There are many other disciples who belong to different Buddhist schools and teachings, such as the abbots of monasteries, masters, wise men, pure Dharma masters or good teachers, abbots of academic institutions and meditation centers, many tantric masters of noble origin and yogis who have spent their lives in meditation, many of the Buddhist colleges of Nyingmapa, Drikung, Dalong and Drukpa Kagyu, and the various sects of Jonang, Xialuo and Podong, etc. Many of them are disciples of the Venerable. There are also countless non-Buddhists and women who have received teachings from the Venerable, and it is impossible to list them all in detail here.This thangka is a collection of portraits of the ancestors of the Rigzin lineage.

The main statue in the center is the protector, Kathog Rigzin Chenpo Tsewang Norbu, and the others surrounding it are images of his successive reincarnations or relative incarnations.

When Venerable Rigzin Chenpo Tsewang Norbu was alive, his disciples were as described in his biography:

There are countless disciples who have tasted the nectar of Dharma and achieved accomplishment through the oral transmission of the Dharma teachings by the great protector. The main disciples are: the five masters and disciples of the Kagyu school – the 13th Gyalwa Karmapa Dudjom Dorje (the sixth Buddha of the future Kalpa of Virtue, Lion’s Roar Buddha), the 10th Red Hat Crown Shamar Gongqiu Nyima, the Venerable Drubchen Dharma King (the incarnation of the Indian saint Naropa), the great Panchen Lama who is proficient in the five sciences and a great disciple Tenbei Nyisheh, and another one is the incarnation of the treasure master Renalinpa, Bawo Rinpoche Zura Gaba (also the incarnation of the speech of Guru Padmasambhava). They are all bright lights of Dharma.

There are many other disciples who belong to different Buddhist schools and teachings, such as the abbots of monasteries, masters, wise men, pure Dharma masters or good teachers, abbots of academic institutions and meditation centers, many tantric masters of noble origin and yogis who have spent their lives in meditation, many of the Buddhist colleges of Nyingmapa, Drikung, Dalong and Drukpa Kagyu, and the various sects of Jonang, Xialuo and Podong, etc. Many of them are disciples of the Venerable. There are also countless non-Buddhists and women who have received teachings from the Venerable, and it is impossible to list them all in detail here.

From the Venerable’s statement, we know that “Guru Padmasambhava once predicted that 75 of the Venerable’s disciples in this life would be able to benefit themselves and others, 700 would be able to attain liberation, and about 10,000 people would have formed a deep Dharma connection.”

These seventy-five disciples included thirty-six sages, eight saints, four heart sons, kings who ruled large and smaller areas, prime ministers, etc. The main leader among them was the Seventh Avalokitesvara, Gesang Gyatso.