History
The first Pawo, Chöwang Lhundrup, was born in 1440 in Yarlung Valley in Central Tibet. It is said that he was given the title Pawo, which means "hero", as a result of the supernatural powers he displayed at a young age. He became a student of the 7th Karmapa, Chödrak Gyatso, whom he encountered in southern Tibet. Being first a Nyingma meditation master, Chöwang Lhundrup became one of the Karmapa's spiritual heirs, the Karmapa establishing him as the head of Sekhar Guthog, the place where lived Milarepa and Marpa.
The second Pawo, Tsuglag Trengwa, was the "moon-like" disciple of the 8th Karmapa, Mikyö Dorje, as well as a famous author of historical, philosophical and astrological texts. In 1673, during the reign of the fifth Dalai Lama, the seat of the lineage was moved from Sekhar Guthog to Nenang Monastery, which is located in Central Tibet near Tsurphu Monastery, the main monastery of the Karmapas.
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