Edited sentence: Among his contemporaries and associates were the foremost masters of his generation: The 2nd Jamgon Kongtrul, Shechen Kongrtrul Rinpoche, Dzongsar Khyentse Chokyi Lodro, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, and many others.Among them were the Fifteenth Gyalwa Karmapa, Khakhyap Dorje; Situ Pema Wangchuk Gyalpo, the abbot and foremost teacher of Palpung monastery; Zhechen Gyaltsab Padma Gyurmed Namgyal, the great Nyingma master who was regarded as Mipham Rinpoche's unequaled disciple; and the meditation master Drupon Norbu Dondrup, whose teaching had a profound impact on Kalu Rinpoche's life.Rinpoche's gurus included the foremost disciples of the supreme master of the Rimé or Eclectic Movement, Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye