Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyaltsen
Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyaltsen (1182-1251) - one of the five Sakya patriarchs and the nephew of Jetsün Drakpa Gyaltsen. He was one of greatest scholars in Tibetan history and one of the so-called 'Three Mañjughoshas of Tibet'. He was the uncle of Chögyal Pakpa.
Prayer to Sakya Pandita
SHÉ JA TAMCHÉ ZIKPÉ CHEN YANG SHING
You who have the eye of wisdom that sees all that is knowable,
DRO KUN GELEK DRUB PÉ TUKJÉ CHEN
The compassion that brings about the welfare of all beings,
SAMYÉ TRINLÉ DZÉPÉ TOP NGA WA
The strength that accomplishes inconceivable enlightened action,
JAMGÖN LAMÉ SHYAP LA GÜ CHAK TSAL
Lama, you who are Manjushri in person, at your feet humbly I pay homage!
Writings
Further Reading
- Sakya Pandita, Ordinary Wisdom: Sakya Pandita's Treasury of Good Advice, translated by John T. Davenport, Boston: Wisdom, 2000
- Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyaltsen, A Clear Differentiation of the Three Codes: Essential Distinctions among the Individual Liberation, Great Vehicle, and Tantric Systems, translated by Jared Rhoton, New York: SUNY, 2002