Sakya Trizin
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Sakya Trizin or Sa'gya Gongma Rinboqê is the traditional title of the head of the Sakya
Order of Tibetan Buddhism
.
The Sakya
Order of Tibetan Buddhism
was founded in 1073, when Khon Konchog Gyalpo (a.k.a Kön Gönqog Gyäbo), a member of Tibet’s noble Khön (Koin) family, established a monastery in the region of Sakya
, Tibet, which became the headquarters of the Sakya Order of Tibetan Buddhism. Since that time, the leadership of the Sakya Order has descended within the Khön family.
Sakya Trizin was born on September 7, 1945 in Tsedong, near Shigatse, Tibet. From his father, Vajradhara Ngawang Kunga Rinchen, he received important initiations and teachings in the Sakya lineage. He began intensive religious study at the age of five. In 1952, he was officially designated as the next Sakya Trizin by His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. He continued intensive training from his main teacher Ngawang Lodroe Shenpen Nyingpo and many other famous Tibetan scholars, studying extensively in both the esoteric and exoteric Buddhist traditions. In 1959, at the age of fourteen, he was formally enthroned as head of the Sakya Order of Tibetan Buddhism. In the same year, due to the political situation in Tibet, the Sakya Trizin, his family, and many lamas and monks from the Sakya Monastery relocated to India.
To maintain the unbroken lineage of the Khon family, in 1974 Sakya Trizin consented to requests that he accept Tashi Lhakee, daughter of a noble family from Dege in Kham as his consort. In the same year his first son, H.E.Khondung Ratna Vajra Rinpoche, was born. In 1979, a second son, H.E.Khondung Gyana Vajra Rinpoche was born.
After leaving Tibet, in 1963, the Sakya Trizin re-established the seat of the Sakya Order in Rajpur, India, building a monastery known as Sakya Centre. Since that time, he has worked tirelessly to preserve the thousand-year-old religious heritage of the Sakya Order and to transmit its teachings to succeeding generations. He founded and directly guides a number of institutions, including Sakya Monastery in Rajpur, Sakya Institute, Sakya College, Sakya Nunnery, Sakya College for Nuns, Sakya Tibetan Settlement, Sakya Hospital, dozens of other monasteries in Tibet, Nepal, and India, and numerous Dharma Centers in many countries.
Sakya Trizin is a highly accomplished Buddhist master respected by all four schools of Tibetan Buddhism and teaches widely throughout the world. He has bestowed the extensive Lam Dre teaching cycle, which is the most important teaching of the Sakya Order over 18 times on various continents, and also transmitted major initiation cycles such as Collection of All the Tantras, and the Collection of all the Sadhanas, which contain almost all of the empowerments for the esoteric practices of the various schools of Tibetan Buddhism to hundreds of lineage holders in the next generation of Buddhist teachers. He has trained both of his sons, Khonrig Ratna Vajra Sakya and Khonrig Gyana Vajra Sakya as highly accomplished Buddhist masters, and they both travel widely, teaching Buddhism throughout the world.
The year 2009 marked the fiftieth anniversary of Sakya Trizin’s headship of the Sakya Order. The occasion was celebrated as a Golden Jubilee with extensive celebrations and tributes to his success in preserving and maintaining the Sakya Order of Tibetan Buddhism.
Khön family, the royal generation
Sakya lineage, generations as Buddhist teachers.
Sakya
The Sakya school is one of four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism, the others being the Nyingma, Kagyu, and Gelug...
Order of Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism
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.
The Sakya
Sakya
The Sakya school is one of four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism, the others being the Nyingma, Kagyu, and Gelug...
Order of Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism
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was founded in 1073, when Khon Konchog Gyalpo (a.k.a Kön Gönqog Gyäbo), a member of Tibet’s noble Khön (Koin) family, established a monastery in the region of Sakya
Sa'gya County
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, Tibet, which became the headquarters of the Sakya Order of Tibetan Buddhism. Since that time, the leadership of the Sakya Order has descended within the Khön family.
Current Sakya Trizin
The current Sakya Trizin is the 41st Sakya Trizin. His legal name is "Sakya Trizin" and he is referred to as His Holiness Sakya Trizin. His religious name is Ngawang Kunga Tegchen Palbar Trinley Samphel Wangyi Gyalpo. H.H. Sakya Trizin is considered second only to His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the spiritual hierarchy of Tibetan BuddhismSakya Trizin was born on September 7, 1945 in Tsedong, near Shigatse, Tibet. From his father, Vajradhara Ngawang Kunga Rinchen, he received important initiations and teachings in the Sakya lineage. He began intensive religious study at the age of five. In 1952, he was officially designated as the next Sakya Trizin by His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. He continued intensive training from his main teacher Ngawang Lodroe Shenpen Nyingpo and many other famous Tibetan scholars, studying extensively in both the esoteric and exoteric Buddhist traditions. In 1959, at the age of fourteen, he was formally enthroned as head of the Sakya Order of Tibetan Buddhism. In the same year, due to the political situation in Tibet, the Sakya Trizin, his family, and many lamas and monks from the Sakya Monastery relocated to India.
