Shangton Chobar was born in Dingri in Tsang in 1053. He and his younger brother received the Lamdré from Seton Kunrig. Sachen Kunga Nyingpo, the first Sakya patriarch requested the Lamdré transmission from Shangton Chobar. Further Reading: Biography of Zhangton Chobar by Alexander Gardner (Source: Treasury of Lives) […]
Seton Kunrig, also known as Sekar Chungwa, is a holder of the Lamdré lineage. […]
Khön Könchok Gyalpo is founded the Sakya Order and Sakya Monastery in 1073, and became the first Sakya throneholder. Drogmi Lotsāwa was his root teacher. […]
Paṇchen Shākya Shrī was born in Kashmir. He was invited to Tibet along with nine other māhapaṇḍitas (great scholar). During his ten years of residence in Tibet, he taught prātimokṣa precepts lineage as well as teachings of the sūtra and tantra to Sakya Paṇdita, the fourth Sakya patriarch. […]
Bari Lotsāwa’s personal name is Rinchen Dragpa. “Bari” is his race. He travelled from Tibet through Nepal to India and stayed there for many years studying under the guidance of Indian masters. He received many teachings and collected them together in a book called the Collection of Sādhanā. He brought many teachings back to Tibet. […]
Choeje Sakya Paṇḍita Kunga Gyaltsen, commonly known as Sapaṇ, is the 4th Sakya Patriarch and also the 6th Sakya Trizin was born in Male Water Tiger Year (1182) in Sakya. He was one of the greatest scholars in Tibetan history and one of the so-called ‘Three Mañjughoshas of Tibet’. He is the son of Pelchen Opo, who was […]
Jetsün Dragpa Gyaltsen རྗེ་བཙུན་གྲགས་པ་རྒྱལ་མཚན, the third of the five Sakya Patriarchs, was born in the year of the Female Fire Rabbit (1147) in Sakya, Tibet. His father was Sachen Kunga Nyingpo, the first Sakya patriarch. His mother’s name was Machig Odron. His older brother was Loppon Sönam Tsemo, who was the second Sakya patriarch. When […]
Lopön Sonam Tsemo (Tibetan: བསོད་ནམས་རྩེ་མོ) was born in the Male Water Dog year (1142) in glorious Sakya. He was the eldest of the three sons born to the First Sakya Patriarch – Sachen Kunga Nyingpo and Machig Odrön. He was the Second Sakya Patriarch and also the Fourth Sakya throne holder. He was identified as the reincarnation of […]
The great Sachen Kunga Nyingpo, emanation of Lord Avalokiteshvara, embodiment of the compassion of all the Buddhas, emanation of Lord Manjushri, embodiment of the wisdom of all the Buddhas, was born in the Khön family to Khön Konchog Gyalpo and Sonam Kyid (known as Machig Shangmo). Shortly beforehand, the Lord of Mahadsiddhas, Namkha’upa Chokyi Gyaltsen, […]
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