Sakya paṇḍita : three biographies : chosen and introduced by his holiness the Sakya Trichen / written by Drogön Chögyal Phakpa (Lodrö Gyaltsen), Gorampa Sönam Sengé, Jamgön Ameshab (Ngawang Kunga Sönam) ; translated by Khenpo Kalsang Gyaltsen and Chodrungma Kunga Chodron.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. Translated from the Tibetan.
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Sakya paṇḍita : three biographies : chosen and introduced by his holiness the Sakya Trichen / written by Drogön Chögyal Phakpa (Lodrö Gyaltsen), Gorampa Sönam Sengé, Jamgön Ameshab (Ngawang Kunga Sönam) ; translated by Khenpo Kalsang Gyaltsen and Chodrungma Kunga Chodron.
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Go-rams-pa Bsod-nams-seng-ge, 1429-1489, author.
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English, tib
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"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 biographies included here contain fascinating first-hand 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. These were written by three central figures of the Sakya tradition: Drogön Chögyal Phakpa (Lodrö Gyaltsen) (1235-1280), who was Sakya Paṇḍita's nephew and religious successor; Gorampa Sönam Sengé (1429-1489), a renowned Sakya scholar and prolific author who served as the sixth abbot of Ngor Monastery; and Jamgön Ameshab (Ngawang Kunga Sönam) (1597-1659), who was the twenty-seventh throne holder of the Sakya order and one of the foremost Tibetan literary and historical scholars of his time. These three biographies, chosen and introduced by His Holiness the Sakya Trichen, demonstrate the unique compositional style of traditional Tibetan religious biography and contain many fascinating first-person accounts of what it was like to spend time in the presence of a great Buddhist master and statesman who lived one thousand years ago in the midst of one of Asia's most tumultuous periods"--Provided by publisher.