His Holiness Dharma King Penor Norbu Rinpoche

 

 

Vajrapani Bodhisattva

Namdroling Monastery in South India

Ngagyur Nyingma Institute for Higher Buddhist Studies in India.

Palyul Retreat Center, McDonough, New York. Click photo for enlargement. Click here for photos of visit to center.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Palyul Monastery in Kham Region of Eastern Tibet
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His Holiness Dharma King Penor Norbu Rinpoche

An incarnation of Vajrapani Bodhisattva, the eleventh lineage holder of the Nyingma Palyul tradition, Kyabje Drubwang Pema Norbu Rinpoche, was born in December 1932 in the Kham region of eastern Tibet. After H. H. Dilgo Khyentse departed in 1991, H. H. Penor Rinpoche became the Supreme Head of the Nyingma Sect. In 2001 he resigned from that position to devote more time to his extensive global network of monasteries and dharma centers, recommending that H. H. Mindrolling Trichen Rinpoche assume that position.

His Holiness's Main seat is at Palyul Monastery in Tibet, one of the six main Nyingma monasteries. His Main seat outside of Tibet is at Namdroling (Thegchog Namdrol Shedrub Dargyeling) Monastery, Bylakuppe in Karnataka State, South India, close to the sacred Drekar Pungwa Stupa where Buddha first taught the Kalachakra Tantra. In 1978 the Ngagyur Nyingma Institute for Higher Buddhist Studies was added along with a nunnery and college for women. His Holiness has a number of branch temples in the US and a retreat center in McDonough, New York.

See the book H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III for a more detailed biography and H. H. Dharma King Penor's commentary on the accomplishments of His Holiness Dorje Chang Buddha III Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu.