Welcome to the official website of His Holiness the Sakya Trichen
His Holiness Kyabgon Gongma Trichen Rinpoche (The Sakya Trichen) served as the 41st head of the Sakya Order of Tibetan Buddhism until March 2017, when the throneholder duties were handed over to His Holiness Ratna Vajra Rinpoche, the 42nd Sakya Trizin, formally addressed as His Holiness Kyabgon Gongma Trizin Rinpoche.
His Holiness the Sakya Trichen is a member of Tibet‘s noble Khon family, which founded the Sakya Order in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Just as His Holiness the Dalai Lama is an emanation of Avalokiteshvara, the manifestation of all the Buddha’s great compassion, His Holiness the Sakya Trichen is the manifestation of all the Buddha’s transcendent wisdom.
In addition to his leadership of the Sakya Order for over fifty years, His Holiness Sakya Trichen is renowned throughout the world for the brilliance and clarity of his teachings and his fluency and precise command of English. Receiving teachings directly from His Holiness carries a special lineage of blessings from the founders of the Sakya Order, as well as from Manjushri himself.
His Holiness Schedule
2024
1/6 – 1/25 (His Holiness the 42nd and 43rd Sakya Trizin)
Vajramala Empowerments & Ocean of Sadhana/Drubthab Gyatso initiations, Bodhgaya, India
June 25-July 5 Vajrakilaya Empowerment And Teachings Program hosted by Tsechen Kunchab Ling, NY
July 8-16 Colorado
July 12-14 Sakya Monlam
July 19-20 Ushnishavijaya Nine-Deity Initiation & Public Audience hosted by Sakya Thupten Dargye Ling, MN
August 3rd Empowerment of Chimé Phakmé Nyingtik hosted by Tsechen Chokhor Ling, Los Angeles, CA
August 4th Initiation and Teachings of Orange Manjushri hosted by Jampa Ling Monastery
August 6th Initiation of Vajrapani Bhutadamara hosted by Sakya Center in Santa Monica, CA
August 7-September 2 Vancouver
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THE SAKYA TRADITION is one of the four major religious traditions that existed in Tibet. It rose to play a significant role in the development and spread of the new Tantras that came to Tibet in the 11th century. During the 13th and 14th centuries, the holders of the Sakya tradition were also the principal political powers that ruled over Tibet. Although its political stature gradually declined over the centuries, emphasis on its unique religious traditions continued to be nurtured and sustained. Consequently the Sakya tradition strengthened and flourished and produced many great and distinguished practitioners, saints, and scholars. The origins of the Sakya tradition are closely connected with the ancestral lineage of the Khön family: a family which itself originated from celestial beings. Beginning with Khön Konchok Gyalpo (1034-1102), the founder of the Sakya tradition, the lineage continues to be unbroken to this day.
