Khenchen Labsum Gyaltsen

Khenchen Labsum Gyaltsen, an abbot of Bodong E Monastery, was a student of Nesar Jamyang Khyentse Wangchuk.  Further Readings: Labsum Gyeltsen, by Tsering Namgyal (Source: Treasury of Lives). […]

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Salo Jhampai Dorje Kunga Sonam

Salo Jhampai Dorje Kunga Sonam, also known as Sakya Lotsāwa Jampai Dorje, was born in Tsedong. His father was Namkha Tashi Gyaltsen from the Ducho Labrang. His mother was Machik Hormo Tseten. At the age of six, he received the Hevajra and Vajrakīlaya from Dagchen Gyagarpa Sherab Gyaltsen, the twentieth Sakya throne holder. He received […]

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Jamgön Anye Shyap Kunga Sonam

Jamgön Anye Shyap Kunga Sonam, the twenty-seventh Sakya throneholder, was born into the Ducho Labrang at Sakya in 1597. His father was Ngagchang Dragpa Lodrö Gyaltsen. the twenty-fifth Sakya throneholder. His mother was Sonam Gyalmo. He was said to have a serious and peaceful demeanor, and thus earned the name “Amnye Zhab”, or “Grandfather.” He […]

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Ngawang Kunga Wangyal

Ngawang Kunga Wangyal, the twenty-sixth Sakya throneholder, was born in 1592. His father was Ngagchang Dragpa Lodrö Gyaltsen, the twenty-fifth Sakya throneholder. His two brothers were the great master Tutob Wangchuk (1588 – 1646) and Jamgön Anye Shyap Kunga Sonam, the twenty-seventh Sakya throneholder. […]

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Ngagchang Dragpa Lodrö Gyaltsen

Ngagchang Dragpa Lodrö Gyaltsen is the twenty-fifth Sakya throneholder. Ngagchang refers to the great mantra-holder. His father was Ngagchang Chökyi Gyalpo Kunga Rinchen, the twenty-third Sakya throneholder. He was the brother of Jamyang Sonam Wangpo, the twenty-fourth Sakya throneholder.   […]

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Jamyang Sonam Wangpo

Jamyang Sonam Wangpo, the twenty-fourth Sakya throneholder, was the son of Ngagchang Chökyi Gyalpo Kunga Rinchen, the twenty-third Sakya throneholder. The twenty-fifth Sakya throneholder, Ngagchang Dragpa Lodro Gyaltsen, was his half-brother. The great master Jamyang Thutob Wangchug (1588 – 1637) was his nephew. Jamyang Sonam Wangpo has many accomplished students. Among many of them were […]

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Ngagchang Chökyi Gyalpo Kunga Rinchen

Ngagchang Chökyi Gyalpo Kunga Rinchen was born in Tsedong in 1517. “Ngagchang” means the great mantra-holder. His father was Jamyang Namkha Dondrub Tseten Tashi Gyaltsen of the Ducho Labrang. His mother was Buden Kyi. When he was nine, Kunga Rinchen received his lay and novice ordination vows from Salo Jhampai Dorje Kunga Sonam, the twenty-second […]

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