rje btsun grags pa rgyal mtshan
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རྗེ་བཙུན་གྲགས་པ་རྒྱལ་མཚན་
Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen(1147 - 1216)
Jetsun Drakpa Gyeltsen of the aristocratic Khon family was the third of the five men credited with founding the Sakya order. He was also the Fifth Sakya Tridzin, or throne holder. His father Sachen Kunga Nyingpo and his elder brother Sonam Tsemo were the first and second Sakya patriarchs. Drakpa Gyeltsen was instrumental in the early recording and compiling of the Lamdre teachings that form the basis of the Sakya tradition.
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