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 […]