Sakya Monastery - Sakya Monastery in India

Sakya Monastery in India

The current Sakya Trizin, throne holder of the Sakyapa went into exile in India in 1959 following the Chinese invasion of Tibet. He has long lived in Dehra Dun in the foothills of the Western Himalayas, where the Sakya Monastery was reestablished, with a number of senior monks and scholars, who also escaped from Tibet, joining the new Monastery and providing continuity to Skay traditions. These monks and scholars saved a number of original scrolls from the original Sakya Monastery in Tibet and smuggled them to India for ssfekeeping. The Sakya Trizin and his followers have established several institutions in and around the Dehradun area, including a charitable hospital, a monastic college and a nunnery. Like all leaders of the Sakya school, the current Sakya Trizin is married. He has two sons, and the younger one, Dungsey Gyana Vajra, born 5 July 1979 in Dehra Dun, is director of the Sakya Monastery constructed in Dehra Dun.