Khetsun Namkha Legpe Gyaltsen is the twelfth Sakya throneholder. His father was Dagnyi Chenpo Sangpo Pal, the eleventh throneholder. His mother was Machig Yon Dagmo. Shortly after Sangpo Pal’s death, one of his elder sons, Kunga Lodro Gyaltsen made a division of all his brothers into four branches who resided in four different phodrang, or […]
Dagnyi Chenpo Sangpo Pal, the eleventh Sakya throneholder, was born in 1262. His father was Yeshe Jungne, a half-brother of Drogön Chögyal Phagpa (the fifth Sakya patriarch). Sangpo Pal was sent to Sakya Monastery in his youth. He received empowerments and transmissions from Drogön Chögyal Phagpa at the age of sixteen. “I do not have […]
Sharchen Jamyang Rinchen Gyaltsen became the tenth throne holder of the Sakya Order after his predecessor, Dharmapāla Rakshita vacated his position. He was also appointed as the Imperial Preceptor in 1304. […]
Dharmapāla Rakshita (1268-1287) was the ninth Sakya throne holder and the nephew of the fifth Sakya patriarch, Drögon Chögyal Phagpa. Dharmapāla Rakshita was appointed as the Imperial Teacher (Dishi) in 1281 of the Mongul Khan. […]
Lopön Rinchen Gyaltsen was born as the son of Zangtsa Sonam Gyaltsen and his wife Jomo Dro. His uncle was the fourth Sakya patriarch, Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyaltsen. Drogön Chögyal Phagpa, the fifth Sakya patriarch was his half-brother. Rinchen Gyaltsen became the eighth Sakya throne holder. He also served as a Tibetan imperial preceptor at […]
Khön Könchok Gyalpo is founded the Sakya Order and Sakya Monastery in 1073, and became the first Sakya throneholder. Drogmi Lotsāwa was his root teacher. […]
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Bari Lotsāwa’s personal name is Rinchen Dragpa. “Bari” is his race. He travelled from Tibet through Nepal to India and stayed there for many years studying under the guidance of Indian masters. He received many teachings and collected them together in a book called the Collection of Sādhanā. He brought many teachings back to Tibet. […]
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 […]
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