History of the Ngakpa Tradition
• The Ngakpa Community is
originally called
'Go kar Chang lo’ De
which literally means
'The community with white dress
and long hair'
or more simply 'The group of
white Sangha'.

• The first Ngakpa centre
was a branch of Samye
college and was called
the
Ngakpa 'Dud dul Ling'.
There, people were
trained in the subjects of
Literature,Translation,
Astrology, Meteorology
and especially Vajrayana
studies and practice.