The Treasury of Lives

Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo's Guide to Central Tibet, © Matthew Akester

Pungpo Riwoche is a Nyingma monastery near the Shang Valley in Tsang. It is located at one of the main sacred mountains of central Tibet. Yungton Dorje Pel resided there. A monastery was formally established in the seventeenth century by the Fifth Dalai Lama at the long-standing sacred site. Tennyi Lingpa and Gya Zhangtrom Dorje Wobar are said to have revealed treasure there. 

Sources

Akester, Matthew. 2016. Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo's Guide to Central Tibet. Chicago, IL: Serindia Publications, pp. 524-525.

Gyurme Dorje. 2009. Tibet Handbook. Bath: Footprint, p. 330.

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