Jetsunma Chime Tenpa’i Nyima was born in Sakya. Her father was Ngawang Tutob Wangchuk, who was the younger brother of Sachen Kunga Lodro, the thirty-first Sakya throne holder. From a very young age, she studied with her illustrious paternal uncle, Kunga Lodro. Sachen Kunga Lodro bestowed on her all the teachings concerning Vajrayoginī as well […]
Nesar Jamyang Khyentse Wangchuk was born in Bodong E valley in 1524. His father was Namkha Dorje and his mother was Tseten Budren. At the age of eight, he received his first vows from Gorampa. In the same year, he met Tsarchen Losal Gyatso. The following year, Tsarchen gave him initiations and sādhanas for a […]
Tsarchen Losal Gyatso founded the Tsar sub-lineage of the Sakya Order. He is also the thirteenth abbot of Zhalu Monastery. He is a lineage holder in the Vajrayoginī lineage and the Lamdré Lobshed Lineage. He received ordination from Gendun Gyatso, and lived at Tashi Lhunpo Monastery. Later, he studied at the feet of Jetsun Doringpa. […]
Lokkya Sherab Tseg was a lotsāwa, or translator. He appears to be the first native Tibetan in the Vajrayoginī lineage. […]
Nāropa transmitted this Vajrayoginī practice to two Nepalese disciples known as the Phamthing brothers. Their names were, on some accounts, Abhayakirti and Vagindrakirti—in Tibetan, Jigme Dragpa and Ngawang Dragpa. By the eleventh century, the Kathmandu Valley had become an important location for Dharma study and transmission, and it was home to several scholars and translators […]
The Birth of His Holiness His Holiness the Sakya Trichen was born at sunrise on the morning of the first day of the eighth lunar month in the year of the Wood Bird, or on September 7, 1945. His birth occurred painlessly in the very same blessed room where Kunga Rinchen, who revitalized the Sakya […]
Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo was recognized as the rebirth of Rinzin Jigme Lingpa, Nesar Jamyang Khyentse Wangchuk and Thartse Champa Namkha Chi-me (the 44th throne holder of the Ngor Monastery of the Sakya Tradition). As Jigme Lingpa, he was also the manifestation of King Trisong Detsen, Vimalamitra, and many other masters. He was the master of […]
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