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Lineage of the Chamgon Kenting Tai Situ Rinpoches PALPUNG Palpung Europe GLORIOUS WISDOM ABODE Austria LINEAGE OF THE CHAMGON KENTING TAI SITUPAS Lineage of The Chamgon Kenting Tai Situ Rinpoches The lineage of The Chamgon Kenting Tai Situ- Kenting Tai Situpa is an emanation of Bodhisattva pas arises from Lord Maitreya, the future histori- Maitreya and Guru Padmasambhava. cal Buddha. It is older than 2500 years. The connection between the lineage of The Through the centuries The Tai Situpas Gyalwang Karmapa and The Chamgon incarnated as numerous Mahasiddhas Kenting Tai Situpas is just as old, they and Panditas of Indian, Tibetan and have been appearing as Gyalwang Kar- Chinese origin such as Dombipa, mapa and Chamgon Kenting Tai Sri Singha, Gyimshang, Denma Situpa for 900 years. Tsemang, etc. Each and everyone of them played a key role in The incarnations of the the development of spirituali- Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpas ty, knowledge und wisdom of were explicitely foretold in his Buddhism. Command Seal of Prophecies, , by the Great A later incarnation of tremendous Indian Saint Guru Padmasambhava. reput was Marpa Lotsawa, the great translator 轴ང་བ鮟ན་བཀའ་རྒྱ་མ། who traveled to India thrice to receive those trans- In accordance with the tradition, The Chamgon missions building the core of the Kagyu lineage. PALPUNG EUROPE GLORIOUS WISDOM ABODE Another important incarna- During that time he also bestowed upon him the en- tion was Situ Drogön Rä- tire Karma Gön monastery in Eastern Tibet which chen. His Holiness The first is one of the three original seats established by The Chamgon Kenting Tai Situ, first Karmapa Düsum Khyenpa. During the ceremo- Chökyi Gyaltsen was the first ny of the Red Crown or Usha, The Chamgon Ken- incarnation to bear the title ting Tai Situpa wears this very crown. “Kuanding Tai Situ” or “Kuanding Meu- His Holiness The 8th Chamgon Kenting Tai tise Gose” in the Situpa, Chökyi Jungnä was probably the most year 1407 which renowned amongst more recent incarnations. essentially means “Great Master of the His proficiency as scholar, linguist, astrologer, Command” or “Far reaching, Unshaka- unsurpassable writer and author fashioned ble, Empowering Great Master of the the revival of the Karma Kagyu lineage, then Nation.” on the verge of disintegration. His famous treatise on Tibetan Grammar is still the foremost His Holiness The 9th Gyalwang Karmapa, Wangchug text in practical use today. He Dorje bestowed the Red Crown upon His Holiness taught in Sanskrit, Nepali and The 5th Kenting Tai Situ Chögyal Geleg Palzang Chinese. in acknowledgement of his high spiritual perfection and accomplishment which is exactly the same as He was a doctor, poet and ar- the attainment of The Karmapa. tist developing new styles of Tibetan thangka painting. www.palpung.eu LINEAGE OF THE CHAMGON KENTING TAI SITUPAS The reputation garnered by his compositions and a movement which attained its his edition of the famous Dege Kangyur is a vivid climax with the union of Jam- testimony of his scholarship. The renewed interest gon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye, and practice in the grammatical science, in Indian Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and Tibetan system of astronomy and astrology is and Chögyur Dechen Ling- his most important legacy to Tibet. pa. The first Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaya was recognized In 1727, he established Palpung Thubten Chökhor and named also by Chamgon Ling Monastic Institution in Dege, Eastern Tibet Kenting Tai Situ Pema Nying- that subsequently became the seat of the Chamgon je. Kenting Tai Situpas. The most well-known and re- puted Dege printing press was also established by H. H. The 11th Tai Situpa, Pema Wangchug His Majesty Chögyal Tenpa Tshering under the su- Gyalpo was an incarnation of tremendous power pervision of H. H. The 8th Chamgon and productivity. He was primarily responsible for Kenting Tai Situ Rinpoche. the recognition and enthronement of H. H. The 16th Gyalwa Karmapa as well as serving the role of His work was continued by H. his main teacher. He sought peace and prosperity of H. The 9th Chamgon Kenting the many parts of Tibet and its neighboring nations. Tai Situ Rinpoche, Pema Nyingje (1774 – 18653) who significantly The 12th Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa, Pema influenced the non-sectarian re- Dönyö Nyingje, was born in 1954 in the Päyul pro- naissance of Buddhist thought, vince of Eastern Tibet, into a family of farmers on PALPUNG EUROPE GLORIOUS WISDOM ABODE H. H. The 11 th Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa (right) with his student H. H. The 16th Karmapa (left) www.palpung.eu LINEAGE OF THE CHAMGON KENTING TAI SITUPAS the eighth day of the first month of the Year of the missions of the Kagyu lineage and of the eight Horse of the Tibetan Lunar calendar. Numerous practice as well ten academic philosophical lineages of auspicious signs were witnessed at the time of his Vajrayana. He received the unbroken lineage