{"id":13756,"date":"2025-03-26T12:52:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T12:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenduprinpoche-dev.butterstudio.com.np\/?page_id=13756"},"modified":"2025-03-26T13:26:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T13:26:23","slug":"the-palyul-lineage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thenduprinpoche-dev.butterstudio.com.np\/bo\/the-palyul-lineage\/","title":{"rendered":"The Palyul Lineage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"13756\" class=\"elementor elementor-13756\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-601801c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"601801c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d97107 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8d97107\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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lineage<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-baebfaa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"baebfaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6>The Luminous Flame of Doctrine and Practice (1665)<\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5122536 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5122536\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/thenduprinpoche-dev.butterstudio.com.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/kathok-monastry-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-13707\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7635da5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7635da5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b55e48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4b55e48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">- 1 -<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73b16d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"73b16d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Great Vidyadhara Kunzang Sherab: A Reincarnation Across Millennia<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fde0298 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fde0298\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 1665, nestled at the foot of the snow-capped mountains in eastern Tibet\u2019s Derge region, a crimson monastery emerged from the morning mist. The echoing sound of bells intertwined with the rhythmic recitation of <em>The Heart Essence of the Great Perfection<\/em>, flooding the valley like a tide. This was Palyul Monastery, one of the six great mother monasteries of the Nyingma school, and at its heart stood a revered figure\u2014the one honored as the emanation of a Bodhisattva, Kunzang Sherab.<\/p><p><strong>Past Life Connections:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><strong>Rahula<\/strong>: The son of the Buddha, renowned for his mastery of secret practices, reincarnated as Kunzang Sherab to widely propagate esoteric teachings.<\/li><li><strong>\u015ar\u012b Si\u1e43ha<\/strong>: The Indian master of the Great Perfection, who transmitted the Heart Essence teachings to Padmasambhava, continuing his dharma lineage in this life.<\/li><li><strong>Gyenyen Tamotara<\/strong>: A treasure revealer from the Tibetan imperial period, known for harmonizing Sutra and Tantra, reincarnated as Kunzang Sherab to establish a tradition integrating doctrine and practice.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Accomplishments in This Life:<\/strong><\/p><p>When Kunzang Sherab took charge of Palyul Monastery, it housed only a few hundred monks. He established an iron rule: <em>\u201cThose who do not debate the scriptures shall not eat, and those who do not engage in practice shall not sleep.\u201d<\/em><\/p><ul><li><strong>Morning Bells<\/strong>: At dawn, a thousand monks gathered in the main hall, engaging in rigorous debates on <em>Madhyamaka<\/em> and <em>Praj\u00f1\u0101p\u0101ramit\u0101<\/em>. Their voices shook the rafters.<\/li><li><strong>Evening Drums<\/strong>: As the sun set, all retreated to their meditation chambers to practice <em>Trekch\u00f6<\/em> (cutting through) and <em>Th\u00f6gal<\/em> (leap-over). Under the moonlight, some monks radiated a faint glow, resembling scattered fireflies.<\/li><\/ul><p>Within a decade, the monastery expanded to three thousand monks. The main halls stretched like mountain ridges, and the library housed ten thousand scriptures, transcribed in golden ink, shining like the sun.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5dd8a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c5dd8a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e54723 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7e54723\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-615a80f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"615a80f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7911a9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7911a9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a20d038 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a20d038\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">- 2 -<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44853d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"44853d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Five Great Heart Disciples: A Dharma Lineage Like a Flourishing Tree<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ddec95 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9ddec95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kunzang Sherab once said, <em>\u201cA lineage cannot rest on one person alone. It must spread like a great tree, sheltering all beings.