Drogön Chögyal Phakpa (Lodrö Gyaltsen)
Drogön Chögyal Phakpa (Lodrö Gyaltsen) (1235–1280) was the seventh Sakya Trizin and fifth of the five founding masters of the Sakya order. Although his religious name is Lodrö Gyaltsen, he is better known by his title, Drogön Chögyal Phakpa. Chögyal Phakpa was Sakya Paṇḍita’s primary disciple, religious heir, and paternal nephew. He accompanied Sakya Paṇḍita on his travels to the Mongol Court and participated in his activities there. He was at Sakya Paṇḍita’s side to witness the miraculous nature of the great master’s passing into parinirvana, described in vivid detail in his biography. Shortly thereafter, at the age of only nineteen, Chögyal Phagpa so impressed Emperor Kublai Khan that the khan designated him his personal religious master with the title of tishri, and gave him religious and secular authority over the three provinces of Tibet.
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Sakya Paṇḍita
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A set of classic biographies of Sakya Paṇḍita—one of Tibet’s greatest scholars and religious masters.
Sakya Paṇḍita Kunga Gyaltsen (1182–1251) was a renowned Tibetan polymath, scholar, statesman, and religious master, and one of the most famous and consequential figures in the history of Tibet. The three classic biographies included here contain fascinating firsthand accounts of key events in Sakya Paṇḍita’s life, covering his family ancestry, early education, interactions and debates with other sects, travels to Mongolia and his diplomacy at the Mongol court, and a detailed account of the miraculous events that occurred in the last weeks of his life.