Nenang Pawo is one of the highest lamas of the

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school of

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. The Pawos form a lineage of

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s, of which the first was born in 1440. They were traditionally the heads of Nenang Monastery in

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Recent Pawos

The 10th Pawo, Tsuglag Mawey Wangchuk, lived from 1912 to 1991. He was recognised by Khakyab Dorje, 15th Gyalwang Karmapa. After completing the traditional education of a reincarnate lama followed by a period of meditative retreat, he became one of the teachers of

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. Pawo Rinpoche fled Tibet during the uprising against

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rule in 1959, travelling to

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and then on the

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. At the request of the

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, Pawo Rinpoche served as an instructor at the Sanskrit University in

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from 1962 until 1966. In 1975, he travelled in Western countries, establishing his Western seat in

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where he lived permanently (1978–1986). In 1986 he established a new Nenang, Nénang Püntsok Monastery (), near

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, where he resided for the remainder of his life. In 1994, the 11th Nenang Pawo, while still an infant, was recognised by the Seventeenth Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje. The 11th Pawo Rinpoche was enthroned at Nenang Monastery near

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in 1995 and given the name Tsuglag Tenzin Künsang Chökyi Nyima or Tsuglag Mawey Drayang. Following the Seventeenth Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje's escape to

in 2000, which was aided by a monk from Nenang, reports surfaced that, in reprisal, the child Pawo had been removed for a while from his monastery and that his religious education had been restricted. However, he was allowed later to continue his spiritual education
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History

The first Pawo, Chöwang Lhundrup, was born in 1440 in the

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of Ü-Tsang. It is said that he was given the title ''Pawo'' "hero" as a result of the supernatural powers he displayed at a young age. He became a student of Chödrak Gyatso, 7th Karmapa Lama, whom he encountered in southern Tibet. Being first a

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meditation master, Chöwang Lhundrup became one of the Karmapa's spiritual heirs, the Karmapa establishing him as the head of Sékhar Gutok Monastery (, the place where

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and

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lived. The second Pawo,

Pawo Tsuglag Threngwa Pawo Tsuglag Threngwa (; 1504–1566), the second Nenang Pawo, was a Tibetan historian of the Karma Kagyu. He was a disciple of Mikyö Dorje, 8th Karmapa Lama. He was the author of the famous ''mkhas pa'i dga' ston'', '' A Scholar's Feast'', addr ...

, was the "moon-like" disciple of

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, as well as a famous author of historical, philosophical and astrological texts. In 1673, during the reign of the

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, the seat of the lineage was moved from Sekhar Guthog to Nenang Monastery, which is located near

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, the main monastery of the

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List of Pawos

References

External links

Rangjung Yeshe wiki
entry on the Pawo Rinpoches
Rangjung Yeshe wiki
entry on the 2nd Pawo Rinpoche
Rangjung Yeshe wiki
entry on the 10th Pawo Rinpoche

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