Dragshul Thinley Rinchen, the thirty-ninth Sakya throneholder, was the paternal grandfather of His Holiness the Sakya Trichen, the forty-first Sakya throneholder and Her Eminence Jetsun Luding Kushok. He was born amidst auspicious signs and had since young age demonstrated extraordinary qualities. He received all the precepts, teachings, transmissions, empowerments, and instructions from his father, Kunga […]
Pema Düdul Wangchuk, the thirty-third Sakya throneholder, is the founder of the Dolma Phodrang that is one of the two remaining branches of the Khön family lineage of the Sakya school. He was the eldest son of Jamgön Wangdü Nyingpo, the thirty-second Sakya throneholder. […]
Her Eminence Jetsun Kushok Chimey Luding was born in the Drolma Phodrang of Khön family on the 22nd of the 9th month in 1938 Earth Tiger Year, according to the Tibetan Lunar calendar. She is the eldest sister of His Holiness the Sakya Trichen, the 41st Sakya Trizin. She began her religious education when she […]
Ngawang Kunga Rinchen, the father of His Holiness the Sakya Trichen (the forty-first Sakya throneholder) and Her Eminence Jetsun Luding Kushok, and the eldest son of the thirty-ninth Sakya throneholder, Dragshul Thinley Rinchen. Below is a brief recount of His Holiness the Sakya Trichen about his father: The real name of my father is Ngawang […]
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His Holiness the 43rd Sakya Trizin, Gyana Vajra Rinpoche, was born in Dehradun, Northern India, on 5th July 1979, the tenth day of the fifth lunar month of the Tibetan lunar calendar, on the holy birth anniversary of Guru Padmasambhava. Rinpoche’s birth was accompanied by auspicious signs, blessing the Sakya Dolma Phodrang with the arrival […]
The Birth of His Holiness His Holiness the Sakya Trichen was born at sunrise on the morning of the first day of the eighth lunar month in the year of the Wood Bird, or on September 7, 1945. His birth occurred painlessly in the very same blessed room where Kunga Rinchen, who revitalized the Sakya […]
Renowned for his erudition and the clarity of his teachings, His Holiness the 42nd Sakya Trizin belongs to the prestigious Khön family, whose successive generations have provided an unbroken lineage of outstanding masters. His Holiness the 42nd Sakya Trizin, Ratna Vajra Rinpoche, is the eldest son of His Holiness the Sakya Trichen (the 41st Sakya […]
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