Sakya

Sakya is one of four major school of thought in Tibetan Buddhism. It is important to know a little about Tibetan Culture and Tradition before Traveling to Tibet. So here we have wrote about the Sakya sect.

Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism is one of the four main sects of Tibetan Buddhism. Other are Nyingmapa, Kugyu, and Gelug. The name is the sect derives from the Sakya Monastery, The principal monastery in Tsang near Mt Everest Basecamp in Tibet. The Word Skaya means the pale earth, derived from the unique grey earth of Ponpori Hill where the monastery is located.

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