Ngawang Sonam Wangchuk, the twenty-eighth Sakya throneholder, was born in 1638 at Sakya Monastery. His father was the great Jamgön Anye Shyap Kunga Sonam, the twenty-seventh Sakya throneholder. His mother was Machick Orgyen Kyabma. He started receiving empowerments and teachings from his father at a young age. It was said that he became well-versed in […]
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 […]
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. […]
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. […]
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 […]
Morchen Ngawang Kunga Lhundrup was a master of the Tsar sub-lineage of the Sakya Order. He was a disciple of Khyenrab Jampa Ngawang Lhundrup. He is also lineage master of Lamdré Lobshed and Vajrayoginī. […]
Khyenrab Jampa Ngawang Lhundrup was the sixteenth abbot of Nalendra Monastery. He was a disciple of Rinchen Sonam Chogdrup. He is a holder of the Vajrayoginī lineage and the Lamdré Lobshed lineage. […]
Rinchen Sonam Chogdrup was the twenty-second abbot of Zhalu. He was the disciple of Gonpo Sonam Chogden. He is a holder of the Vajrayogini Lineage and Lamdré Lobshed lineage. […]
Khyabdag Kagyurwa Chenpo Nesarwa Won Rinpoche Gonpo Sonam Chogden is an important figure in the Tsarpa tradition. He is said to have been an emanation of Tsarchen Losal Gyatso, the founder of the Tsar sub-lineage of the Sakya Order. Kagyurwa Gonpo Sonam Chogden gave the complete cycles of the Lamdré Lobshed to Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso, […]
Wangchuk Rabten was the eighteenth abbot of Zhalu. He was a disciple of Khenchen Lapsum Gyaltsen, and nephew of Jamyang Khyentse Wangchuk. Wangchuk Rabten is also an important master in the transmission lineage of the Lamdré Lobshed teachings. He was the teacher of Gonpo Sonam Chogden. […]