To maintain the unbroken lineage of the Khon family, in 1974 Sakya Trizin consented to requests that he accept Tashi Lhakee, daughter of a noble family from Dege in Kham as his consort. In the same year his first son, H.E.Khondung Ratna Vajra Rinpoche, was born. In 1979, a second son, H.E.Khondung Gyana Vajra Rinpoche was born.
After leaving Tibet, in 1963, the Sakya Trizin re-established the seat of the Sakya Order in Rajpur, India, building a monastery known as Sakya Centre. Since that time, he has worked tirelessly to preserve the thousand-year-old religious heritage of the Sakya Order and to transmit its teachings to succeeding generations. He founded and directly guides a number of institutions, including Sakya Monastery in Rajpur, Sakya Institute, Sakya College, Sakya Nunnery, Sakya College for Nuns, Sakya Tibetan Settlement, Sakya Hospital, dozens of other monasteries in Tibet, Nepal, and India, and numerous Dharma Centers in many countries.
Sakya Trizin is a highly accomplished Buddhist master respected by all four schools of Tibetan Buddhism and teaches widely throughout the world. He has bestowed the extensive Lam Dre teaching cycle, which is the most important teaching of the Sakya Order over 18 times on various continents, and also transmitted major initiation cycles such as Collection of All the Tantras, and the Collection of all the Sadhanas, which contain almost all of the empowerments for the esoteric practices of the various schools of Tibetan Buddhism to hundreds of lineage holders in the next generation of Buddhist teachers. He has trained both of his sons, Khonrig Ratna Vajra Sakya and Khonrig Gyana Vajra Sakya as highly accomplished Buddhist masters, and they both travel widely, teaching Buddhism throughout the world.
The year 2009 marked the fiftieth anniversary of Sakya Trizin’s headship of the Sakya Order. The occasion was celebrated as a Golden Jubilee with extensive celebrations and tributes to his success in preserving and maintaining the Sakya Order of Tibetan Buddhism.
Sakya Trizin lineage
Lharig, the divine generation- According to legend Ciring descended from the Rupadhatu (Realm of Clear Light) to earth.
- Ciring
- Yuse
- Yuring
- Masang Cije
- Togsa Pawo Tag
- Tagpo Ochen
- Yapang Kye
Khön family, the royal generation
- Because the previous generations subjugated the rakshaRakshaIn Hindu mythology, a Rakshas is a kind of evil demon.-Ramayana:According to the Ramayana, the Raksha people were the mythical inhabitants of Sri Lanka who were said to have lived among the Naga, Yakkha, and Deva, and governed Sri Lanka in 2370 BCE...
s (demons), the family became the Family of Conquerors (Khon gyi dung shortened to Khön) and therefore a royal family.- Khön Bar Kye
- Khön Jekundag, minister of Trisong DetsenTrisong DetsenTrisong Detsän or Trisong Detsen ཁྲི་སྲོང་ལྡེ་བཙན , was the son of Me Agtsom and one of the emperors of Tibet and ruled...
, student of PadmasambhavaPadmasambhavaPadmasambhava ; Mongolian ловон Бадмажунай, lovon Badmajunai, , Means The Lotus-Born, was a sage guru from Oddiyāna who is said to have transmitted Vajrayana Buddhism to Bhutan and Tibet and neighbouring countries in the 8th century... - Khön Lu'i Wangpo Srungwa
- Khön Dorje Rinchen
- Khön Sherab Yontan
- Khön Yontan Jungne
- Khön Tsugtor Sherab
- Khön Gekyab
- Khön Getong
- Khön Balpo
- Khön Shakya Lodro
- Sherab Tsultrim
Sakya lineage, generations as Buddhist teachers.
- Khon Konchog Gyalpo founded the monastery in Sakya in 1073, and therefore the lineage was renamed Sakya.
Name Biographical data Tenure Tibetan name 1. Khon Konchog Gyalpo 1034–1102 1073–1102 2. Bari Lotsawa Rinchen Drag 1040–1111 1103–1110 3. Tsewa Chenpo Sachen Kunga Nyingpo Sachen Kunga NyingpoSachen Kunga Nyingpo was a Tibetan spiritual leader and the first of the Five Venerable Supreme Sakya Masters of Tibet. Sachen Kunga Nyinpo was the 3rd Sakya Trizin and son of Khon Konchok Gyalpo who was the first Sakya Trizin and founder of the first Sakya Monastery in Tibet in 1073.Sachen...
