In Tibet there are four major traditions: Nyingma, Sakya, Kagyu and Gelug. From the point of view of practice, they are all Mahayanists following the unity of Sutrayana and Tantrayana on the basis of Hinayana…

In collaboration with the great Bodhisattva Abbott Shantarakshita, Guru Rinpochey then built Samyey monastery, which became a principal centre of learning and the site where many of the texts that would make up Tibet’s vast Buddhist literature were first translated into Tibetan…

The Sakya tradition is closely bound up with the Khon ancestral lineage, which derived from celestial beings. The lineage has descended intact up to the present time from Khon Könchok Gyelpo (1034-l 102), founder of the Sakya tradition…

The lineages of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism derive primarily form two sources: Marpa Chokyi Lodoe (1012-1099) and Kyungpo Nyaljor (978-1079)…

The Kadampa tradition founded by Atisha was the direct source of inspiration for the development of the Gelug tradition founded by Je Tsongkhapa (1357-1419). He was born in the Tsongkha region of Amdo province…

The monastery stresses on the study, debate, memorization and contemplation of scriptural texts, under the guidance of great and learned masters from an unbroken lineage spanning 600 years…