Resource Section

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Bibliographical Resources

- Sa skya pa'i dkar chag (SRC_R001). The table of contents of Khenpo Appey's Sa skya pa'i dkar chag. This list is reproduced from David Jackson’s review article on the Sa skya pa'i dkar chag (Bibliography of Sa-skya-pa Literature). Indo-Iranian Journal, vol. 34 (1991), pp. 220-229. Input by the Sakya Resource Center (PDF, 24kb). Download here!

- A chronological list of the throne holders of Sakya (SRC_R002). Taken from Chos 'khor lhun po byams pa tshul khrims's Sa skya'i gdung rabs lo rgyus dang chos 'khor lhun po o rgyan lha khang dgon gyi lo rgyus mdor bsdus gsar bu rnams kyi blta ba'i me long, Lhasa: Bod ljongs nyin re'i tshags par khang, 2007; pp. 26-34). Scanned by the Sakya Resource Center (PDF, 1549kb). Download here!

- Chart of the throne holders of Sakya (SRC_R005). Taken from Dung dkar Blo bzang phrin las's Bod kyi rig gnas dang lo rgyus kyi re'u mig ngo mtshar kun snang. Si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang, 1997; pp. 158-61). Scanned by the Sakya Resource Center (PDF, 3516kb). Download here!

- Chart of the four lama palaces (SRC_R003). Taken from Chos 'khor lhun po byams pa tshul khrims's Sa skya'i gdung rabs lo rgyus dang chos 'khor lhun po o rgyan lha khang dgon gyi lo rgyus mdor bsdus gsar bu rnams kyi blta ba'i me long, Lhasa: Bod ljongs nyin re'i tshags par khang, 2007; pp. 18-25). Scanned by the Sakya Resource Center (PDF, 466kb). Download here!

- Chart of the lama palaces (SRC_R008). Taken from Dung dkar Blo bzang phrin las's Bod kyi rig gnas dang lo rgyus kyi re'u mig ngo mtshar kun snang. Si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang, 1997; pp. 152-55). Scanned by the Sakya Resource Center (PDF, 3537kb). Download here!

- Genealogy of the Sakya 'Khon lineage (SRC_R006). Taken from Dung dkar Blo bzang phrin las's Bod kyi rig gnas dang lo rgyus kyi re'u mig ngo mtshar kun snang. Si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang, 1997; pp. 145-53). Scanned by the Sakya Resource Center (PDF, 3389kb). Download here!

- Chart of the dpon chen of Sakya (SRC_R004). Taken from Dung dkar Blo bzang phrin las's Bod kyi rig gnas dang lo rgyus kyi re'u mig ngo mtshar kun snang. Si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang, 1997; pp. 161-63. Scanned by the Sakya Resource Center (PDF, 2450kb). Download here!

- Chart of the imperial preceptors (ti shrI) (SRC_R007). Taken from Dung dkar Blo bzang phrin las's Bod kyi rig gnas dang lo rgyus kyi re'u mig ngo mtshar kun snang. Si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang, 1997; pp. 156-59. Scanned by the Sakya Resource Center (PDF, 3155kb). Download here!

- Table of contents of the dPal sa skya pa'i grub mtha'i rnam bzhag (SRC_R009). Work by sKal ldan tshe ring. Zhang kang then ma dpe skrun khang, 2001. Scanned by the Sakya Resource Center (PDF, 436kb). Download here!

- Table of contents of A MYES ZHABS's (1597-1659) Sa skya'i gdung rabs ngo mtshar bang mdzod. (SRC_R010). Pe cin: Mi rigs dpe skrun khang, 1986.. Scanned by the Sakya Resource Center (PDF, 2207kb). Download here!

- Table of contents of DRAG SHUL 'PHRIN LAS RIN CHEN's (1871-1935) Sa skya'i gdung rabs ngo mtshar rin chen kun 'phel. (SRC_R011). Khreng tu'u: Si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang, 1990. Scanned by the Sakya Resource Center (PDF, 383kb). Download here!

- Table of contents of KUN DGA' BLO GROS's (1729-1783) Sa skya'i gdung rabs ngo mtshar bang mdzod kyi kha skong (SRC_R012). Pe cin: Mi rigs dpe skrun khang, 1991. Scanned by the Sakya Resource Center (PDF, 4213kb). Download here!

