---

His Eminence Gyana Vajra Rinpoche is Abbot of Sakya Monastery in Rajpur , India , and the younger son of His Holiness Sakya Trizin. H.E. Gyana Vajra Rinpoche is a fully ordained monk, who is now the abbot of His Holiness the Sakya Trizin’s monastery. He received decades of rigorous training from His Holiness himself, as well as many other lamas such as H.E. Chogye Trichen Rinpoche, H.E. Luding Khen Rinpoche, The Very Venerable Khenpo Appey Rinpoche, and the late Khenpo Migmar Rinpoche.

H.E. Gyana Vajra Rinpoche completed his monastic ritual training at Sakya Monastery, and his philosophical training at Sakya College . He now holds full responsibility for the monastery and all of its important activities.

For additional biographical detail, as well as information on the Sakya Lineage of Tibetan Buddism in general, please visit The Sakya Centre website. The Sakya Centre situated in Rajpur, Dehradun is the personal monastery of His Holiness Sakya Trizin.