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 […]
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. […]
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. […]
Gyalse Ngulchu Thogme Zangpo, an emanation of Avalokiteśvara was a great Sakya master who served as an abbot of Bodong E Monastery. He was a great scholar, bodhisattva, and accomplished master. He composed The Thirty-Seven Practices of the Bodhisattvas, a famous text on bodhicitta along with many other important works. Extracted from Gyalse Ngulchu Thogme […]
Paṇchen Shākya Shrī was born in Kashmir. He was invited to Tibet along with nine other māhapaṇḍitas (great scholar). During his ten years of residence in Tibet, he taught prātimokṣa precepts lineage as well as teachings of the sūtra and tantra to Sakya Paṇdita, the fourth Sakya patriarch. […]
Drogön Chögyal Phagpa (Tibetan འགྲོ་མགོན་ཆོས་རྒྱལ་འཕགས་པ་ the Victory Dharma King – Protector of Beings) was born amid excellent signs in the Wood Female Sheep year (1235). His father was Sönam Gyaltsen and his mother was Machig Kunga Kyi. He was given the name Lödro Gyaltsen (སོག་བཟློག་པ་བློ་གྲོས་རྒྱལ་མཚན་ Wisdom of the Victory Banner) at birth. He is the […]
Choeje Sakya Paṇḍita Kunga Gyaltsen, commonly known as Sapaṇ, is the 4th Sakya Patriarch and also the 6th Sakya Trizin was born in Male Water Tiger Year (1182) in Sakya. He was one of the greatest scholars in Tibetan history and one of the so-called ‘Three Mañjughoshas of Tibet’. He is the son of Pelchen Opo, who was […]