Tsadra Rinchen Drak

Tsadra Rinchen Drak

The main seat of Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye, above the Palpung monastery of the Tai Situ Rinpoches. It is a site sacred to Yangdag Heruka and Vajrakila, and was formally opened by Kongtrul together with the treasure revealer Terchen Chokgyur Lingpa. Among others, the terma cycle of "Sangthig Khorsum", containing practices on Yangdag, Vajrasattva and Vakrakila, was revealed here by Chokgyur Lingpa. It is here where Jamgon Kongtrul established a three-year retreat center for the practices and teachings of the Shangpa Kagyu tradition and where he spent most of his life.