Sachen Kunga Nyingpo

Sachen Kunga Nyingpo

Sachen Kunga Nyingpo (sa chen kun dga' snying po) (1092-1158) - A great Sakya master to whom Manjushri revealed the teaching known as "Parting from the Four Attachments". He was the first of the five Sakya patriarchs, and the third throne-holder of Sakya Monastery. He was the son of Khön Könchok Gyalpo and the father of Jetsün Drakpa Gyaltsen.