The Purchok incarnation line is a Geluk lineage that dates to the eighteenth century. The line is named for a small ridge near Sera called Purchok Ri, where, according to tradition, Padmasambhava meditated. The First Purchok, Ngawang Jampa, a prominent disciple of the Fifth Panchen Lama, is said to have participated in developing an important hermitage at the site which became known as Purchok or Purbuchok.
Biographies
The First Purchok, Ngawang Jampa
b.1682 - d.1762
Ngawang Jampa was a prominent disciple of the Fifth Paṇchen Lama, the Fifth Pakpa Lha and Drubkhang Gelek Gyatso. He is counted as the fifty-third holder of the Lamrim lineage. Ngawang Jampa spent most of his life in meditation and composition of texts on various subjects, including an oft-cited passage against the worship of Shugden.
