, 

 Khenchen Namdrol Rinpoche, and Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche - oversee the education 

of the thousands of monks and nuns enrolled in study at shedra (Buddhist seminary college). 

His Holiness' main worldwide representative is Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche.

Palyul Centers for practice are located internationally, including India, Taiwan, Hong Kong, 

Singapore, Australia, UK, Europe and America.

Palyul International Web Site

Namdroling Monastery Temple, South India
The Palyul Lineage in Tibetan Buddhist Nyingma Tradition

Inauguration of Zangdokpelri, the new temple to Guru Rinpoche at Namdroling

(Dec. 13, 2004): His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave the inauguration blessing of the new temple

to Guru Rinpoche, Zangdokpelri, at Namdroling. Because the new temple has less room, the main ceremony

was then moved to the Golden Temple where over 12,000 monks gathered including those from Namdroling,

the Sera Monastery, and three major Gelugpa Monasteries, Kagyu Monastery and others.

The kitchen estimated 16,000 meals were served at lunch including 1,000 outside visitors,

1,000 Indian guests and 2,000 local lay Tibetans. The three-day celebrations follow each afternoon

with a Tsog Offering sponsored by the students from overseas.

* Padmasambhava

Buddhism was brought to Tibet by Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche) in the 8th Century, and

has flourished there ever since, transmitted from Gurus to disciples in an unbroken lineage.  

The Tibetan Buddhist practices share a distinctive motivation: they are undertaken to end

not only one's own suffering, but also the suffering of all other beings, to each of whom

we owe a karmic debt. The understanding is that since we are all linked to one another,

one person's liberation is incomplete until all other beings have been liberated.

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