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{{Short description|Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Kalimpong, West Bengal, India}} | |||
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'''Zang Dhok Palri Phodang''' is a [[ | [[File:Zang Dhok Palri Phodang 01.jpg|thumb|Main Building]] | ||
'''Zangdok Palri Monastery''' or '''Zang Dhok Palri Phodang''' is a [[Tibetan Buddhism|Tibetan Buddhist]] [[monastery]] of the [[Nyingma]] school, located at [[Kalimpong]] in [[West Bengal]], [[India]]. The monastery was founded by [[Dudjom Rinpoche]] in 1957<ref name=McClellan>Joseph McClellan, "Dudjom Rinpoche Jigdrel Yeshe Dorje", ''Treasury of Lives'', February 2024</ref> and built where Dudjom Rinpoche settled while in exile from Tibet, atop [[Durpin Hill]]. It represents [[Guru Rinpoche]]'s palace, the ''Glorious Copper Colored Mountain''.<ref name=McClellan/><ref>Tashi Deki, "Zangdok Palri, the Lotus Light Palace of Guru Rinpoche", ''The Bhutanese'', August 8, 2012</ref> In 1975, Dudjom Rinpoche then moved from Kalimpong to Nepal,<ref>Yeshe Thaye, "A Short Life Story of His Holiness Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche (1904-1987)", ''Dudjom Buddhist International''</ref> and the monastery was additionally consecrated in 1976 by the visiting [[Dalai Lama]]. | |||
The monastery houses many rare | A series of important Nyingma school lineage transmissions given by Dudjom Rinpoche to the Tibetan exile communities were first held at Zangdok Palri in 1961.<ref name=McClellan/><ref>"Durpin Monastery", ''Treasury of Lives''</ref> The monastery houses many rare Tibetan Buddhist and specifically Nyingma lineage texts that were brought by Dudjom Rinpoche into Sikkim, India, then moved to Kalimpong<ref name=McClellan/> after the invasion of Tibet by China in 1949/1950. It also houses the 108 volumes of the Buddhist [[Kangyur]] translated into Tibetan. It is popularly known as the Durpin Monastery. | ||
Dudjom Rinpoche was gifted another monastery in Kalimpong, the '''Jangsa Dechen Choling Monastery''', where he trained lamas and students.<ref name= McClellan/> The Jangsa Gompa was built in 1692 by the government of [[Bhutan]],<ref>" Introduction to Kalimpong", GuruSambhava Tours and Treks</ref> when Bhutan controlled Kalimpong, and was gifted to Dudjom Rinpoche by Bhutan's Queen Mother [[Choying Wangmo]] in the 1960s.<ref name= McClellan/> | |||
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Chortens at Zang Dhok Palri Phodang alias Durpin Monastery, Kalimpong 05.jpg|[[Chortens]] | |||
Prayer Wheels of Zang Dhok Palri Phodang alias Durpin Monastery, Kalimpong 06.jpg|[[Prayer wheel|Prayer wheels]] | |||
Zang Dhok Palri Phodang 13 - Interior.jpg|Interior | |||
Durpin Padmasambhava.jpg|[[Padmasambhava]] | |||
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[[Category:Buddhist monasteries in Kalimpong district]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 01:58, 1 February 2026
Zangdok Palri Monastery or Zang Dhok Palri Phodang is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery of the Nyingma school, located at Kalimpong in West Bengal, India. The monastery was founded by Dudjom Rinpoche in 1957[1] and built where Dudjom Rinpoche settled while in exile from Tibet, atop Durpin Hill. It represents Guru Rinpoche's palace, the Glorious Copper Colored Mountain.[1][2] In 1975, Dudjom Rinpoche then moved from Kalimpong to Nepal,[3] and the monastery was additionally consecrated in 1976 by the visiting Dalai Lama.
A series of important Nyingma school lineage transmissions given by Dudjom Rinpoche to the Tibetan exile communities were first held at Zangdok Palri in 1961.[1][4] The monastery houses many rare Tibetan Buddhist and specifically Nyingma lineage texts that were brought by Dudjom Rinpoche into Sikkim, India, then moved to Kalimpong[1] after the invasion of Tibet by China in 1949/1950. It also houses the 108 volumes of the Buddhist Kangyur translated into Tibetan. It is popularly known as the Durpin Monastery.
Dudjom Rinpoche was gifted another monastery in Kalimpong, the Jangsa Dechen Choling Monastery, where he trained lamas and students.[1] The Jangsa Gompa was built in 1692 by the government of Bhutan,[5] when Bhutan controlled Kalimpong, and was gifted to Dudjom Rinpoche by Bhutan's Queen Mother Choying Wangmo in the 1960s.[1]
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Joseph McClellan, "Dudjom Rinpoche Jigdrel Yeshe Dorje", Treasury of Lives, February 2024
- ↑ Tashi Deki, "Zangdok Palri, the Lotus Light Palace of Guru Rinpoche", The Bhutanese, August 8, 2012
- ↑ Yeshe Thaye, "A Short Life Story of His Holiness Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche (1904-1987)", Dudjom Buddhist International
- ↑ "Durpin Monastery", Treasury of Lives
- ↑ " Introduction to Kalimpong", GuruSambhava Tours and Treks