Audio Teachings
JULY 8, 2011: GLOBAL ECOLOGY FROM A BUDDHIST PERSPECTIVE (Teaching Given During Public Talk in Minneapolis, MN, 2011 Western Hemisphere Tour): AUDIO FORMAT (click here to listen) PRAYERS: AUDIO FORMAT (click on the links to listen) Long Life Prayer for His Holiness Sakya Trizin (mp3: 2:22 min) Prayer to Manjushri (mp3: 6:32 min) Long Life […]
Teaching on Great Sakya Women
Great Khön Jetsunmas (as told by His Holiness the Sakya Trizin) There have been very great female Sakya practitioners ever since the very early days of the lineage. Jetsun Kunga Tenpey Nyingma, for example. She lived some 300 years ago. She’s actually one of the Vajrayogini lineage gurus. She was an outstanding master, and was […]
Teaching on Tara
A TEACHING ON TARA IN THE SAKYA TRADITION An Interview with His Holiness the Sakya Trizin Q: Your Holiness, what does lineage mean? Lineage means the teaching that has been brought down from Buddha to his disciples, then to the translators and then from one Guru to the next – the unbroken line of […]
Teaching on the Vajrakilaya Puja
Ritual drums of different sizes are played throughout the ceremony. His Holiness Sakya Trizin and Dungsey Rinpoches make musical offerings during the ritual His Holiness and sons begin the Vajrakilaya ritual in Sakya Centre’s courtyard A TEACHING ON THE VAJRAKILAYA PUJA IN THE KHON LINEASE OF THE SAKYAPA TRADITIONBased on an Interview with His Holiness […]
Teaching on the Lam Dre
A Brief History The Sakya order is the second oldest of the four principal traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. At its heart is the lineal transmission of Lam Dre (“The Path and Its Result”), a system of knowledge of practicing the entire range of sutric and tantric teachings of the Buddha that was first enunciated by […]
Teaching on the Four Attachments
by His Holiness Sakya Trizin (Part 1) On this special occasion, as we celebrate the opening of Tsechen Kunchab Ling, it is very auspicious to give this teaching known as Parting from the Four Attachments. This teaching, which is from the category of teachings known as mind training, was given directly by the Bodhisattva Manjushri […]
Teaching on the Sakya Monlam
MONLAM: THE GREAT SAKYA ASPIRATION PRAYER FESTIVAL Whoever knows, teaches, or recites this Aspiration to Noble Deeds Shall ultimately attain perfect Buddhahood. May none despair of complete enlightenment.-Samantabhadra’s Aspiration to Noble Deeds A Brief History of the Sakya Monlam Throughout history, scholars have studied the religious and secular developments of their own and other societies, […]
A Buddhist Essence Teaching (Interview)
Part One: “We made many predictions and they all said the same thing.” Q. Your Holiness, would you give us an account of your life? A. Perhaps I should begin by telling you what happened before my birth. The title ‘Sakya Trizin’ means ‘Holder of the Throne of Sakya’ and my grandfather had been the […]
Advice to Dharma Students (Interview)
Your Holiness, why should we practice Buddhist teachings? Generally speaking, from the smallest insect on up to the most intelligent human being, there is agreement that all sentient beings want happiness and all of them also wish to avoid suffering. The majority of human beings do not understand what the cause of suffering is, or […]
Drogon Chogyal Phagpa
Holy Biography of the Fifth Founder of the Sakya Order Synthesized from a biography written by Sakyapa Ngawang Kunga Sodnam Drogon Chogyal Phagpa’s father was Sangtsa Sonam Gyaltsen, who was the younger brother of Sakya Pandita. Sonam Gyaltsen had five consorts, the first of whom was named Machig Kunchid from Tsanadap. Her eldest son was […]
Sakya Pandita
Sakya Pandita: the Fourth Founder of the Sakya Order “When I beheld thy flawless wisdom traversing the boundless ranges of knowledge like the thousand-rayed sun in the sky, my mind, filled with awe, sought a simile for it in the wisdom of Manjughosha himself, but then I realised the two to be truly nondual and […]
Jetsun Dragpa Gyaltsen
Holy Biography of the Third Founder of the Sakya Order Jetsun Rinpoche Dragpa Gyaltsen, the third of the five founders of the Sakya Order, was born in the year of the Female Fire Rabbit, (1147) in Sakya, Tibet. His father was Sachen Kunga Nyingpo, the first founder of the Sakya Order. His mother’s name was […]
Loppon Sonam Tsemo
Loppon Sonam Tsemo, second of the five founders of the Sakya Order was born in the Male Water Dog year (1142) in Sakya, Tibet. He was the eldest of the three sons born to Sachen Kunga Nyingpo, the first founder of the Sakya Order. His mother’s name was Machig Odron. His younger brother was Jetsun […]
Sachen Kunga Nyingpo
Sachen Kunga Nyingpo was the first of the five great masters who founded the Sakya Order of Tibetan Buddhism. He was born in Sakya, Tibet in the year 1092. His father, who established Sakya Monastery in 1073, was named Khon Konchog Gyalpo, and his mother was Machig Shangmo. An emanation of Avalokiteshvara, Sachen Kunga Nyingpo […]
Sakya Monastery, Tibet
Sakya Monastery was built in 1073 by Khon Khonchog Gyalpo. It is located in the city of Sakya, in the Tibetan region of Tsang, about one hundred miles north of the border between Tibet and Nepal. The region is unique for its gray (kya) earth (sa), hence the name Sakya. From 1073 until 1959, this […]
Sakya Nunnery
To accommodate batches of Sakya nuns arriving in India in the early 1990s, Sakya Rinchen Choling was established in Dekyiling, Rajpur, India, on a piece of land offered (in 1996) by His Eminence Luding Khenchen Rinpoche. The nunnery was formally established in 1998, and the temple was completed and consecrated by His Holiness the 41st […]
Sakya College for Nuns
The inauguration of the Sakya College for Nuns (initially Sakya Nuns Institute) on September 26, 2009, ushered in a new era for Sakya nuns. For the first time, they can engage in higher Buddhist studies at a dedicated facility. The will be able to pursue Buddhist studies for up to 15 years at the Sakya […]
Sakya Tibetan Society Puruwala
Sakya Tibetan Society situated in Puruwala, District Sirmur, Himachal Pradesh, was established by His Holiness Sakya Trizin in 1969. The settlement has members from all the three provinces of Tibet with the majority being from Sakya. When His Holiness came to exile in 1959, many of the families from Sakya also followed His Holiness to […]
Sakya College
The Sakya College is an institute of traditional Buddhist philosophical and scriptural studies where the ideals of Buddhist monasticism and rigorous scholarship are cultivated simultaneously. It was established in 1972 and is the oldest school of its kind among the Tibetans in India and Nepal. The main subjects of teaching and study at the College are […]
Sakya Institute
Sakya Thubten Namgyal Ling: Sakya Institute Sakya Thubten Namgal Ling Institute was established in 1980 by His Holiness Sakya Trizin. The purpose of this Institute is to train young monks to develop into the next generation of teachers and thereby preserve and disseminate the teachings of Lord Buddha. Students of this institute come from monasteries […]
His Holiness the 43rd Sakya Trizin, Gyana Vajra Rinpoche
His Holiness the 43rd Sakya Trizin, Gyana Vajra Rinpoche currently resides at the Sakya Dolma Phodrang in Rajpur, India. Along with his noble father His Holiness the 41st Sakya Trizin and his elder brother Khöndung Ratna Vajra Rinpoche, he engages in the holy Dharma activities that are held on a regular basis at the Sakya […]