The Gangkar line is a Karma Kagyu incarnation line that has its seat at Bo Gangkar Monastery, also known as Khamsum Drakgon, in Minyak. The line dates from the thirteenth century. The Ninth Gangkar, Karma Shedrub Chokyi Sengge was an accomplished teacher from Minyak who studied at Pelpung Monastery in Kham. He taught the Sixteenth Karmapa for about a year in U-Tsang, and worked as a teacher at the Central Nationalities University in Beijing.