Sakya Trizin
The 41st Sakya Trizin was born in 1945 into the Sakyapa, one of Tibetan Buddhism’s four lineages. His parents and a sister then died in quick succession, leaving him and his other sister, Sakya Jetsun Chimey Luding, with their aunt, who trained them to teach and transmit. In 1959 he moved the family to Rajpur, India, where he established the Sakya Center, a nunnery, hospital, college, followed by many centers around the world. He married in 1974 and his two sons are also Rinpoches. Today, Sakya Trizin heads the Sakya lineage. His U.S. seat is at Tsechen Kunchab Ling in Walden, New York. Sakya Jetsun Chimey Luding settled in Vancouver, Canada, and founded Sakya Kachod Choling on San Juan Island in Washington.
