Zangdok Palri
Zangdok Palri ('The Copper-Colored Mountain of Glory) is the pure land where Guru Rinpoché now dwells, said to be located in Ngayab Ling. On the peak of Zangdok Palri, Guru Rinpoché liberated the king of the rakshasas, Raksha Thötreng, and assumed his form. Now he dwells in Zangdok Palri as a ‘vidyadhara of spontaneous presence,’ the fourth vidyadhara level. “There,” writes Düdjom Jigdrel Yéshé Dorjé, "he manifested the inconceivable Palace of Lotus Light, and presides as king, with one of his emanations in each of the eight continents of the rakshasas, giving teachings like the Eight Great Methods of Attainment of the Kagyé, and protecting the people of this world of Jambudvipa from fears for their life. Even to this day, he reigns as the regent of Vajradhara, the ‘vidyadhara of spontaneous accomplishment of the ultimate path’; and thus he will remain, without ever moving, until the end of the universe."
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.
