Chapter 10 - Phagmodru lineage (ii): disiples of spyan snga

Among his disciples were: rgyal ba rin po che, bcu gnyis pa, gcung rin po che, rgyal ba yang dgon pa, rgyal sras thog kha ba, rin po che grags bsod, rin po che gter rgyal ba, spyan snga sgo mangs pa, snye mdo, the All-knowing, and many others.

Rin po che grags bsod pa was a son of dbon shes rab rgyal and the eldest brother of rgyal ba. He possessed various supernatural powers, such as prescience, the faculty of manifesting himself, etc. He became known as dbon po shar gling pa. Later, he founded zla dgon at sa shod in the valley of rngo chu, and laboured continuously. Thus he deposited money in support of the hermits of tsa ri, and this practice continues till the present day.

Sgo mangs pa: He became known as sgo mangs pa, because of his acting as supervisor (zhal brda mdzad pa) of the sgo mangs. He developed numerous faculties, for example, when we went for meditation towards ti se (Kailāsa), and was left without provisions on the road, he perceived a dead corpse of a female-yak left there by a local deity (gzhi bdag). He took up residence at sgos lung and great was the benefit for living beings.