Ngawang Kunga Sonam Rinchen, the thirtieth Sakya throneholder, was born in 1705. His father was the twenty-ninth Sakya throneholder, Ngawang Kunga Tashi. He was recognized as the reincarnation of Ngawang Sonam Wangchuk, the twenty-eighth Sakya throneholder. He received teachings from many masters and to name a few: his father, Konchog Gyalpo, Ngawang Khyentse Rabten (the […]
Ngawang Kunga Tashi, the twenty-ninth Sakya throneholder, was born at Sakya Monastery in 1656. His father was the twenty-eighth Sakya throneholder, Ngawang Sonam Wangchuk. His mother was Pekar Butri. According to legend, when he was still in his mother’s womb, his grandfather who served as the twenty-seventh Sakya throneholder, Jamgön Anye Shyap Kunga Sonam told […]
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 […]
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 […]
Shang Konchog Pal is the tenth lineage holder of the Vajrayoginī teachings and the sixteenth lineage holder of the Lam Dre teachings. He received them both from Chogyal Phagpa. He was also a student of Khampa Aseng, another important Sakya master. […]
Jampa Kunga Tenzin served as the forty-seventh abbot of Ngor Monastery. His uncle was Jampa Namkha Chime, the forty-fourth abbot of Ngor Monastery. Jampa Kunga Tenzin is also a lineage holder in the Lamdré Lobshed and Vajrayoginī. […]
Lapsum Gyaltsen Wangpo was born in Oyuk, Tsang. His father was named Gyal-lha and his mother was Khandroma. His childhood name was Tsogyal. He began his studies of reading, writing and recitation at a very early age. He was given novice vows by Drubpa’i Wangchuk Drungpa Gatsepa of Dingma Monastery. He studied Prajñāpāramitā at Dreyul […]
Naza Draphuba was a student of Shangton Konchog Pal. A holder of both the Vajrayoginī and Lamdré lineages, in fact, he was an important of figure in the Lamdré tradition because he united three divergent lineages of teachings and practice derived from Jetsun Dragpa Gyaltsen. […]
His Eminence the seventy-fifth Luding Khenchen Jamyang Tenpei Nyima Rinpoche is one of the most highly respected and learned teachers of the Sakya tradition and of Tibetan Buddhism at large. It is believed that H.E Luding Khenchen Rinpoche is an emanation of Vajrapāṇi. His Eminence is the Head of the Ngor Lineage, one of the two sub-sects […]
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