Sakya

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Buddhist tradition school of Tibetan Buddhism

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.

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Surface form Occurrences
Sakya (place) 1

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist tradition ⓘ
school of Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
associatedWithMonastery Sakya Monastery NERFINISHED ⓘ
corePhilosophy Madhyamaka ⓘ
Prāsaṅgika-Madhyamaka interpretation ⓘ
coreTeaching Lamdré (Path and its Fruit) NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Tibet NERFINISHED ⓘ
emphasizes gradual path integrated with fruition view ⓘ
union of sutra and tantra ⓘ
foundedBy Khön Könchok Gyalpo NERFINISHED ⓘ
founderFamily Khön family NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundingCentury 11th century ⓘ
foundingEvent establishment of Sakya Monastery ⓘ
foundingYearApprox 1073 ⓘ
geographicSpread Bhutan NERFINISHED ⓘ
China NERFINISHED ⓘ
India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tibet NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western countries ⓘ
hasDiasporaCommunity Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ
North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSubschool Dzongpa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ngor NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Madhyamaka exegesis ⓘ
Tantric practice ⓘ
philosophical rigor ⓘ
scholastic tradition ⓘ
leadershipTitle Sakya Trizin NERFINISHED ⓘ
leadershipType Khön family lineage NERFINISHED ⓘ
hereditary lineage ⓘ
majorSchoolAlongside Gelug NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kagyu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nyingma NERFINISHED ⓘ
monasticDiscipline Vinaya of Mūlasarvāstivāda tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameEtymology from Tibetan sa skya meaning "pale earth" ⓘ
notableLeader Chögyal Phagpa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ngorchen Künga Zangpo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sakya Pandita NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sakya Trizin Ngawang Kunga NERFINISHED ⓘ
originCountry Tibet NERFINISHED ⓘ
originPlace Sakya region NERFINISHED ⓘ
originRegion Tsang NERFINISHED ⓘ
patronPriestRelationshipWith Kublai Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalAlly Mongol Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yuan dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalPeakPeriod 13th century ⓘ
practiceIncludes philosophical debate ⓘ
ritual performance ⓘ
sutra study ⓘ
tantra practice ⓘ
religiousTextCorpus Sakya collected works (Sakya Kabum) NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTraditionOf Tibetan Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
ritualColorAssociation grey earth (sa skya, "pale earth") ⓘ
scripturalLanguage Classical Tibetan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sanskrit (source texts) ⓘ

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

Tibetan Buddhism → hasMajorSchool → Sakya ⓘ
Sakya school → namedAfter → Sakya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sakya (place)