Resources: Videos
Videos Click on the links below to view selected videos of His Holiness the Sakya Trichen teaching on a variety of topics and visit YouTube for many more. (April 27, 2018, Tibet [...]
Freeing the Heart and Mind: Introduction to the Buddhist Path
His Holiness Sakya Trizin, the head of the glorious Sakya lineage, one of the four primary schools of Tibetan Buddhism, presents here the essential Buddhist teachings of the four noble truths, universal compassion, and [...]
Melody of Dharma Magazine
Melody of Dharma A Publication of the Sakya Dolma Phodrang Click on the links to open, download or read issues online. (PDF format) Issue #19: Special Lockdown Edition [...]
Video Teachings
Video Teachings "How to face Difficult Circumstances from a Buddhist Perspective" a Public Teaching by His Holiness the Sakya Trizin hosted by the Minnesota Sakya Center in 2013 >VIEW VIDEO Teaching Videos of His Holiness [...]
Audio Teachings
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 [...]
Taking Refuge
Teachings FINDING PEACE IN A TROUBLED WORLD Source: Melody of Dharma #1 >click here to read, download or print (PDF format) TAKING REFUGE Part 1 Source: Melody of Dharma #2 >click [...]
Finding the Spiritual Master
Finding the Spiritual Master A Teaching by His Holiness the Sakya Trizin Two kinds of beings inhabit this universe: inanimate and animate beings. ‘Inanimate’ refers to beings that have no mental feelings, such as rivers [...]
Teaching by His Holiness The Sakya Trizin
TEACHINGS BY HIS HOLINESS THE SAKYA TRIZIN (click on links below to download for reading & print these teachings in PDF format) FINDING PEACE IN A TROUBLED WORLD Source: Melody of Dharma #1 >click [...]
Teaching on Tantra Part Two
TEACHINGS ON TANTRA (Part 2) Buddhist Tantra: Some Introductory Remarks by His Holiness the Sakya Trizin There is a common misconception among many non-Buddhists (and even among certain Buddhists) that the Tantras are late and corrupt additions to the [...]
Teaching on Tantra Part One
TEACHINGS ON TANTRA (Part 1) The Philosophy and Practice of Tantra by His Holiness the Sakya Trizin The Tantric path begins as the Buddhist path. There is no important philosophical difference between Tantric Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism [...]
Teaching on Great Sakya Women
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 [...]
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 [...]
Teaching on the Vajrakilaya Puja
A TEACHING ON THE VAJRAKILAYA PUJA IN THE KHON LINEASE OF THE SAKYAPA TRADITION Based on an Interview with His Holiness the Sakya Trizin His Holiness and sonsbegin the Vajrakilaya ritualin Sakya Centre's [...]
Teaching on the Lam Dre
THE LAM DRE TEACHINGS: 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 [...]
Teaching on the Four Attachments
A Teaching on Sachen Kunga Nyingpo’s Parting from 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 [...]
Teaching on the Sakya Monlam
MONLAM: THE GREAT SAKYA ASPIRATION PRAYER FESTIVAL Monlam 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 [...]
A Buddhist Essence Teaching (Interview)
A BUDDHIST ESSENCE TEACHING (INTERVIEW WITH HIS HOLINESS THE SAKYA TRIZIN) Part One: "We made many predictions and they all said the same thing." Q. Your Holiness, would you give us an account of [...]
Advice to Dharma Students (Interview)
Advice to Dharma Students A Teaching by His Holiness the Sakya Trizin (Interview) Your Holiness, why should we practice Buddhist teachings? Generally speaking, from the smallest insect on up to the [...]
Links
INDIA & NEPAL India Sakya Centre, Seat of His Holiness the Sakya Trizin, Rajpur Sakya College, Rajpur, Dehradun Sakya Kalimpong Monastery, (Sakya Tsechen Thinley Dargye Ling), Kalimpong Sakya Rinchen Choling Nunnery, Dekyi Ling, [...]