- Revised List of the abbatial succession at Sakya. Based on the Sa skya'i gdung rabs lo rgyus dang chos 'khor lhun po o rgyan lha khang dgon gyi lo rgyus mdor bsdus gsar bu rnams kyi blta ba'i me long by Chos 'khor lhun po Byams pa tshul khrims (as above). See Place Index. Download here!

- List of the abbatial succession at 'Phan po Na lendra. Based on the The Early Abbots of 'Phan-po Na-lendra: The Vicissitudes of a Great Tibetan Monastery in the 15th Century by DAVID P. JACKSON (Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde, Heft 23. Wien: Arbeitskreis für tibetische und buddhistische Studien, Universität Wien). See Place Index.

- Sa skya bka' 'bum. The collected writings of the first five great patriarchs of the Sakya tradition. TBRC: W22271, Outline: O01CT0026 (15 vols., reproduced from the 1736 sDe dge edition, Dehradun: Sakya center, 1992-1993). The same outline is also available from RangjungYesheWiki. See also the SA SKYA BKA' 'BUM GYI DKAR CHAG at ACIP (Catlog Number: R0014 (dang po), Catlog Number: R0028 (gnyis pa)

- Sa skya lam 'bras literature. A Derge collection of Sakya Lamdre literature divided into the Lam 'bras slob bshad (Tshar pa subsect) and the Lam 'bras Tshogs bshad (Ngor pa subsect), and the eleven commentaries on the vajra verses by Sa chen Kun dga' sNying po. TBRC: W00EGS1016207, Outline: O0UU3. See also A Complete Catalogue Of Sakya Lam 'Bras Literature Series. By Lama Choedak T. Yuthok (1991).

- rGyud sde kun btus. Collection of Sakya texts, compiled by 'Jam dbyangs Blo gter dbang po (1847-1914). TBRC: W27883, Outline: O1GS40148 (32 vols., Kathmandu: Sachen International, 2004).

- sGrub thabs kun btus. Collection of sadhana and other practices of the Sakya tradition; compiled by 'Jam dbyangs mKhyen brtse dbang po (1820-1892) and his disciple 'Jam dbyangs Blo gter dbang po (1847-1914). (TBRC: W23681, Outline: O1GS39248 (14 vols., reproduced by photomechanical process from sde-ge xylograph edition of 1902, Kangara: Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Literature Publisher, Dzongsar Inst. for Advanced Studies).

- A comparative table of the works of Glo bo mkhan chen. Inputted by the Toyo Bunko: Seminar on Tibet (Last Updated: September 27, 2000). Here

- A history of Buddhism: being the text of Dam pa’i chos kyi byung tshul legs par bsad pa bstan pa rgya mtshor ’jug pa’i gru chen zhes bya ba rtsom ’phro kha skong bcas. Begun by Ngor-chen Dkon-mchog-lhun-grub and completed by Ngor-chen Sangs-rgyas-phun-tshogs (New Delhi: Ngawang Topgey, 1973). Table of Contents.

- Bibliography Sakya Resource Guide. 214 items listed (1996). (TXT, 31 kb)

- Sakya Resource Centre Bibliography (under construction)

 

Academic Resources

Essays
- "Five great founder Lama of Sakya order". By Kunga Y. Hochotshang. In Bulletin of Tibetology, Sikkim Research Institute of Tibetology, 1985 vol. 21 (no. 1), pp. 19-40. Online version (PDF, 251 kb)
- "A short Biography of 'Gro-mgon chos-rgyal 'Phags-pa." By Tashi Densapa. In Bulletin of Tibetology, Sikkim Research Institute of Tibetology, 1977 vol. 13 (no. 3), pp. 5-14. Online version (PDF)
- "Sa-skya Pandita's Letter to the Tibetans: A Late and Dubious Addition to His Collected Works". By David P. Jackson. In The Journal of the Tibet Studies. Online version (PDF, 608 kb)


Other
- English translation of the chapter on the Sakya rule over Tibet from Shakabpa's Political History. Available from Berzin Archives, A Survey of Tibetan History (Reading notes taken by Alexander Berzin from Tsepon, W. D. Shakabpa, Tibet: A Political History. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1967)
- "Sakya Pandita - Glimpses of His Three Major Works". By the late Khenpo Migmar Tsering. Article extracted from the Silver Jubilee Magazine 1997 of theSakya College at Dehra Dun, Northern India. Online version
- Sakyapa Writings. Online Teachings of contemporary Sakya teachers. Available at the Official Homepage of Tsunda Monastery.