Dratsepa Rinchen Namgyel was the chief disciple of Buton and his successor as abbot at Zhalu, serving from 1356 to his death in 1388. He served Buton as scribe and editor, collecting his teacher's writings in an edition of thirty-three volumes.

Tarpa Lotsāwa Nyima Gyeltsen is regarded as a pioneering translator of Sanskrit grammars and canonical scriptures, including the Guhyagarbha Tantra. He traveled to both Nepal and India and was a teacher to the famous fourteenth-century scholar Buton Rinchen Drub. He has fifty-four translations in the Tibetan canons.

Jamyang Sarma Sherab Wozer, commonly known as Jamyang Sarma or Jamsarwa, was a twelfth- to thirteenth-century scholar based in the Nyang region of Tsang. He was a disciple of Nyel Zhikpa Jampai Dorje, under whom he studied the teachings of Buddhist philosophy of his day, and of Semo Chewa Namkha Gyeltsen, who transmitted the Dro lineage of the Kālacakra. He established a monastic college at Kyangdur Monastery.

Terse Drime Wozer was the fourth son of the treasure revealer Dudjom Lingpa, whose treasures he propagated throughout eastern and central Tibet in the early twentieth century. He was a prolific treasure revealer in his own right and, famously, the partner of Sera Khandro. 

Akye Terchen Orgyen Khacho Lingpa was a twentieth-century treasure revealer from Golok. He was a student of Lerab Lingpa and a teacher to the Second Pelyul Choktrul and Chatral Rinpoche.