ये धर्मा हेतु-प्रभवा हेतुं तेषां तथागतो ह्यवदत् ।
तेषां च यो निरोध एवंवादी महाश्रमणः ॥
ཆོས་རྣམས་ཐམས་ཅད་རྒྱུ་ལས་བྱུང་། །
དེ་རྒྱུ་དེ་བཞིན་གཤེགས་པས་གསུངས། །
རྒྱུ་ལ་འགོག་པ་གང་ཡིན་པ། །
དགེ་སྦྱོང་ཆེན་པོས་འདི་སྐད་གསུངས། །
All phenomena arise from causes;
The Buddha has explained their causes,
And also their cessation —
Thus teaches the Great Ascetic.
सर्वपापस्य अकरणं, कुशलस्य उपसम्पदा ।
सचित्तपरियोदपनं, एतद् बुद्धानशासनम् ॥
སྡིག་པ་ཅི་ཡང་མི་བྱ་ཞིང༌། །
དགེ་བ་ཕུན་སུམ་ཚོགས་པར་སྤྱད། །
རང་གི་སེམས་ནི་ཡོངས་སུ་འདུལ། །
འདི་ནི་སངས་རྒྱས་བསྟན་པ་ཡིན། །
Do not commit even a single unwholesome deed.
Cultivate all that is good.
Discipline your mind completely —
This is the teaching of the Buddha.
All the happiness and suffering that living beings experience arise solely from their own causes and conditions. These causes and conditions depend upon one’s actions, and those actions, in turn, depend upon oneself. The intricate details of the law of causality (karma) cannot be fully understood without relying on the teachings of the Buddha.
Therefore, the Buddha is regarded as our Teacher; his Teaching, the Dharma, as our Protector or Savior; and the Sangha—those who follow the noble path he has shown—as our Companions and Friends.
In essence, taking refuge in the Three Jewels—the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha—and upholding the law of causality as infallible and unfailing, are what it means to be a true follower of the Buddha.
The Teaching of Buddha and the Palyul Lineage
Our Teacher, Shakyamuni Buddha
Our teacher, Shakyamuni Buddha, attained complete enlightenment and revealed to us the path he himself followed. By journeying along this spiritual path, the Buddha achieved both temporary and ultimate happiness, leaving behind profound instructions for future generations like us. The view and philosophy that emphasize the cultivation and transformation of the inner mind constitute the very essence of the Buddha’s teaching.
Guru Padmasambhava
The teachings of the Buddha originated in India and later spread to Tibet. Many great masters from India were invited to Tibet, but it was primarily through the great kindness of the Indian master 
Guru Padmasambhava, the abbot Shantarakshita, and the scholar Vimalamitra, who were invited by the Tibetan King Trisong Deutsen, that Buddhism took firm root in Tibet.
Owing especially to the blessings and activity of Guru Padmasambhava, the entire corpus of Buddhist teachings — including the tantric teachings — flourished widely throughout Tibet. The tantric teachings are profound and swift methods that encompass all the essential principles of the Sutrayana path. Within them are two principal lineages of transmission: Kama and Terma.
- Kama refers to the original, unbroken teachings of Buddha Samantabhadra.
- Terma refers to the spiritual treasures concealed by Guru Padmasambhava and later revealed by the Tertons, or treasure revealers.
Terton Migyur Dorjee and the Namchö Teachings
The Namchö (Space Treasure) is a special cycle of teachings practiced in our Palyul lineage. It is a Terma that unites the essential points of both Sutra and Tantra. This precious treasure was revealed by Terton Migyur Dorjee in 17th century.
Since its revelation, the Namchö teachings have been continuously practiced within the Palyul monasteries, maintaining the blessings of the lineage in their entirety. The transmission of empowerment and instruction has never been interrupted or diminished.
The Palyul Mother Monastery was founded in the 17th century by the great master Rigzin Kunsang Sherab, the first throne holder of the Palyul tradition. Today, His Holiness Karma Kuchen Rinpoche serves as the 12th and current throne holder of the Palyul Monastery.
The Palyul Pema Mani Center, as part of the Palyul lineage, holds the Namchö teachings as its core and central practice.