\u201d<\/em> His five foremost disciples each left an indelible mark:<\/p><ol><li><strong>Pema Lhundrub Gyatso: The Heart of the Palyul Lineage<br \/><\/strong><strong>-Chief Heart Disciple<\/strong>: Kunzang Sherab personally transmitted the Four Cycles of Heart Essence to him, appointing him to oversee Palyul Monastery.<br \/>&#8211;<strong>A Model of Practice<\/strong>: He meditated in retreat for three years. When he emerged, the snow at his cave\u2019s entrance had melted into lotus shapes. His treatise, <em>Stages of Great Perfection Practice<\/em>, remains a core text of the Palyul tradition.<br \/><br \/><\/li><\/ol><ol start=\"2\"><li><strong>Shepa Yeshe: The Debate King of Lhatz\u00e9 Monastery<br \/><\/strong><strong>&#8211; A Legend of Monastic Expansion<\/strong>: He led a hundred monks to establish Lhatz\u00e9 Monastery in western Tibet, overcoming resistance from local B\u00f6n shamans through three days of logical debate, after which they converted and donated land for the monastery.<br \/><strong>-A Reformer of Buddhist Logic<\/strong>: He pioneered the <em>Three Questions, Nine Answers<\/em> debate method. His disciples memorized <em>Pram\u0101\u1e47av\u0101rttika<\/em> ten times daily, earning Lhatz\u00e9 the reputation of producing scholars with <em><em>\u201ciron teeth and copper tongues.\u201d<\/em><\/em><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/li><\/ol><ol start=\"3\"><li><strong> Janggang Ab\u00e9: The Medical Sage of Janggang Monastery<br \/><\/strong><strong>-Spreading the Dharma Through Medicine<\/strong>: He founded Janggang Monastery in the Valley of the Medicine King, where monks studied the <em>Four Medical Tantras<\/em> by day and practiced Medicine Buddha sadhanas by night.<br \/><strong>-A Miraculous Medicine Field<\/strong>: Surrounding the monastery was a vast medicinal garden irrigated with glacial water. The saffron produced there, known as <em>Janggang Tibetan Saffron<\/em>, was said to cure hysteria and was revered as the <em>Flower of the Buddha\u2019s Hand<\/em>.<br \/><br \/><\/li><\/ol><ol start=\"4\"><li><strong> Hungchen Beiding: The Vajra Warrior of Hungchen Monastery<br \/><\/strong><strong>-A Guardian Against Malevolent Forces<\/strong>: He built Hungchen Monastery in a land plagued by spirits. The monastery\u2019s secret chamber housed a statue of <em>Nine-Faced Vajrak\u012bla<\/em>, and all monks practiced the ritual of the Phurba dagger.<br \/><strong>-A Divine Intervention<\/strong>: When an epidemic swept the region, he led a seven-day <em>Vajrak\u012bla Fire Offering<\/em>. On the final day, black hail fell from the sky, and the epidemic dissipated with the cries of fleeing spirits.<br \/><br \/><\/li><\/ol><ol start=\"5\"><li><strong> Tsangga Dorje Tashi: The Master of Sacred Arts in Tsangga Monastery<br \/><\/strong><strong>-Bringing the Dharma to Life Through Art<\/strong>: He founded Tsangga Monastery along the banks of the Jinsha River, dedicating it to the preservation of <em>thangka<\/em> painting, mandala creation, and sacred music.<br \/><strong>-A Treasure of the Monastery<\/strong>: He personally painted the <em>Eight Manifestations of Guru Rinpoche<\/em>, using pigments ground from turquoise and gold leaf. The artwork has retained its brilliance for centuries, and legend holds that Guru Rinpoche\u2019s eyes in the painting appear to move.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bee7ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7bee7ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92afda1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"92afda1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-447f986 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"447f986\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d0e76c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2d0e76c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">- 3 -<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab161ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ab161ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Hundred Monasteries Flourishing: The Dharma Network Across Tibet<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82cea6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"82cea6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After establishing these monasteries, Kunzang Sherab set forth <em>Three Fundamental Precepts<\/em>:<\/p><ol><li><strong>Doctrine as the Root<\/strong>: Every monastery must establish a debate college, where monks must study the <em>Five Great Treatises<\/em>.<\/li><li><strong>Practice as the Trunk<\/strong>: Every winter, a three-month retreat dedicated to Great Perfection meditation must be observed.<\/li><li><strong>Altruism as the Leaves<\/strong>: Monks must study medicine and astrology, serving the people through healing and prayers.<\/li><\/ol><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>The Expansion of the Palyul Lineage:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><strong>The Five Mother Monasteries<\/strong>: Lhatz\u00e9, Janggang, Hungchen, Tsangga, and Zhakok Weiseling Monasteries, each excelling in a unique aspect of Dharma.<\/li><li><strong>The Hundred Branch Monasteries<\/strong>: Scattered like stars across Tibet, including Kham\u2019s Katok Monastery and Amdo\u2019s Langtso Monastery.