Item: Teacher (Lama) - Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyaltsen

Sakya Pandita, Kunga Gyaltsen Pal Zangpo (1182-1251), wearing a tall red hat, the sixth throne holder of Sakya, great grandson of Khon Konchog Gyalpo. Sakya Pandita is accompanied by his nephew Chogyal Pagpa. (See a portion of the painting set).

Sa kya pan di ta kun ga gyal tsen Biographical Details

"With wide eyes perceiving all things, and compassionately achieving the good of all beings, having power performing acts beyond thought; Guru Manjunata, to your feet I bow my head." (Sakya liturgical verse to Sapan).

According to Sakya tradition, Sakya Pandita reached complete enlightenment in the realm of buddha Akshobhya and now resides as the buddha Vimalashri in the eastern direction.

Jeff Watt

Thematic Sets
Collection of RMA: Best of Collection 2
Painting Set: Mahakala & Margapala [29]
Subject: Margapala Sets (Two Figures)
Iconography: Monastic Appearance
Teacher: Chogyal Pagpa Masterworks
Subject: Masterworks Description (Painting)
Subject: Hat Videos
Tradition: Sakya, Lineage Teacher Painting Masterworks (Rubin Museum)
Teacher: Chogyal Pagpa Main Page
Tradition: Sakya Main Page
Teacher: Sakya Pandita (Masterworks)
Subject: Margapala Lineage Masterworks
Teacher: Sakya (Masterworks)
Collection of RMA: Painting Masterworks Page
Collection of RMA: Persons Masterworks
Subject: Teacher Painting Page
Teacher: Sakya Pandita (Guruyoga Catalogue List)
Subject: Patchwork Robes
Subject: Margapala Lineage Paintings (Figure & Composition Types)
Subject: Hats (Sakya)
Tradition: Sakya Teachers
Teacher: Two Main Figures (Composition)
Tradition: Sakya Religious Context
Subject: Hats (Pandita Hat)
Iconography: Monastics, Three Visual Types
Tradition: Sakya Founders
Teacher: Sakya Pandita, Kunga Gyaltsen
Subject: Two Red Ones
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery 5