Sakya Paṇḍita Series

Tibetan Masters Sakya Paṇḍita Kunga Gyaltsen

You who have the eye of wisdom that sees all that is knowable,

The compassion that brings about the welfare of all beings,

The strength that accomplishes inconceivable enlightened action,

Lama, you who are Mañjuśrī in person, at your feet I pray!

A series of texts by and about the great scholar Sakya Paṇḍita Kunga Gyaltsen (kun dga' rgyal mtshan, 1182–1251):

Advice

A Wondrous Instruction for the Moment of Death

Sakya Paṇḍita provides the outline of a very simple meditation on Amitābha for the moment of death, summarizing the preliminaries, main part, conclusion and benefits of the practice according to the oral tradition of his uncles and their father.

Dying & the Bardos Amitābha Sakya Kabum 23 Jan 2016

Meditation on Amitābha

Following some lines of the Prayer of Good Actions (bzang spyod smon lam), Sakya Paṇḍita here offers a simple visualisation centred upon Buddha Amitābha, to be practised each day before falling asleep in order to secure rebirth in the Sukhāvatī pure-land.

Amitābha Dying & the Bardos Sakya Kabum 24 Jan 2016

Aspiration Prayers

Verses of Aspiration to Recite While Prostrating

attributed to Sakya Paṇḍita Kunga Gyaltsen

This short prayer, which tradition attributes to Sakya Paṇḍita, relates the various elements of prostration to aspirations for successfully following the path to enlightenment.

Aspiration Prayers 28 Apr 2015

Commentaries

The Gaṇacakra Ritual

This short text by Sakya Paṇḍita (1182–1251) explains gaṇacakra practice from the Sakya perspective according to the traditions of the Hevajra and Cakrasamvara tantras. It is among the earliest Tibetan commentaries on the subject but was originally composed to clarify an even earlier work by Jetsün Drakpa Gyaltsen (1147–1216).

Tsok Sakya Kabum Restricted 27 Sep 2021

Guru Yoga

Rain of Wisdom, Love and Spiritual Power: A Guru Yoga of the Three Mañjughoṣas of the Land of Snow

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö

A guru yoga focusing on the so-called Three Mañjuśrīs of Tibet, i.e., Longchen Rabjam (1308–1364), Sakya Paṇḍita (1182–1251) and Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa (1357–1419). Here, Jamyang Khyentse further identifies Longchen Rabjam with the bodhisattva Vajrapāṇi and Tsongkhapa with the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara.

Guru Yoga Nonsectarianism 24 Jan 2019

The Sun of Ambrosial Wisdom: A Guru Yoga of Dharmarāja Sakya Paṇḍita

by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche composed separate outer, inner and secret guru yoga practices with the great scholar, Sakya Paṇḍita as their object. Here is the outer practice, complete with visualization, prayer and mantra recitation, in which the focus is on the master as inseparable from Mañjuśrī.

Guru Yoga 19 Oct 2017

Mind Training

Sakya Paṇḍita’s Instruction on Parting from the Four Attachments

A brief commentary on Parting From the Attachments (zhen pa bzhi bral), the famous four-line instruction originally revealed by Mañjuśrī to Sachen Kunga Nyingpo (1092–1158), Sakya Paṇḍita's great uncle.

Parting from the Four Attachments Advice Sakya Kabum Damngak Dzö 10 Apr 2014

Praise

Praise to Sakya Paṇḍita

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö

This brief paean to the famed scholar Sakya Paṇḍita Kunga Gyaltsen (1182–1251) is the shortest of at least six such texts composed by Jamyang Khyentse.

Praise 10 Dec 2020

Prayers

Prayer to Invoke the Wisdom Mind of the Gentle Protector Sakya Paṇḍita

by Khenpo Shenga

A supplication to the great Sakya scholar and patriarch Kunga Gyaltsen (1182–1251) calling upon him to assist beings of the degenerate age, especially practitioners of the Dharma. Shenpen Nangwa composed the text while visiting the Sakya monastery of Lhundrup Teng in Derge, also known as Derge Gonchen.

Prayers 14 Dec 2020

Prayer to the Mañjughoṣa Guru, Sakya Paṇḍita

by Gatön Ngawang Lekpa

According to his biography, Gatön Ngawang Lekpa recited this prayer to Sakya Paṇḍita together with the famous four-line Shejama (shes bya ma) prayer that he accumulated 4,300,000 times while performing prostrations.

Prayers 19 Jan 2023

Sakya Paṇḍita Series

Advice

Aspiration Prayers

Commentaries

Guru Yoga

Mind Training

Praise

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