Tulku Nyima Gyaltsen Rinpoche stands at the head of one branch of a long lineage of famous Tibetan Buddhist Masters.  These Masters include:

    * Samantabhadra
    * Vajrasattva
    * Garab Dorje
    * Sri Singha
    * Manjushrimitra
    * Jnanasutra
    * Vimalamitra
    * Guru Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche)
    * Longchenpa
    * Rigzin Jigme Lingpa (compiler of Longchen Nyinthig ngondro) (1729-1798)
    * Jigme Gyalwai Nyugu
    * Orgyen Jigme Chokyi Wangpo (Patrul Rinpoche, author of Words of My Perfect Teacher)
    * Nyoshul Lungtok Tenpai Nyima (one of Patrul Rinpoche's closest students)  (1829-1901/1902)
    * Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang (author of Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher) (1879-1941)
    * Tulku Arik Rinpoche (one of Khenpo Ngawang's students and Tulku Nyima's Root Lama)
    * Tulku Nyima Gyaltsen Rinpoche (voice reincarnation of Khenpo Ngawang) (1942-present)

This photograph is of Khenpo Ngawang, the author of Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher).

This photograph is of Arik Rinpoche, Tulku Nyima's Root Lama and a close student of Khenpo Ngawang (of whom Tulku Nyima is the recognized voice reincarnation).