The Pawo incarnation line began with the fifteenth century Chowang Lhundrub, posthumously identified as the First Pawo. The Second Pawo, Tsuklak Trengwa, was a prominent sixteenth-century Kagyu scholar whose history of the Karma Kagyu tradition, the Chojung Khepai Gaton, or Scholar's Feast, is still read today. He was based at Sekhar Gutok monastery, at the time a Kagyu monastery, which became one of the seats of the line, together with Lhalung Monastery. After Sekhar Gutok was converted to the Geluk tradition in the seventeenth century, the Fifth Dalai Lama gave the Fifth Pawo, Tsuklak Trinle Gyatso Nenang Monastery, which he had confiscated from the Seventh Zhamar. Since that time the incarnation line has also been known as the Nenang Pawo.
Biographies
The First Pawo, Chowang Lhundrub
b.1440/1455 - d.1503
Chowang Lhundrub, posthumously identified as the First Pawo, was a disciple of the Seventh Karmapa, Chodrak Gyatso. He restored the temple at Sekhar Gutok, the site of Milarepa's tower, and made it the base for his religious activities.
The Second Pawo, Tsuklak Trengwa
b.1504 - d.1566
The Second Pawo Tsuklak Trengwa was a prominent sixteenth-century Kagyu scholar whose best known composition was the Chojung Khepai Gaton, or Scholars Feast, a history of the Karma Kagyu tradition. He was a disciple of the Eighth Karmapa, the Fourth Zhamar, Dakpo Chokle Namgyel and other Kagyu lamas. He supervised the cremation the Eighth Karmapa, enthroned the Fifth Zhamar and also later organized the enthronement of the Ninth Karmapa.
The Third Pawo, Tsuklak Gyatso
b.1567 - d.1630/1633
The Third Pawo, Tsuklak Gyatso, was a disciple of the Ninth Karmapa, Wangchuk Dorje.
The Fourth Pawo, gtsug lag kun tu bzang po
b.1633 - d.1649
The Sixth Pawo, gtsug lag don grub
b.1701 - d.1718
The Tenth Pawo, gtsug lag snang ba dbang phyug
b.1912 - d.1991