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Our Teachers
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His Holiness the Sakya Trizin
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His Holiness the Sakya Trizin, 41st Patriarch of the Sakya Lineage
Born in
Tibet
in 1945, His Holiness ascended to the throne of Sakya at the age of seven. Trained in the various teachings of Sutra and Tantra, His Holiness embodies the complete qualities of a Tantric master. Presently residing in Mussoorie,
Northern India
, His Holiness travels frequently and is tireless in bestowing initiations and teachings to a growing group of dedicated students. His Holiness the Sakya Trizin is our supreme teacher and guide.
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His Eminence Ratna Vajra Sakya
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His Eminence Ratna Vajra Sakya
His Eminence was born in 1974 at
Dehra Dun
,
Uttar Pradesh
,
India
. He did his basic religious studies at the Sakya Centre, Rajpur. He then joined the
Sakya
College
and finished his Kachupa degree. He has given many teachings and initiations in
India
and abroad and has also done many retreats on the principal deities of the Sakya Order.
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His Eminence Kyabje Dorje Chang Luding Khenchen Rinpoche
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His Eminence Kyabje Dorje Chang Luding Khenchen Rinpoche
His Eminence Luding Khencen Rinpoche is one of the most highly respected and learned teachers of the Sakya tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. He is believed to be the emanation of Vajrapani and is head of the Ngor, one of the two sub-sects of the Sakya tradition. His Eminence was born to the clan of Shang, Sharchen, or Ludingpa, which is renowned for producing great scholars and siddhas.
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His Eminence Luding Khenchen Rinpoche
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His Eminence Luding Khen Rinpoche
His Eminence was enthroned on march 16, 2000 as the abbot of the Ngor Monastery of the Sakya Order, and is head of hundreds of branch monasteries. He is one of the most important young lineage holders of the Sakya Order.
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 Her Eminence Jetsun
Kushok Chimey Luding
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Her Eminene Jetsun Kushok Chimey Luding
Jetsun Kushok, or “Jetsunma,” is a leading female teacher of Tibetan Buddhism living in the West. She is one of three women in the history of Tibet to have given the Lamdre (“Path and Its Fruition”) teachings, the special system of contemplative and meditative practice of the Sakya Order. She is a thoroughly trained lineage holder.
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Venerable Lama Kalsang Gyaltsen
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Venerable Lama Kalsang Gyaltsen
Venerable Lama Kalsang is the spiritual director of Sakya Phuntsok Ling in Silver Spring, Maryland. He is a widely recognized and accomplished teacher and translator of Tibetan Buddhism. He is also vice president of Tsechen Khunchab Ling, Seat of His Holiness the Sakya Trizin in the United States. His Holiness and other Lamas of the Sakya Order have repeatedly praised his Dharma activities as exemplary.
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 Venerable Acharya Lama
Migmar Tseten
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Venerable Acharya Lama Migmar Tseten
Lama Migmar was born in 1956 at Chimdok, Gyaltse in Central Tibet. He left Tibet with his family in 1959 and resettled in South India. In 1980, he received the Acharya degree and in 1981, at the request of His Holiness, the Sakya Trizin, Lama Migmar became the head of the Sakya main Monastery at Puruwala, India and the Sakya Center at Rajpur, India. While serving these monasteries, he continued his study and practice in Sutra and Tantra, and received transmissions such as LamDre, Vajrayogini and many others from H.H. the Sakya Trizin, H.E. Chogye Trichen, H.E. Luding Khenchen Rinpoche, Khenpo Sangye Tenzin and Khenpo Appey Rinpoche. In 1990, Lama Migmar became the head of the Sakya Retreat Center in Barre,MA. He founded the Sakya Institute in Cambridge, MA and the Manjushri United States, and is the Buddhist chaplain at Harvard University.
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