đSACHEN KUNGA NYINGPO, THE 3rd SAKYA TRIZIN. (1092 - 1158).đđ«đ·
Sachen Kunga Nyingpo was born in 1092 to father Khon Konchog Gyalpo and mother Machik Shangmo Sonam Kyid. As soon as this pleasant - looking child was born, the great master Nam Khawupa took him in his hands and praised him as the emanation of Avalokiteshvara Khasarpani. in the age of twelve, he did a retreat on Manjushri under the guidance of the great master Bari Lotsawa. Appearing before him, an emanation of Manjushri taught the pith instruction of Parting from the Four Attachments and in a vision a garland of swords emerging from Manjushri's heart dissolved into Sachen Kunga Nyingpo's heart. This was described as an auspicious sign signaling Manjushri's continuous emanation in the Khon linage till the end of existence.
By relying upon masters such as Bari Lotsawa, Khon Kunchog Gyalpo, Lama Shangton, Drangti Dharma Nyingpo, Khyung Rinchen Drag, Me Lhangtsher, Geshe Ngog, Chura Akyab, the Nam Khawupa brothers and Seton Kunrig, he became the owner of all profound teachings, especially The Path and its Results, or Lamdre. In particular, he received tge entire tantric and pith instructional teachings which came from the lineages of the four great translators Mal Lotsawa, Bari Lotsawa Rinchen Drag, Drogmi Lotsawa Shakya Yeshe and Lotsawa Rinchen Sangpo. Even though Sachen Kunga Nyingpo preferred to take monastic vows according to Gyi Chuwa's final advice, the great master Serton advised him that he would be of more benefit if he did not take monastic vows. Therefore, e married two sisters of the Yum Tsawa Rongpa family. The senior wife, Machik Wodron, gave birth to Sonam Tsemo and Dragpa Gyaltshen. In his pure clear light perception, the glorious Virupa manifested before him to deliver pith instructions in his doorstep. in that time, he also composed prayers such as the one beginning with the line "Wondrous! From the innate nature free from elaborations," praising the three secrets of the great, all - powerful yogi Virupa.
From the most exalted sage, Virupa, Sachen Kunga Nyingpo also received The Seventy-two Teachings Related to the Highest Yoga Tantra (bla med dang 'brel ba'i chos sna bdun cu rtsa gnyis), Tho Four Profound Teachings that Never Cross the Iron Fence (Icags ri las mi 'da' ba'i zab chos bzhi) and many other teachings.
From then on, he perfectly gained fearless confidence in all knoable things.
He produced innumerable disciples, among them being three whi were accomplished, holding the secrets of this teachings, chiefly his biological and spiritual son Sonam Tsemo, seven who gained the perfection of patience, eighty endowed with realization and a great master Drogmi prophesied, he produced the profound oral transmission of the Lamdre teachings in textual form. Hence, he possessed great kindness in perserving the resultant vehicle of Vajrayana.
For over forty-eighty years, from 1111 to 1158, Sachen Kunga Nyongpo held the Sakya throne by means of integrating both teaching and practice. He composed many incomparable treatise such as the Explanation of the Difficult points of the HevajraTantra (brtag gnyis kyi dka' 'grel) and the Eleven Commentaries on the Vajra Lines of Virupa.
When he was sixty - seven years old, in 1158, on the fourteenth day of the ninth month, with a gracious invitation from dakas and dakinis, he passed into the pure realms of Sukhavati, Potala, Oddiyana, and the Copper Colored Mountain.
