Neyphug manuscript Kanjur

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Neyphug monastery was founded by gter ston Ngag dbang Grags pa (1525-1599) in 1550 and has remained as the main seat of the successive incarnate lamas of Neyphug. These lamas were prominent figures in western Bhutan and the place is also well known for clay sculpture which the third incarnation started. Although a fire in 1864 gutted the main residence and destroyed many historical records, it only partially damaged the main temple and the manuscript collection remained unharmed. Neyphug holds a set of the Kanjur canon created in the seventeenth century during the time of second Neyphug lama. Books in Neyphug also include the writings of the great Tibetan 'Brug pa scholar Pad ma dKar po, of the Bhutanese historian and chief abbot rJe mKhan po Yon tan mTha yas, of the ecumenical master Byang chub brTson 'grus, of rGyal dbang Chos rje, and of Neyphug's founder Ngag dbang Grags pa. Copies of these collections are indeed rare and very useful for codicological studies. The autobiography of the founder Ngag dbang Grags pa and the account of Neyphug by the seventh incarnation Nam grol rDo rje, which seems to sparsely record the information lost to the fire in 1864, are documents of immense historical significance.

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