Sakya Monastery

Sakya Monastery
Tibetan transcription(s)
Tibetan: ས་སྐྱ་དགོན།
Wylie transliteration: sa skya dgon
Sakya Monastery
Religion
AffiliationTibetan Buddhism
SectSakya
LeadershipSakya Trizin
Location
LocationShigatse Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
Location within Tibet Autonomous Region
Geographic coordinates28°54′18″N 88°1′5″E / 28.90500°N 88.01806°E / 28.90500; 88.01806
Architecture
FounderKhön Könchok Gyalpo
Date established1071 (1071)

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, China. The monastery is considered as the seat of the Sakya (or Sakyapa) school of Tibetan Buddhism.

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