<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>A Thousand Dharma Centers<\/strong>: By the 18th century, the Palyul lineage encompassed over a thousand monasteries, with its reach extending across the Himalayas, including Bhutan\u2019s Taktsang Monastery<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2e4064 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a2e4064\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">- 4 -<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-178a909 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"178a909\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Moonlit Transmission: A Night in 1665<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75ec74d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75ec74d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On the eve of his passing, Kunzang Sherab summoned his disciples to the topmost shrine hall of Palyul Monastery. Bathed in silver moonlight, he rested his hand on the manuscript of <em>The Heart Essence of the Great Perfection<\/em> and softly spoke:<\/p><p><em>\u201cDoctrine is like a lamp that dispels the darkness of ignorance; practice is its oil\u2014without oil, the lamp cannot burn. Engage in debate to cut through delusion, and enter retreat to realize the nature of mind. If ever the golden rooftops of our monasteries are covered in dust\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p><p>Before he could finish, an eagle\u2019s cry pierced the night sky. The disciples looked up to see a radiant rainbow light dissolving into the eastern horizon.<\/p><p>The next morning, only a verse remained on his table:<\/p><p><strong><em>\u201cPalyul is neither white nor jade,<\/em><\/strong><br \/><strong><em>Doctrine and practice unfold its wings.<\/em><\/strong><br \/><strong><em>If one asks where this lineage flows,<\/em><\/strong><br \/><strong><em>The luminous mind shines for ages untold.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f85941b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f85941b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f26f3c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f26f3c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bc6125 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6bc6125\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c8328f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6c8328f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78fb84f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"78fb84f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Palyul Lineage Today<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e06645e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e06645e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Today, Baiyu Monastery remains a stronghold of practice within the Nyingma tradition. Every year, during the sixth month of the Tibetan calendar, the monks revive the <strong>&#8220;Three Practices of Kunsang Sherab&#8221;<\/strong>:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Ten Thousand Monks Debating<\/strong>: A thousand tents rise across the grasslands, and the echoes of debate thunder through the valley.<\/li><li><strong>A Thousand Lamps of Retreat<\/strong>: Disciples enter mountain caves to practice &#8220;Th\u00f6gal,&#8221; while offerings of butter lamps stretch like a river of stars outside.<\/li><li><strong>A Hundred Healers on Pilgrimage<\/strong>: Monastic physicians travel across a hundred miles, carrying medicine pouches engraved with the six-syllable mantra of Janggang Monastery.<\/li><\/ul><p>The elders often say:<br \/><strong><em>&#8220;Look at the beams and pillars of the assembly hall\u2014each one was placed by Kunsang Sherab himself and, to this day, not a single one has been touched by decay. For every piece of wood has been soaked in the sweat and aspirations of devoted practitioners.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56d7039 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"56d7039\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfae008 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cfae008\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e80bc9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e80bc9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-879e0a1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"879e0a1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2418245 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2418245\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Single Sentence to Remember Baiyu\u2019s Legacy<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cea9094 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cea9094\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One reincarnated disciple, five great heart-sons, a hundred monasteries rooted in teachings and practice\u2014together, they ignite an everlasting beacon of awakened mind in the eastern snowlands.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c98876b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c98876b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e50587e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e50587e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\ud83e\udeb7\ud83e\udeb7\ud83e\udeb7<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Palyul lineage Home \/ Teachings Teachings The Palyul lineage The Luminous Flame of Doctrine and Practice (1665) &#8211; 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