Sakya Pandita
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Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyeltsen who lived from was a Tibetan spiritual leader and Buddhist scholar and the fourth of the Five Sakya Forefathers. Künga Gyeltsen is generally known simply as Sakya Pandita,
Thangka painting of Sakya Pandita, Eastern Tibet, 18th century
Sakya Pandita
Sakya Pandita and Drogön Chögyal Phagpa, one of the five founders of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism, first vice-king of Tibet. In 1253 Kublai Khan invited Sakya Pandita's Nephew Chogyal Phagpa to court. As a result, Buddhism was declared the state religion and Phagpa was given authority over three of Tibet's provinces.
Dagchen Rinpoche closes the Hevajra Mandala of colored sand using a gold dorje below statue of Sakya Pandita
Sakya Trizin
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Sakya Trizin is the traditional title of the head of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism.
The 41st Sakya Trizin, Sakya Trizin Ngawang Kunga
The 42nd Sakya Trizin, Ratna Vajra Rinpoche, The first to be enthroned under the new system
The 43rd Sakya Trizin, Gyana Vajra Rinpoche