Pémakö
Pemakö, aka Beyul Pemakö, ‘The Hidden-Land Arrayed Like Lotuses’, is one of the most precious Béyul (Hidden land) of Tibetan Buddhism. It is a secret land of wild jungle and deep and precipitous canyons, sandwiched between the Tibetan plateau and the slopes of the Brahmaputra. There, in this remote corner of southeastern Tibet, the Yarlung Tsangpo—one of Asia’s largest rivers—descends into a dark and precipitous gorge, circles around the eastern-most summit of the Himalaya range, Namchak Barwa, and flows into the jungles of India as the Brahmaputra River. Tibetans venerate this region of soaring glaciers and lush, subtropical rain forests. It is to there that Düdjom Lingpa wanted to travel, and it was there that Düdjom Jigdrel Yéshé Dorjé was born in 1904.
Since the early 8th century, Tibetans and Himalayan people have treasured "Namtars" as written or spoken narratives that demonstrate the realization of the Buddhist path by exceptional practitioners. These namtars, or spiritual biographies, serve as inspirational guides on the path to enlightenment.
Today, Namtars Foundation aims to record, preserve, and freely offer the world a written and electronic treasury of the oral wisdom of Tibetan and Himalayan Buddhism.
