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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Buddhaśrī

Buddhaśrī, also known as Drubchen Sanggye Pel, was born in 1339 at the monastery of Gopu in the Dok region of Lato Jang. His father was Guśrī Peljor Lekpa, then the abbot of Gopu. His mother was Drolma Bum. From an early age, Buddhaśrī received the vows of a lay practitioner from Lama Sakya Zangpo. […]

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Lama Palden Tsultrim

Lama Palden Tsultrim, a Lamdré lineage holder, was a principal teacher to Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo, founder of Ngor sub-lineage of the Sakya school. […]

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Shangton Chobar

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) […]

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Vajradhāra

Vajradhāra refers to the primordial buddha, the truth body of enlightenment and progenitor of the Vajrayāna tradition. Vajradhāra is the originating deity of the Sakya Order, including the Lamdré lineage. […]

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Dragshul Thinley Rinchen

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 […]

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Sachen Kunga Lodrö

Ngawang Kunga Lodro, the thirty-first Sakya throne holder, was born at Sakya Monastery in 1729. His father was the thirtieth Sakya throne holder Ngawang Sonam Rinchen. He began reading, writing, and memorizing daily prayers under the guidance of his father. From his father he also received the empowerments and transmission of the One Hundred Sādhanas, […]

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