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27-429: From birth, Rinpoche has been the recipient of blessings, empowerments, initiations and teachings from many of the foremost high lamas and scholars of this age. Most of these were bestowed by the 41st Sakya Trizin and others were bestowed by the 14th Dalai Lama , Chogye Trichen Rinpoche (1920–2007), Luding Khenchen Rinpoche and Dezhung Rinpoche (1906–1987). In addition to receiving many empowerments and teachings from

54-578: A Kachupa Degree, which is equivalent to a Bachelor's Degree . From his adolescent years to adulthood, Rinpoche has sought and received numerous teachings from the great Sakya scholars including Khenchen Appey Rinpoche (1927–2010), Khenpo Kunga Wangchuk Rinpoche (1921–2008) and Khenpo Lungrik Senge. He has also completed many retreats on the principal deities of the Sakya tradition. On 12 September 2002, Ratna Vajra Rinpoche married Dagmo Kalden Dunkyi. Their first child, daughter Jetsunma Kunga Trinley Palter Sakya

81-636: Is a title for a teacher of the Dharma in Tibetan Buddhism . The name is similar to the Sanskrit term guru , meaning "heavy one", endowed with qualities the student will eventually embody. The Tibetan word "lama" means "highest principle", and less literally "highest mother" or "highest father" to show close relationship between teacher and student. Historically, the term was used for venerated spiritual masters or heads of monasteries . Today

108-459: Is based on verses of Günga Nyingpo (1092–1158) called "separating from the four attachments" which is the subject of commentaries by numerous Sakya masters like Drakpa Gyeltsen, Sakya Pandita, Ngorchen Günga Sangpo, and Gorampa Sönam Senggé. The verses are: If you cling to this life, then you are not a dharma practitioner. If you cling to existence, then you do not have renunciation. If you are attached to your own interests, then you do not have

135-516: Is considered an auspicious sign according to Tibetan belief. It portends that a great being has entered this world. On 24 January 2013 their second daughter, Jetsunma Kunga Chimey Wangmo Sakya, was born in Dehra Dun, India. Ratna Vajra Rinpoche oversees the management of many Sakya monasteries and Sakya centers throughout the world. Lama Samding Dorje Phagmo Lama ( Tibetan : བླ་མ་ , Wylie : bla-ma , lit.   ' boss ' )

162-539: Is thought to be the reincarnation of two great Tibetan masters: a Nyingmapa lama known as Apong Terton (Orgyen Thrinley Lingpa), who is famous for his Red Tara cycle, and his grandfather, the 39th Kyabgon Sakya Trizin Dhagtshul Thrinley Rinchen (1871–1936). Traditionally, hereditary succession has alternated between the two Sakya palaces, since Khon Könchok Gyelpo's (1034–1102) reign. The Ducho sub-dynasty of Sakya survives split into two palaces,

189-602: The Vajrayana path of Tibetan Buddhism, the lama is often the tantric spiritual guide, the guru to the aspiring Buddhist yogi or yogini . As such, the lama will then appear as one of the Three Roots (a variant of the Three Jewels ), alongside the yidam and protector (who may be a dakini , dharmapala or other Buddhist deity figure). The mind of the lama is considered Buddha – one's highest potential,

216-691: The Yuan dynasty . Sakya lamas, along with Sakya Imperial Preceptors and dpon-chens continued to serve as viceroys or administrators of Tibet on behalf of Yuan emperors for nearly 75 years after Phagpa’s death in 1280, until the Yuan dynasty was greatly weakened by the Red Turban Rebellion in the 1350s, a decade before the Ming dynasty founded by the Han people overthrew the Yuan dynasty. The leaders of

243-528: The 'whispered-lineage' of the Tsar school. The Bodongpa tradition , founded by Bodong Panchen Chögle Namgyel [1376 1451], is considered by some scholars to be a sub-sect of the Sakya tradition. The Mongol conquest of Tibet began after the foundation of the Mongol Empire in the early 13th century. In 1264, the feudal reign over Tibet was given to Drogön Chögyal Phagpa by Kublai Khan , founder of

