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Sakya
A major Tibetan school centered on the Khön family lineage and the Lamdré (“Path and Fruit”) teachings.
Sakya (sa skya, “pale earth”) takes its name from the landscape around Sakya Monastery in southern Tibet. The school is closely tied to the Khön family and to the Hevajra tantra cycle transmitted as Lamdré — Path with Its Result.
Sakya scholars made major contributions to logic, epistemology, and tantric exegesis. In the thirteenth century, Sakya leaders held significant political influence under Mongol patronage. Today Sakya centers worldwide continue Lamdré teachings under the Sakya Trizin and related masters.
Practices
Lamdré
The comprehensive Path and Fruit system based on the Hevajra tantra.
Vajrayoginī & Hevajra practice
Central deity yogas of the Sakya tradition.
Scholastic study
Training in Madhyamaka and pramāṇa alongside tantric liturgy.
Texts
Three Visions
Ngawang Donyo Dorje / traditional Lamdré literature
Introductory presentation of the Lamdré path.
Freeing the Heart and Mind
Sakya Trizin / contemporary teachings