The Dordrak Gyalsay incarnation lineage is associated with Dorjidrak Monastery, one of the six principal monastic seats of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism in Tibet. Traditionally, holders of the Dordrak Gyalsay title have carried both ritual authority and philosophical responsibility within the Dorjidrak tradition, serving as teachers, lineage transmitters, and custodians of important cycles of Vajrayāna practice