Togdan Rinpoche was one of the most senior lamas[citation needed] of the Drikung Kagyu and Nyingma lineages.

[2] Togdan Rinpoche has appeared in two documentary films,[3] including Yogis of Tibet[4] and The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Way of Life.

[6] Togdan Rinpoche was a lineage holder for the teaching cycle of Jamgon Kongtrul the Great, Treasury of Precious Treasures and sponsored one of the most important transmission of this cycle that takes up to 6 months to transmit[7] in Tso Pema by his root teacher Dudjom Rinpoche in 1965.

In accord with the Terma tradition of the Tibetan Buddhism and particularly the Nyingma order, Togdan Rinpoche was a terton and revealed the Padma Gyalpo Heart Essence Sadhana, which have been recently[when?]

[citation needed] The teaching cycle was authenticated by Dudjom Rinpoche during the time he was the supreme leader of the Nyingma order.