This text of the Kagyu tradition profiles its forefathers: Vajradhara, the Buddha, Tilopa, Naropa, the Four Great Dharma Kings of Tibet, Marpa, Milarepa, Atisha, Gampopa, Phagmodrupa, Jigten Sumgön, and others.

This work was compiled by Dorje Dze Öd, a great master of the Drikung lineage active in the Mount Kailash region of Western Tibet.