1092–1158 1111–1158 4. Loppon Rinpoche Sonam Tsemo Sonam TsemoSonam Tsemo , an important Tibetan sprititual leader and Buddhist scholar, was the second of the so-called Five Venerable Supreme Sakya Masters of Tibet, the founding fathers of the Sakya-tradition.- Life :...
1142–1182 1159–1171 5. Jetsun Rinpoche Dragpa Gyaltsen 1147–1216 1172–1215 6. Choeje Sakya Pandita 1182–1251 1216–1243 6a. regent of Sakya Pandita 1243–1264 7. Drogön Chögyal Phagpa Drogön Chögyal PhagpaZhogön Qögyä Pagba, Zhogoin Qoigyai Phagspa or Drogön Chögyal Phagpa , born Lochö Gyäcän or Lochoi Gyaicain , was the fifth leader of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism. He became the first vice-king of Tibet and played an important political role...
1235–1280 1265–1266
1276–12808. Rinchen Gyaltsen 1238–1279 1267–1275 7a. Drogön Chögyal Phagpa Drogön Chögyal PhagpaZhogön Qögyä Pagba, Zhogoin Qoigyai Phagspa or Drogön Chögyal Phagpa , born Lochö Gyäcän or Lochoi Gyaicain , was the fifth leader of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism. He became the first vice-king of Tibet and played an important political role...
2nd reign1276–1280 9. Dharmapala RakshitaA /琼结巴 or from /萨护罗国/萨霍尔国. Son of 达玛惹扎, grandson of 夏扎布达,(ISBN 7800575462) or son of /恰那多吉? http://www.tibet3.com/lishi/2009-03/25/content_27282.htm 1268–1287 1281–1287 10. Sharpa Jamyang Rinchen Gyaltsen 1258–1306 1288–1297 11. Sangpo Pal 1262–1324 1298–1324 12. Namkha Legpa Gyaltsen 1305–1343 ca. 1324–1342 13. Jamyang Donyö Gyaltsen 1310-1344 ca. 1342-1344 14. Lama Dampa Sönam Gyaltsen 1312–1375 1344–1347 15. Tawen Lodrö Gyaltsen 1332–1364 1347–1364 16. Tawen Kunga Rinchen 1339–1399 ca. 1364-1399 17. Lopön Chenpo Gushri Lodrö Gyaltsen 1366–1420 1399–1420 18. Jamyang Namkha Gyaltsen 1398–1472 1421–1441 19. Kunga Wangchuk 1418–1462 1442–1462 20. Gyagar Sherab Gyaltsen 1436–1494 1463–1472 21. Dagchen Lodrö Gyaltsen 1444–1495 1473–1495 22. Kunga Sönam 1485–1533 1496–1533 23. Ngagchang Kunga Rinchen 1517–1584 1534–1584 24. Jamyang Sönam Sangpo 1519–1621 1584–1589 25. Dragpa Lodrö 1563–1617 1589–1617 26. Ngawang Kunga Wangyal 1592–1620 1618–1620 27. Ngawang Kunga Sönam 1597–1659 1620–1659 28. Ngawang Sönam Wangchuk 1638–1685 1659–1685 29. Ngawang Kunga Tashi 1656–1711 1685–1711 30. Sönam Rinchen Sonam RinchenSonam Rinchen may refer to:*Sonam Rinchen , a buddhist geshe from Tibet*Sonam Rinchen , a Tibetan footballer...
1705–1741 1711–1741 31. Kunga Lodrö 1729–1783 1741–1783 32. Wangdu Nyingpo Wangdu NyingpoWangdu Nyingpo, Tuchen was a Patriarch of the Khon Family, the 29th Sakya Tridzin, and the second Padmasambhava of this age.He was a renowned Terton , and was surrounded by tutelary deities and the figures of previous lives.His sons were Padma Dudul Wangchug and Kunga Rinchen who founded the...
1763–1809 1783–1806 33. Pema Dudul Wangchuk 1792–1853 1806–1843 34. Dorje Rinchen 1819–1867 1843–1845 35. Tashi Rinchen 1824–1865 1846–1865 36. Kunga Sönam 1842–1882 1866–1882 37. Kunga Nyingpo 1850–1899 1883–1899 38. Dzamling Chegu Wangdu 1855–1919 1901–1915 39. Dragshul Trinle Rinchen 1871–1936 1915–1936 40. Ngawang Thutob Wangdrag 1900–1950 1937–1950 41. Ngawang Kunga Tegchen Palbar * 1945 1951–