270-758: The Dolma Phodrang and Phuntsok Phodrang. Sakya Trizin is head of the Dolma Phodrang. Jigdal Dagchen Sakya (1929–2016) was the head of the Phuntsok Phodrang, and lived in Seattle, Washington, where he co-founded Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism with Dezhung Rinpoche III , and constructed the first Tibetan Buddhist Monastery in the United States. Dagchen Sakya's father was the previous Sakya Trizin, Trichen Ngawang Thutop Wangchuk, throne holder of Sakya, and his mother Dechen Drolma. Dagchen Sakya

297-702: The Sakya Centre. In 1986 he performed his first meditation retreat together with his mother, Gyalyum Kushok Tashi Lhakee. In 1987, when Rinpoche was fourteen, he passed his first major examination at the Sakya Centre, Rajpur, India. Two years later, he completed all his basic studies of different rituals and scriptures. The following year, he entered the Sakya College and studied there for seven years. During that time, he studied Buddhist philosophy mainly under Khenpo Ngawang Lekshey Kunga Rinpoche (aka. Khenpo Migmar Tsering. 1955–1999). In 1998, he graduated with

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324-518: The Sakya School is passed down through a hereditary system between the male members of the Sakya branch of the Khon family. Samding Dorje Phagmo Sachen, the first of the five supreme masters, inherited a wealth of tantric doctrines from numerous Tibetan translators or " lotsawas " who had visited India : most importantly Drokmi Lotsawa , Bari Lotsawa and Mal Lotsawa . From Drokmi comes

351-536: The Sakya Trizin, he learned many facets of traditional rituals from him also. On the 14th day of the 11th Tibetan lunar month, the anniversary of Sakya Pandita (20 December 1980), he began to receive the cycle of the precious uncommon Lam Dre teachings from the Sakya Trizin for the first time at Sakya Thubten Namgyal Ling monastery in Puruwala, India. At the age of six, he started his formal education under

378-471: The Sakya regime were as follows. New branches: Tantric techniques : Fourfold division: Twofold division: Thought forms and visualisation: Yoga : The head of the Sakya school, known as Sakya Trizin ("holder of the Sakya throne"), is always drawn from the male line of the Khön family. The present Sakya Trizin, Gyana Vajra is the forty-third to hold that office. 41st Sakya Trizin

405-499: The Sakya spiritual curriculum include the cycles of Vajrakilaya , Mahākāla and Guhyasamāja tantras . The fourth Sakya patriarch, Sakya Pandita , was notable for his exceptional scholarship and composed many important and influential texts on sutra and tantra, including "Means of Valid Cognition: A Treasury of Reasoning" ( Wylie : tshad ma rigs gter ), "Clarifying the Sage's Intent" ( Wylie : thub pa dgongs gsal ) and "Discriminating

432-664: The Three Vows" ( Wylie : sdom gsum rab dbye ). The main Dharma system of the Sakya school is the "Path with its Result" ( Wylie : lam dang 'bras bu bcas ), which is split into two main lineages, "Explanation for the Assembly" ( Wylie : tshogs bshad ) and the "Explanation for Close Disciples" ( Wylie : slobs bshad ). The other major system of the Sakya school is the " Naropa Explanation For Disciples" ( Wylie : nā ro mkha spyod slob bshad ). Another important series of teachings

459-403: The lama's speech is dharma, and the lama's body is one's guide and companion on the way to enlightenment, meaning the lama is the perfect embodiment of the sangha. Another expression of lama can be expressed through the 3 Kayas. Sakya (Tibetan Buddhist school) The Sakya ( Tibetan : ས་སྐྱ་ , Wylie : sa skya , 'pale earth') school is one of four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism ,

