Pema Tönyö Nyinje

12th Tai Situ, Pema Tönyö Nyinje
པདྨ་དོན་ཡོད་ཉིན་བྱེད
The 12th Tai Situ in 2015
Personal life
Born1954 (age 71–72)
Derge, Tibet
Religious life
ReligionTibetan Buddhism
Temple
SchoolKarma Kagyu
Senior posting
Teacher16th Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje
Period in officec. 1955–present

The 12th Tai Situ, Pema Dönyö Nyinje (Tibetan: པདྨ་དོན་ཡོད་ཉིན་བྱེད, Wylie: pad+ma don yod nyin byed) (born 1954) is the 12th Tai Situ, a tulku in Tibetan Buddhism, and one of the highest masters of the Karma Kagyu school. He is the head of Palpung Sherab Ling Monastery in India, and Palpung Monastery in Tibet.

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