The Pawo Rinpoches

Pawo Rinpoche (dpa' bo), an important lineage of Karma Kagyu masters very closely associated with the Karmapas. The seat of the early Pawo incarnations was a monastery called Lhalung (lha lung) and at Sekhar Gutog (sras mkhar dgu thog). Now it is the monastery of Nenang (gnas nang) located in the same Tolung (stod lung) valley as the Karmapa's Tsurphu (mtshur pu) monastery. The 10th Pawo Rinpoche passed away in Kathmandu/Nepal in 1991. The present 11th incarnation was found and recognized in Tibet by the present 17th Karmapa.

• 1st Pawo Rinpoche, chos dbang lhun grub (1440-1503)
  
• 2nd Pawo Rinpoche, gtsug lag phreng ba (1504-1566)
  
• 3rd Pawo Rinpoche, gtsug lag kun bzang (1567-1633)
  
• 4th Pawo Rinpoche, gtsug lag kun bzang (1633-1649)
  
• 5th Pawo Rinpoche, gtsug lag phrin las rgya mtsho (1649-1699)
  
• 6th Pawo Rinpoche, gtsug lag chos kyi don grub (1701-?)
  
• 7th Pawo Rinpoche, gtsug lag dga' bar (?-1781)
  
• 8th Pawo Rinpoche, gtsug lag chos kyi rgyal po (no dates)
  
• 9th Pawo Rinpoche, gtsug lag nyin byed, (?-1911)
  
• 10th Pawo Rinpoche, gtsug lag smra ba'i dbang phyug (1912-1991)
  
• 11th Pawo Rinpoche, (b.1993)
  

Main Lineages

• Kagyu
  
• Karma Kagyu

Alternate Names

• dpal ldan dpa’ bo sprul sku
  

Internal Links

• Pawo Rinpoche, more info on the incarnation line, also in India
• Kagyu