during his education he received all the kagyu transmissions and was also taught by the sakya trizin for many years. in the beginning of 1940 he went into retreat, and in 1947 started a pilgrimage to india together with tenzin gyatso, the 14th dalai lama. rangjung continued his education with the 10th mindrolling trichen of the nyingma school and it was concluded with the kalachakra initiation of the gelugpa school. rangjung had therefore received all the major teachings of all the major tibetan buddhist schools.