of Ma- birth. He was found in accordance with the predic- hamudra in its entirety from H. H. The 16th Gyalwa tion letter of H. H. The 16th Gyalwa Karmapa. H. H. Karmapa. The 16th Gyalwa Karmapa formally enthroned him as the Twelfth Kenting Tai Situpa at the age of In 1975, at the age of 22, he assumed his traditional 18 months in a grand ceremony responsibility as The 12th Chamgon Kenting Tai Si- held at the Palpung Monastic tupa by establishing Palpung Sherab Ling Monastic Seat. H. H. The 14th Dalai Lama Seat in Himachal Pradesh, India. performed the third hair cutting ceremony. He embarked on his first Dharma journey into the West in 1980 and thereafter travelled extensively Following the political up- around the world, teaching the Dharma heaval of events in Tibet, he fled and spreading peace, all of which to Bhutan and then to India, residing in Sikkim to culminated with the Pilgrima- later move to Rumtek to receive all lineage trans- ge of Active Peace in 1989 at missions from His Holiness The 16th Gyalwa Kar- which religious leaders, Nobel mapa. Laureates, eminent luminaries and the general public pledged From The Gyalwang Karmapa and other lineage to work for peace. masters, he received the instructions and trans- PALPUNG EUROPE GLORIOUS WISDOM ABODE The 12th Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa has recog- As a person concerned for the future of the world, nized more than 300 incarnate Rinpoches and ordai- The 12th Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa organizes ned more than four thousand monks and nuns. He and participates in events and conferences aimed at devoted his time to his own practice and to uphol- fostering peace and ecology throughout the world. ding the activities of The Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpas, preserving the lineage in its The 12th Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa was re- pure form and transmission, trans- sponsible for the recognition and the subse- mitting it to the next generation quent enthronement of H. H. The 17 th Gyalwa of teachers and practitioners. Karmapa, Orgyen Trinley Dorje in the tradition of the Lineage and in accordance with the sacred The Chamgon Kenting Tai prediction left with The 12th Chamgon Kenting Situpa is also well known for Tai Situpa by H. H. The 16th Gyalwa Karmapa, his compositions in philoso- and confirmed by the sacred vision of H. H. phy, meditation, poetry as well The 14th Dalai Lama. as his artistic works for which the- re have been numerous public After the arrival of H. H. The 17th exhibitions of his paintings in Gyalwa Karmapa in India in many countries. 2000, The Chamgon Ken- ting Tai Situpa has spent much time bestowing He is also the author of many books, being transla- the transmissions of the lineage to H. H. The 17th ted into German by Palpung Europe. Gyalwa Karmapa just as he had received them from his own Guru Vajradhara, H. H. The 16th Gyalwa Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje. www.palpung.eu LINEAGE OF THE CHAMGON KENTING TAI SITUPAS PALPUNG EUROPE GLORIOUS WISDOM ABODE Palpung More Information about Palpung and the lineage of The Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpas: www.palpung.eu and www.palpung.org www.palpung.eu ABOUT PALPUNG About Palpung Palpung Thubten Chökhor Ling became an impor- Palpung Thubten Chökhor Ling Monastic Seat loca- tant Seat for the renaissance of Vajrayana Buddhism ted at the Drida Zalmokhang of Dege in Kham, Eas- and all the heritage connected with it such as language; tern Tibet was built and established by His Holiness translations from Sanskrit to Tibetan, from Tibetan The 8th Kenting Tai Situpa, Chökyi Jungnä in 1727. to Sanskrit, from Tibetan into Nepalese, from Nepa- lese into Tibetan and from Tibetan into Chinese and Literally meaning Assembly of Excellence or Mount from Chinese of Excellence, it is one of the 25 sacred into Tibetan, places in Dokham blessed by exceeding Guru Rinpoche. religion and language: It Prophesized by became a uni- Marpa The versal Seat of Great as a renaissance. place blessed with special Palpung de- qualities, to be veloped a a source of unique scho- Dharma acti- larly and arti- vities, Palpung became an important monastic center stic tradition that radiated to subsidiary monasteries of immense repute. producing some of the finest scholars, physicians and masters of the centuries, during the time of His PALPUNG EUROPE GLORIOUS WISDOM ABODE Holiness The 11th Tai Situpa Pema Wangchug Gyalpo, Since then it has developed according to the inspira- the most notable of which include Jamgon Kongtrul tions of The Kenting Tai Situ Rinpoche. Rinpoche Rinpoche, Palpung Khyentse Rinpoche, Sangye Nyen- personally designed many of the buildings in keeping pa Rinpoche, Dilyak Dabzang Rinpoche, Jang Drung- with the science of geomancy, integrating traditional pa Rinpoche, Palpung Ongen Rinpoche, Bogangkar Tibetan architecture with modern materials while Rinpoche, Zurmang Tenga Rinpoche, Kalu Rinpoche, maintaining a harmonious ecological balance.
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