Sachen Kunga Nyingpo

Sachen Kunga Nyingpo with the Sakya Lineage Tree

Sachen Kunga Nyingpo (1092-1158), the first lama of the so called Five Superiors of the Sakya Tradition.

Literary Works

• See Sakya Five Superiors Collected Works for a listing of works.

Main Teachers

• Mal Lotsawa, mal lo tsA ba blo gros grags pa
• chos 'bar
• Darma Senge, dar ma seng ge
• Darma Nyingpo, dar ma snying po
• lo chung grags 'byor shes rab
• lcags thar ba
• Bari Lotsawa, ba ri lo tsA ba rin chen grags
• skyi chu ba

Main Students

• Sonam Tsemo
• Jetsun Drakpa Gyeltsen

Main Lineages

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Alternate Names

• Sachen

Other Reference Sources

• Biographies of the Great Sachen Kunga Nyingpo and His Holiness The 41st Sakya Trizin, Sakya Academy
• Luminous Lives, Cyrus Stearns, Wisdom Publications, ISBN 0-86171-307-9

Internal Links

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External Links

• Listing of Works by Sachen Kunga Nyingpo by TBRC
• Downloadable biography of Sachen Kunga Nyingpo and His Holiness Sakya Trizin compiled by Ratna Vajra Sakya, Dolma Lhamo and Lama Jampa Losel (in pdf format)]
• Online biography of Sachen Kunga Nyingpo