Sakya Monastery | |
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![]() Sakya Monastery | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Tibetan Buddhism |
Sect | Sakya |
Leadership | Sakya Trizin |
Location | |
Location | Shigatse Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region |
Geographic coordinates | 28°54′18″N 88°1′5″E / 28.90500°N 88.01806°E |
Architecture | |
Founder | Khön Könchok Gyalpo |
Date established | 1073 |
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Sakya Monastery (Tibetan: ས་སྐྱ་དགོན་པ།, Wylie: sa skya dgon pa), also known as Pel Sakya (Tibetan: དཔལ་ས་སྐྱ།, Wylie: dpal sa skya; "White Earth" or "Pale Earth"), is a Buddhist monastery situated in Sa'gya Town (ས་སྐྱ་), Sa'gya County, about 127 kilometres (79 mi) west of Shigatse in the Tibet Autonomous Region.[1] The monastery is considered as the seat of the Sakya (or Sakyapa) school of Tibetan Buddhism.[2]