Chapter 20 - Trophupa (iv): Khro phu lo tsa ba’s Disciples

During his later life, before he started for dbus, he performed the rite creating khro phu sems dpa' chen po (meaning that he became the father of khro phu sems dpa' chen po), and proceeded to dbus. The place of his demise was also situated in dbus. Rin po che rgyal tsha and kun ldan, the two, have been direct disciples of the Lord phag mo gru pa who had produced in them an understanding of the "Great Seal” (Mahāmudra). Chos rje lo tsa ba (khro lo) also followed the precepts of the rin po che rgyal tsha, and through them an understanding of the "Great Seal" (Mahāmudra) was produced in him.

Later, when he journeyed to skyi rong, a bla ma called klon rtse ba who was a direct disciple of Lord sgam po pa, improved his understanding (of the Doctrine), and therefore it is certain that he belonged to the Lineage of dpal sgam po pa The saint (siddha) who was born at rta nag, and who was called lce sgom, also heard the Doctrine from rin po che rgyal tsha. He particularly heard the exposition of the "Great Seal" (Mahāmudra) doctrine from kun ldan, and his under standing of it equalled Heaven.

A contemporary of his, known as ma gcig Re ma, first obtained extraordinary results in mind concentration, but in the end she experienced a violent heart attack of a nervous character (snying rlung drag po). It is said that lce sgom heard about her illness, and bestowed on her hidden precepts, and she realized the Truth of the Ultimate Essence (Dharmatā).

He was followed by khro phu lo tsa ba, bla chen bsod dbang, khro phu sems dpa' chen po and others. Sems dpa' chen po’s disciple was yan rtse ba rin chen seng ge. Bu (ston) rin po che was a disciple of the latter. The Chapter on khro phu ba.