Rinpoche | Samdhong Rinpoche | Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche | Penor Rinpoche | Garchen Rinpoche | Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche | Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche | Tenga Rinpoche | Namgyal Rinpoche | Lati Rinpoche | Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche | Khentrul Lodro Thaye Rinpoche | Karma Thinley Rinpoche | '''Kalu Rinpoché''' and Lama Denys | Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche | Denma Locho Rinpoche | Chatral Rinpoche |
Teachers and presenters at the Garrison Institute have included Adyashanti, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Rajmohan Gandhi, Philip Glass, Daniel Goleman, Mikhail Gorbachev, Paul Hawken, Father Thomas Keating, Sharon Salzberg, Pete Seeger, Roshi Enkyo O’Hara, Peter Senge, Lama Surya Das, Tsoknyi Rinpoche, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, and many others.
David Hykes is a Dharma student of Choky Nyima Rinpoche, who gave him the name Shenpen Yeshe, "the Primordial Wisdom that brings happiness to beings," and Tsoknyi Rinpoche.