Sakya

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Sakya is one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism, known for its distinctive scholastic tradition and influential role in Tibetan religious and political history.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Sakya canonical 13
Sakya (Shigatse Prefecture) 1
Sakya (place) 1

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Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist tradition
school of Tibetan Buddhism
associatedWithMonastery Sakya Monastery
corePhilosophy Madhyamaka
Prāsaṅgika-Madhyamaka interpretation
coreTeaching Lamdré (Path and its Fruit)
country Tibet
emphasizes gradual path integrated with fruition view
union of sutra and tantra
foundedBy Khön Könchok Gyalpo
founderFamily Khön family
foundingCentury 11th century
foundingEvent establishment of Sakya Monastery
foundingYearApprox 1073
geographicSpread Bhutan
China
India
Nepal
Tibet
Western countries
hasDiasporaCommunity Europe
India
Nepal
North America
hasSubschool Dzongpa
Ngor
Tsar
historicalRole governing Tibet under Mongol patronage
political authority in Tibet
influenced Tibetan legal system under Yuan rule
Tibetan monastic education
knownFor Lamdré teaching system
Madhyamaka exegesis
Tantric practice
philosophical rigor
scholastic tradition
leadershipTitle Sakya Trizin
leadershipType Khön family lineage
linked to: Khön family

hereditary lineage
majorSchoolAlongside Gelug
Kagyu
Nyingma
linked to: Nyingma school
monasticDiscipline Vinaya of Mūlasarvāstivāda tradition
nameEtymology from Tibetan sa skya meaning "pale earth"
notableLeader Chögyal Phagpa
Ngorchen Künga Zangpo
Sakya Pandita
linked to: Sakya Paṇḍita

Sakya Trizin Ngawang Kunga
linked to: Sakya Trizin
originCountry Tibet
originPlace Sakya region
linked to: Sakya
originRegion Tsang
patronPriestRelationshipWith Kublai Khan
politicalAlly Mongol Empire
Yuan dynasty
politicalPeakPeriod 13th century
practiceIncludes philosophical debate
ritual performance
sutra study
tantra practice
religiousTextCorpus Sakya collected works (Sakya Kabum)
religiousTraditionOf Tibetan Buddhism
ritualColorAssociation grey earth (sa skya, "pale earth")
scripturalLanguage Classical Tibetan
Sanskrit (source texts)

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sakya school namedAfter Sakya (place)
linked to: Sakya
Khön family region Sakya (Shigatse Prefecture)
linked to: Sakya
Chakrasamvara Tantra associatedSchool Sakya
subject linked to: Chakrasamvara tantra
Sakya originPlace Sakya region
linked to: Sakya
Śākya hasDemonym Sakya
Śākya transliteration Sakya