His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama — Tenzin Gyatso
Guru Padmasambhava (Padma Sambhava) — Lotus Born Master, Patron Saint of Tibet
Guru Rinpoche — founder of Tibetan Buddhism
Tārā — the swift-liberating female bodhisattva of Tibetan Buddhism
Rig Sum Gönpo (Three Protectors) — RETRACTED identification; the Sikkimese protective figures the sources actually name are Khangchendzonga, Yabdean and Mahākāla