surrounded by the eight vidyadharas and twenty-five disciples from a thangka of Rigdzin Düpa]]

The twenty-five disciples of Guru Rinpoche (Tib. རྗེ་འབངས་ཉེར་ལྔ་, Wyl. rje 'bangs nyer lnga) are his twenty-five greatest Tibetan disciples. All of them attained supreme accomplishment. There are several lists, some adding up to twenty-six by counting the King Trisong Detsen separately, as in the following list:

1. King Trisong Detsen
2. Namkhé Nyingpo
3. Nupchen Sangyé Yeshé
4. Gyalwa Chokyang
5. Khandro Yeshé Tsogyal
6. Palgyi Yeshé
7. Langchen Palgyi Sengé
8. Vairotsana
9. Nyak Jñanakumara
10. Gyalmo Yudra Nyingpo
11. Nanam Dorje Dudjom
12. Yeshé Yang
13. Sokpo Lhapal
14. Nanam Shyang Yeshé Dé
15. Kharchen Palgyi Wangchuk
16. Denma Tsémang
17. Kawa Paltsek
18. Shüpu Palgyi Sengé
19. Dré Gyalwé Lodrö
20. Drokben Khye'u Chung Lotsawa
21. Otren Palgyi Wangchuk
22. Ma Rinchen Chok
23. Lhalung Palgyi Dorje
24. Langdro Könchok Jungné
25. Lasum Gyalwa Changchup
26. Drenpa Namkha<ref>The sequence of names follows that given by Dudjom Rinpoche in his History of the Nyingma School, but note that his list does not include Drenpa Namkha</ref>

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• Tulku Thondup, Masters of Meditation and Miracles (Boston: Shambhala, 1996)
• Yeshe Tsogyal, Padmasambhava Comes to Tibet: 25 Disciples - Vajra Guru Mantra - Prayers, Dharma Publishing, 2008.

Historical Masters Nyingma Masters Twenty-five Disciples Enumerations 20s-Twenties