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Sa-skya

monastery, Tibet, China

Also known as: Sakya

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importance to Sa-skya-pa

In Sa-skya-pa
…its name from the great Sa-skya (Sakya) monastery founded in 1073, 50 miles (80 km) north of Mount Everest. The sect follows the teachings of the noted traveler and scholar ’Brog-mi (992–1072). He translated into Tibetan the important Tantric work Hevajra Tantra, which remains one of the basic texts of…
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