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Sakya

(tib.: sa kya) Name means place of white earth. Khon Konchok Gyelpo (1034-1102) was the founder of the Sakya order. The leader of Sakya is His Holiness Sakya Trizin. This is the second newest of the four schools of Tibetan Buddhism (nyingma, kagyu, sakya, gelug).

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"If, with the rope of mindfulness, you bind firm the elephant of the mind, you will let go of every fear and find virtue close at hand."
- Shantideva

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