Ngakpas in Different Schools
Tibetan Buddhism is divided into 5
schools and each of them has
their own way of Ngakpas.
• Tibetan Indigenous Ngakpa
Bonpo school Ngakpa, Dransong.
• Most prevalent Ngakpa
Nyingma school Ngakpa, Ngakmo,
Kyimngak, Drongngak. Tertons and
Rigzin.

• Renouncing Ngakpa
Kagyu school Naljorpa,
Naljorma,Togtenpa.
• Special Ngakpas
Chod school Ngakpa, Chodpa.
• Family lineage Ngakpas
Sakya school Ngakpa,
Gongma.
• Monastic Ngakpas
Gelug school Ngakpa,
naljorpa, Ge-nyen. Sumdan
Dorje zinpa.