Khön Könchok Gyalpo

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Khön Könchok Gyalpo (T. 'khon dkon mchog rgyal po འཁོན་དཀོན་མཆོག་རྒྱལ་པོ་)(1034-1102). A Tibeban lama known as the founder of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism. He founded Sakya Monastery, the seat of the Sakya school, in 1073. He was a descendant of the Khön family.

His root teacher was Drokmi Lotsawa.

Further reading

Print publications:

  • E. Gene Smith, 'The Early History of the 'Khon Family and the Sa skya School' in Among Tibetan Texts, Boston: Wisdom, 2001

Web publications: