The Pakpa Lha incarnation line dates to the fifteenth century when Dechen Dorje declared himself, at age eight, to be Āryadeva. He became known as the First Pakpa Lha. The seat of the lineage is at the Geluk monastery Chamdo Jampa Ling.
Biographies
The First Pakpa Lha, Pakpa Dechen Dorje
b.1439 - d.1487
Pakpa Dechen Dorje was the first of a line of incarnations later based at Chamdo Jampa Ling, the Pakpa Lha. The title is said to have derived when he declared himself, at age eight, to be Āryadeva. Ordained at Ganden, he spent his life wandering, establishing retreat hermitages and monasteries across Tibet.
