The Amazing Treasury of the Sakya Lineage: Volume 2

A lucid and landmark translation that offers an intriguing glimpse into Tibetan history and the spiritual development and remarkable lives of the early luminaries of the Sakya lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.Ameshab Ngakwang Kunga Sonam (1597–1659), a member of the Khon aristocracy and the twenty-seventh throne holder of Sakya Monastery, gives a thorough history of the major Sakya lineage holders up to the time of his writing in the seventeenth century. Where the first volume of this history, published last year, focused on the celestial origins and the founders of the Khon lineage, as well as their interactions with the Mongol Empire, volume 2 tells the stories of the major figures of the four monastic residences, or labrang, from the early fourteenth to seventeenth centuries, and how they persevered through a time of religious and political reorientation in Inner Asia and were able to strengthen the Sakya lineage after a period of waning influence. The biographies here tell of extraordinary scholarship and spiritual practice, highlighting not only the Sakya leadership genealogy but what such leadership entailed—and the remarkable blessings that have been passed down through time. Celebrated translator and scholar Cyrus Stearns said of volume 1, "As the definitive genealogy of the Khon family from its legendary origins, and as one of the greatest historical masterpieces of the Sakya tradition, Ameshab’s book is a work of remarkable traditional scholarship. This volume is a noteworthy event in the translation into English of the Buddhist historical literature of Tibet." Contents Foreword by His Holiness the Sakya Trichen Acknowledgments List of Conventions Illustrations Translators’ Introduction The Wondrous Precious Treasury Fulfilling All Wishes: Biographies of the Precious Lineage of the Glorious Sakya, the Great Regents of the Buddha in the North of Jambudvipa Part 3: An Explanation of the Succession History of the Four Labrangs 1. An Explanation of the Succession Lineage of Shithok Labrang Sailen Wang Sonam Sangpo Guoshi Ratnasri The Imperial Preceptor Lachen Kunga Lodro Gyaltsen Kunting Guoshi, the Great Khetsun Namkha Lekpai Gyaltsen Namkha Shenyen Guoshi Namkha Gyaltsen Tiling Kyahosi Tawen Guoshi Kunga Rinchen Guoshi Lodro Gyaltsen Mahaguru Drakpa Lodro Mahaguru Kunga Lodro Gyaltsen Mahaguru Kunga Wangchuk Mahaguru Chumikpa Lodro Wangchuk Conclusion 2. An Explanation of the Succession Lineage of Rinchen Labrang Tawen Guoshi Kunga Nyima Tawen Guoshi Jamyang Donyo Gyaltsen Guoshi Palden Lama Dampa Sonam Gyaltsen Nyima Gyaltsen Lachen Kunga Gyaltsen The Mahatma Great Manjugho?a Namkha Gyaltsen The Shalu Mahatma Thutop Wangchuk Sonam Gyaltsen Gyakar Sherab Gyaltsen Mahatma Lodro Gyaltsen The Mahaguru Drakpa Gyaltsen 3. The Explanation of the Succession Lineage of Lhakhang Labrang Dishi Kunga Lekpai Jungne Gyaltsen Dishi Kunga Gyaltsen Tholing Teho Tawen Chokyi Gyaltsen Tawen Guoshi Lodro Gyaltsen Dishi Thekchen Chokyi Gyalpo Kunga Tashi Dharmadhvaja Dorje Rinchen Gyaltsen Mahaguru Sonam Tashi Mahaguru Delek Tashi Acarya Sonam Gyaltsen and His Siblings Shakya Senge, Dondrup Gyaltsen, and Samten Gyaltsen The Great Learned and Righteous Kunga Tashi and His Siblings Kunga Gyaltsen and Kunga Nyingpo Mahatma Rinchen Gyaltsen A Supplement to the Succession History of Lhakhang Labrang Mahatma Chokyi Gyaltsen Jampaiyang Kunga Lodro Lekpai Jungne Gyaltsen 4. An Explanation of the Succession History of Ducho Labrang Mahaguru Nyima Pal Kunga Lekpai Jungne Tisri Sonam Lodro Sailen Wang Drakpa Gyaltsen Tawen Guoshi Kunga Lekpai Lodro Wang Namse Gyaltsen Mahatma Chokyi Gyaltsen Mahaguru Kunga Lodro Gyaltsen Tukyaho Wang Namkha Lekpai Gyaltsen Tukya Wang Wang Namkha Gyaltsen Namkha Rinchen Gyaltsen Namkha Tashi Gyaltsen Mahatma Sa Lotsawa Jampaiyang Kunga Sonam Mahatma Ngaki Wangchuk Drakpa Gyaltsen Jampal Drakpa Jamyang Tseten Tashi Jamyang Kunga Samdrup The Great Mantra Holder Ngakwang Kunga Rinchen A Supplement to the Succession History of Ducho Labrang Jamyang Sonam Wangpo Ngakchang Drakpa Lodro Gyaltsen Glorious Jamyang Thutop Wangchuk Drakpa Gyaltsen Ngakwang Kunga Wangyal Jamgon Ame Ngakwang Kunga Sonam Part 4: An Explanation of Other Relevant Topics Notes Bibliography Index About the Authors Read more