This detailed explanation features the thangka painting of the Ngayur Nyingma Lineage Tree, also known as Refuge Tree. The description is based on the Longchen Nyingtik ཀློང་ཆེན་སྙིང་ཐིག Lineage Tree by Gonpo Tseten Rinpoche མགོན་པོ་ཚེ་བརྟན།, with depictions of the gurus and main figures of his lineage. Longchen Nyingtik is a terma (revealed scriptures) tradition of dzogchen ("Great Perfection") practice revealed by Jigme Lingpa འཇིགས་མེད་གླིང་པ། (#13 in the painting).
The purpose of the lineage tree is to "symbolize the embodiment of Enlightened awareness in which one goes to refuge externally before realizing the true nature internally."
The main figure in this refuge tree is Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) and his consort, Yeshe Tsogyal (#29). Next to each figure, or group of figures, in the thangka there is a number and the names appear in the numeric list below.
Lineage Gurus
1. Samantabhadra
2. Vajrasattva
3. Garab Dorje
4. Sri Singha
5. Jampal Shenyen
6. Guru Rinpoche
7. Vimalamitra
8. Jnanasutra
9. Yeshe Tsogyal
10. Vairocana
11. King Trisong Detsen
12. Longchenpa
13. Jigme Lingpa
14. Zongsar Chentse
15. Jigme Gyalwe Nyuku
16. Adzom Drukpa
17. Mipham Rinpoche
18. Mingyur Namkha Dorje
19. Khenpo Shenga
20. Tenpai Nyima
21. Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje
22. Kunsang Shenpen
23. Patrul Rinpoche
24. Thubten Chokyi Dorje
25. Dilgo Khyentse
26. Nyoshul Lungtok Tenpé Nyima
27. Gyalsé Shenpen Tayé
28. Shravakas and Pratyekabuddhas
Shariputra
Maudgalyayana
Ānanda
Rāhula
Aniruddha
Kāśyapa
Subhuti
Kātyāyana
29. Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche) and his consort, Yeshe Tsogyal
30. Bodhisattvas
Manjushri
Avalokiteshvara
Vajrapani
Maitreya
Kshitigarbha
Akashagarbha
Sarvanivaranavishkambhin
Samantabhadra
Mediational Deities
31. Dechen Gyalmo
32. Chenrezik
33. Buddhas of the Three Times
Kashyapa (Past)
Shakyamuni Buddha (Present)
Maitreya (Future)
Mediational Deities
34. Lion-Faced Dakini
35. Hayagriva
36. Dorje Phurba
37. Palchen Düpa
38. Yangdak Heruka
39. Yama
40. Tachong
Dharma Protectors
41. Dorje Edolma
42. Manima
43. Dorje Lekpa
44. Ekajati
45. Rahula
46. Maning Nakpo
47. Tsering Ma
48. Offering goddesses
See the Nyingma Lineage Refuge Tree Thangka Painting
Sources
Rigpa Wiki - Gönpo Tseten Rinpoche
Longchen Nyingtik Lineage Tree by Gonpo Tseten Rinpoche
The Stupa - Figures
