One of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. It was established in the eleventh century by Drogme Lotsawa, a disciple of the Indial master Virupa.
(whitish, greyish or earth coloured) - the name of the geographic location, a white patch of earth on the side of Ponpori mountain, where Khon Konchog Gyalpo established a religious centre - later to become the Sakya School and the town of Sakya.
(-PA) (Tib.) Tibetan Buddhist tradition founded in the 12th century at the monastery of Sakya in Central Tibet. Stressed scholarship and Tantric practice, mainly of the New Tantras (especially Hevajra).
A Buddhist order and the monastery where it was founded. It teaches the Hevajra Tantra and is a rival to the Kagyu order.
(Tib.): School of Tibetan Buddhism, founded by Khon Könchok Gyelpo (11th. century). Main practice: "Lamdrey". Sakyas ruled in Tibet for over 100 yrs, before the secular power was handed to the Dalai Lama of the GELUGPA tradition. (13th.&14th. century)
One of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism. It was founded in the eleventh century in the south of the province of Tsang by Konchog Gyälpo. Cf. Nyingma, Kagyu and Gelug.
( Tib.): One of the four great schools of Tibetan Buddhism founded by Khon Konchok Gyalpo in the 11th century.
sa skya (Tib). This is the name for one of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The name derives from a monastery in western Tibet, founded in the 11th century by Khon Konchok Gyalpo. The literal meaning is ‘pale earth’.