- The refuge tree arises from the waters of Lake Dhanakosha
- Padmasambhava appears in the centre of the tree seated upon a lotus and lion-throne, and wearing his characteristic lotus-hat and the three robes that represent his mastery of the three yanas. His radiant aura is encircled with lotus flowers
- Above Padmasambhava are eleven cloud-borne gurus of the Dudjom lineage:
- At the very top, blue Samsantabhadra and his white consort Samantabhadri represent the dharmakāya
- Below them, white Vajrasattva represents the sambhogakāya
- Below him, the human form of Garab Dorje represents the nirmāṇakāya
- The first human teacher of Dzogchen to appear in our world
- The others are:
- Shri Simha
- Vimalamitra
- Padmakara
- Yeshe Tsogyal
- Dudjom Lingpa
- Gyurme Ngedon Wongpo, the main disciple of Dudjom Lingpa
- Dudjom Rinpoche
- (tbc.)