Baeyul Yamalung

𝑩𝒂𝒆𝒚𝒖𝒍 𝒀𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒏𝒈
Remotely located in the eastern district of Lhuendrup Rinchentse, Baeyul Yamalung is revered as one of the sacred sites visited, blessed and hidden many treasures by Padmasambhava and Yeshey Tshogyal in the eighth century.
Though little is known about Baeyul due to its remoteness, visiting Yamalung is said to have equal blessing to Yamalung in Tibet. The Nye is considered to be the last entrance to Baeyul Khenpajong and it has all qualities of a crematorium. It is also associated with the place of longevity (if engaged in longevity practices, you will attain a swift siddhi).
Apart from Padmakara and Yeshey Tshogyal, Shintengarbha, Vairochana, Baelza Sherdon visited and blessed the Nye. Later, Peling Yab-seys, Khedrup Kuenga Wangpo, Lama Choeney Rangdrol, Ngagi Wangchuk, Mipham Choegyal and Gyalwa Karma Rabjam blessed the site by physically visiting or blessing from a distance.
Particularly, while Gyalwa Karma Rabjam was staying in Ongar hamlet he had a vision which states;
'𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙞 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙜𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙡𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙪𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚. 𝙇𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙞𝙩’
The next day, he went to Sisingpae (སི་སིང་པད) which is opposite to Yamalung and looked into direction of the site. Gyalwa Karma Rabjam had witnessed Guru Rinpoche surrounded by dakas and dakinis; thus, miraculously opening the sacred land of Padmasambhava.
It was only in1870s the construction of Lhakhang and retreat centers began although there were hermits living in seclusion. According to oral sources, it is said that the construction of hermitage and small Lhakhang with the main relics of Duesum Sangay དུས་གསུམ་སངས་རྒྱས was built with patronage of Dolma Mo from Ongar under supervision of Lama who was disciple of Dudjom Dorje and Chaktsa Rinpoche. The few retreatants lived with Lama until he left for Nganglakharchung in Jarey some years later. The Goenpa was left without a caretaker for a few years.
Later, Lama from Kham along with attendant Gelek arrived and continued to serve as head of the retreat center but he went on pilgrimage to India where he passed away. During those days, most of the patrons were from Ongar and Tsang-thromed Chiwogs with Meymey Thinley Dargay and his descendants from Tongzibee being main patrons. However, like lifeless corpses, the physical infrastructure along with the relics fell in ruin without lama. Sometime later, disciple of Yodrak Trulku and Sumthrang Rinpoche known as Tangpa Lopen Kuenzang Dorje stayed there with his few students from Ongar.
In the 1960s, a disciple of Kham Nangchenpa Yuelsar Lama called Tsampa Tsultruim arrived and continued to stay there. During this time, Yuelsar Lama,Kham Choney Rinpoche, Dongla Gyabpa Lopen Kelzang and Mani Lama visited the Nye and institutionalized Ngyuney and Tshokhor customs.
In the year 1970, Tsampa Tshultruim approached Kyabje Zhechen Bairo Rinpoche (1933-2017) who is considered to be 36th incarnation of Vairochana and shared the story of Baeyul Yamalung. Realizing the aspirations and deeds as Vairochana through his wisdom eye, Kyabje Bairo urged Tang Chojam Lama aka Drubwang Pema Longyang to build a retreat center at the sacred site citing its benefits to Buddhadharma for present and future generations.
With an auspicious coincidence of outer inner and secret signs, the construction of Lhakhang began in 1972 corresponding to 16th Rabjung of Water Rat Year. The location of Lhakhang was shifted slightly to the right of the old one and the construction completed two years later.
In 1974, Kyabje Bairo Rinpoche along with Tang Choejam Lama and monks from Nyimalung Dratsang performed Drupchen based on Dudul Gongpa Yongdue as a part of consecration. Rinpoche bestowed the oral transmission and empowerment of Rigzin Dudul Dorje and Longsel Nyingpo to the fortunate disciples. He also instituted around 30 retreatants and appointed Kurtoe Lama Pema Tshewang as his representative. Lama Pema Tshewang served for a long time until his passing in 1988 who was succeeded by Lama Pema. During his tenure, Khenpo Karpo who was one of the heart disciples of Dudjom Jigdral Yeshi Dorje also visited the sacred Nye built one storied statue of Padmasambhava.
Note: The short narrative is written based on oral accounts, guidebook to a sacred place titled 'ལྷོ་མོན་གཡའ་མ་ལུང་དུ་གྲགས་པ་ཡང་གསང་ཌ་ཀཱིའི་གྲོང་ཁྱེར་ཆེན་མོའི་གནས་ཡིག་ལུང་གི་སྙེ་མ' and other scanty sources.