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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. […]
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) […]
Seton Kunrig, also known as Sekar Chungwa, is a holder of the Lamdré lineage. […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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