The 8th Kenting Tai Situpa Chokyi Jugne founded the great Palpung monastery in 1727. "Pal" means glorious, "Pung" means to gather. For this reason the name Palpung, derived from the combination of the two words has been applied to the institution. Palpung means glorious union of study and practice.
Palpung Monastery is the seat of the succeeded Kenting Tai Situpas, a religious center as well as for living art and culture.
Palpung is the Karma Kagyu mother monastery, and has more than 180 branch monasteries and temples throughout several Chinese districts. Students from these branch monasteries travel to Palpung Monastery to study ritual, art, retreat practices, and scholarly texts.
The current seat of the 12th Kenting Tai Situpa in India, palpung Sherabling, has been renamed Palpung Sherabling monastic seat.
The present 12th Kenting Tai Situpa also founded the Maitreya Institutes around the world, including branches in San Francisco, Paris, London and Honolulu. In this web site, Palpung monastery and Palpung Sherabling are presented.
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Palpung Choeying Dharma Centre (Malaysia):
Contact person: Ernest Ong HP: 6012-3812220 Grace Chen HP: 6012-2313826
Address: No. 94-B, Jalan P 1/2, Sekyen 1, Bandar Teknologi Kajang, 43500 Semenyih, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
Palpung Thubten Lungtok Ling (The Karma Kagyu Dharma Society Melaka)(Malaysia):
Address: 2382-C, Klebang Kecil, 75200 Melaka West Malaysia