Throneholders of Sakya
6 Sakya Trizins or Throneholders of Sakya (Main figures)
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(Top to bottom): H.H. the 37th Sakya Trizin Kunga Nyingpo, H.H. the 39th Sakya Trizin Dragshul Trinley Rinchen, H.H. the 30th Sakya Trizin Sonam Rinchen, H.H. the 31st Sakya Trizin Ngawang Kunga Lodro, H.H. the 33rd Sakya Trizin Padma Dudul Wangchug, H.H. the 35th Sakya Trizin Tashi Rinchen, Vajrayogini, Gonpo Gur and Sakya Dorje Shugden Tanag.
The 30th Sakya Throneholder Sonam Rinchen enthroned Dorje Shugden as a protector of the Sakya tradition and establish the Dorje Shugden Tanag lineage. The 31st Sakya Throneholder Ngawang Kunga Lodro was his son and the emanation of Dorje Shugden who composed the Dorje Shugden fulfilment ritual text (kangso) that is used to propitiate Dorje Shugden as an enlightened Dharma Protector within the Sakya tradition up until today. Both the 30th and 31st Sakya Throneholders are highly respected and revered for their mastery of the Buddhist teachings, and their ability to teach others.
These Sakya Throneholders were considered highly realised, erudite and clairvoyant. They therefore saw it was time to include Dorje Shugden within the Sakya lineage for the benefit of many beings and they encouraged his practice among their thousands of disciples. They also saw clearly that Dorje Shugden’s nature was that of benefit for practitioners otherwise six great throneholders would not have encouraged Dorje Shugden’s practice within their complete lineage. These six high masters of their calibre would not make mistakes especially if they were throneholders of an effective and powerful lineage such as Sakya. If they did make mistakes then today’s Sakya lineage would be corrupted and ineffective.
The 39th Sakya Throneholder Dragshul Trinley Rinchen was a renowned master, erudite scholar and lineage holder who also taught hundreds of scholars, masters and great practitioners. He was an ardent practitioner of Dorje Shugden and proliferated the practice throughout the Sakya tradition.
Aside from the three aforementioned Sakya throneholders, there were many other great Sakya throneholders who practised and proliferated Dorje Shugden Tanag and these include the following:
- 33rd Throneholder and Mahasiddha Padma Dudul Wangchug (1792-1853)
- 35th Throneholder Tashi Rinchen (1824-1865)
- 37th Throneholder Kunga Nyingpo (1850-1899)
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Wow beautiful paintings of the six Sakya Trizins or throneholders of Sakya. Dorje Shugden as an enlightened Dharma Protector has been practiced and propitiated by many high attained great Lamas. Throughout Sakya tradition and up today, besides the Sakya throneholders, there were many other great Sakya throneholders who practised and proliferated Dorje Shugden Tanag.
Thank you Rinpoche for this sharing .