Drogön Sangyé Tönpa
'gro mgon sangs rgyas ston pa
1207-1278 or 1213-1285
Sangye Tönpa Tsöndrü Senge was born to a Bönpo family. At his birth, the adept Amogha flew down from the sky to offer wondrous prophecies about the new born.
Tibetan Forefathers (11th–13th)
Rigongpa Sangyé Nyentön
ri gong pa sangs rgyas gnyan ston
1175-1247 or 1255
Rigongpa Chökyi Sherab was born to a family in Yol. Much like Mokchokpa and Kyergangpa before him, he was named after the locality where he spent many years meditating and teaching, Rigong.
Öntön Kyergangpa
dbon ston skyer sgang pa
1154-1217 or 1143-1216
From Mokchokpa, the great adept at Lhabu in Shang, he mastered the teachings on Clear Light, Dream Yoga, and Illusory Form and had uninterrupted vision of many deities. While Kyerganpa was practicing diligently, he was informed that his uncle Ba Thamche Khyenpa had passed away. Lama Kyergangpa was particularly devoted to the deity Hayagriva.
Mokchokpa Rinchen Tsöndrü
rmog lcog pa rin chen brtson 'grus
12th cent.
In the Brief Life Story of Khyungpo Naljor (khyung po rnal sbyor gyi rnam thar), where his six main disciples are depicted as a tree, Mokchokpa is named the fruit of the clear light and dream yogas. Mokchokpa lived a solitary life devoted to the search for awakening and the extraordinary methods of the path of tantras.
Khedrup Khyungpo Naljor
mkhas grub khyung po rnal 'byor
978/990-1128
The accomplished scholar Khyungpo Naljor was extraordinary, although much less famous than his contemporaries Naropa, Marpa and Milarepa. Khyungpo Naljor was considered by Jamgön Kongtrül to be one of the greatest yogis ever to have existed in Tibet.
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