486-460: The mind of awakening. If you hold to a position, then you do not have the correct view. In due course, two subsects emerged from the main Sakya lineage, There were three "mother" monasteries of the Sakya school: Sakya Monastery , founded in 1073, Ngor Evam Choden , founded in 1429, and Phanyul Nalendra in Phanyul, north of Lhasa, founded in 1435 by Kuntchen Rongten. Nalendra became the home of

513-680: The others being the Nyingma , Kagyu , and Gelug . It is one of the Red Hat Orders along with the Nyingma and Kagyu. The name Sakya ("pale earth") derives from the unique grey landscape of the Ponpori Hills in southern Tibet near Shigatse , where Sakya Monastery , the first monastery of this tradition, and the seat of the Sakya School was built by Khon Konchog Gyalpo (1034–1102) in 1073. The Sakya tradition developed during

540-484: The second period of translation of Buddhist scripture from Sanskrit into Tibetan in the late 11th century. It was founded by Drogmi , a famous scholar and translator who had studied at the Vikramashila directly under Naropa , Ratnākaraśānti , Vagishvakirti and other great panditas from India for twelve years. Khon Konchog Gyalpo became Drogmi's disciple on the advice of his elder brother. The tradition

567-553: The supreme teaching of Sakya, the system of Lamdre "Path and its Fruit" deriving from the mahasiddha Virūpa based upon the Hevajra Tantra. Mal Lotsawa introduced to Sakya the esoteric Vajrayogini lineage known as "Naro Khachoma." From Bari Lotsawa came innumerable tantric practices, foremost of which was the cycle of practices known as the One Hundred Sadhanas . Other key transmissions that form part of

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594-425: The term lama has historically been erroneously applied to Tibetan monks in general. Similarly, Tibetan Buddhism was referred to as "Lamaism" by early western scholars and travelers who perhaps did not understand that what they were witnessing was a form of Buddhism; they may also have been unaware of the distinction between Tibetan Buddhism and Bön . The term Lamaism is now considered by some to be derogatory. In

621-479: The title can be used as an honorific title conferred on a monk , nun or a lay person (especially in the Nyingma , Kagyu and Sakya schools) advanced tantric practitioner to designate a level of spiritual attainment and authority to teach, or may be part of a title such as Dalai Lama or Panchen Lama applied to a lineage of reincarnate lamas ( Tulkus ). Perhaps due to misunderstandings by early western scholars attempting to understand Tibetan Buddhism,

648-511: The tutorship of Venerable Rinchen Sangpo. He took his first oral examination on 10 October 1981 in the presence of his tutor Sakya Trizin and prominent members of the Sakya Centre on The Remembrance of the Triple Gem , The Three Heap Sutra , The Confession Sutra , the extended lineage Guru 's prayers and several other texts. Since then, he has taken many oral examinations, including the examinations in which he had to lead special rituals in

675-653: Was born on 2 January 2007, the Parinirvana Day of Sakya Pandita , which is considered auspicious according to Tibetan custom. Their son, Dungsay Akasha Vajra Rinpoche, was born on 27 March 2010, the 12th day of the 2nd month of the Tibetan calendar, the anniversary of the Paranirvana of Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen . His birth was accompanied by a slight earthquake in New Delhi where he was born. Such an event

702-404: Was established by the "Five Venerable Supreme Masters" starting with the grandson of Khonchog Gyalpo, Sachen Kunga Nyingpo , who became known as Sachen, or "Great Sakyapa": Buton Rinchen Drub (1290–1364) was an important scholar and writer and one of Tibet's most celebrated historians. Other notable scholars of the Sakya tradition are the so-called "Six Ornaments of Tibet:" The leadership of

729-505: Was married to Dagmo Jamyang Kusho Sakya; they have five sons, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Having seen how the Gelug institutions pushed the other traditions into the corners of Tibet's cultural life, Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and Jamgön Kongtrül compiled together the teachings of the Sakya, Kagyu and Nyingma , including many near-extinct teachings. Without Khyentse and Kongtrul's collecting and printing of rare works,

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