24 Facts About Sakya Pandita

Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyeltsen was a Tibetan spiritual leader and Buddhist scholar and the fourth of the Five Sakya Forefathers.

Sakya Pandita is held in the tradition to have been an emanation of Manjusri, the embodiment of the wisdom of all the Buddhas.

Sakya Pandita was known as a great scholar in Tibet, India, Mongolia and China and was proficient in the five great sciences of Buddhist philosophy, medicine, grammar, dialectics and sacred Sanskrit literature as well as the minor sciences of rhetoric, synonymies, poetry, music, dancing and astrology.

Sakya Pandita is considered to be the fourth Sakya Forefather and sixth Sakya Trizin and one of the most important figures in the Sakya lineage.

Sakya Pandita was born as Palden Dondup at Sakya in the noble family of Jamyanggon.

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Sakya Pandita's father was Palchen Opoche and his mother Machig Nyitri Cham.

Sakya Pandita was the nephew of Jetsun Dragpa Gyaltsen, and became the principal disciple of this prominent scholar.

Sakya Pandita was instructed in the sutras and tantras by Dragpa Gyaltsen and mastered Sanskrit and three Inner Asian languages.

Sakya Pandita then overcome his opponent in a contest of supernatural powers.

Sakya Pandita acceded as dansa chenpo or abbot-ruler of Sakya upon the death of his uncle Dragpa Gyaltsen in 1216.

Godan drew the conclusion that Sakya Pandita was an important and wise lama who could show the road to salvation, and ordered to send a letter of "invitation" and presents to him.

The actual reason for selecting the Sakya Pandita might have been that the sect was specialized in magic rituals that resonated with Mongol beliefs, and was prominent in spreading Buddhist morality.

Nevertheless, Sakya Pandita was indeed summoned to come to Godan's royal camp at Liangzhou in 1244.

Sakya Pandita gave religious instruction to the prince and greatly impressed the court with his personality and powerful teachings.

Sakya Pandita is said to have cured Prince Godan of a serious illness, probably leprosy.

Sakya Pandita chose his brother's son Chogyal Phagpa as his heir, and nominated him before his death as the successor to his religious authority by giving him his conch shell and begging bowl.

Sakya Pandita is considered to be the second Tibetan emanation of Amitabha in this line.

Sakya Pandita is best known for his works such as the Treasury of Logic on Valid Cognition and the Discrimination of the Three Vows.

Sakya Pandita produced five major works in all, the other three being The Entrance Gate for the Wise, Clarifying the Sage's Intention, and the Elegant Sayings of Sakya Pandita.

Sakya Pandita focused on doctrine and logic "basing himself upon the Pramanavarttika of Dharmakirti" and was very interested in rhetoric.

Sakya Pandita was suspicious of lamas who promised enlightenment without going through the consecutive stages of Buddhist practices, and he took a more conservative view.

Sakya Pandita was very concerned with refuting what he considered to be false views and practices in Tibet.

Sakya Pandita is known as a critic of a certain kind of Mahamudra theory and practice called White Panacea or “self-sufficient white remedy.

Sakya Pandita's critique was influential on numerous later figures, including the Fifth Dalai Lama, Jamyang Shepe Dorje Ngawang Tsondru and the Second Belmang, Konchok Gyeltsen.