Sakya

thumb|Sakya Lineage Tree The Sakya (, 'pale earth') school is one of four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism, the others being the Nyingma, Kagyu, and Gelug. It is one of the Red Hat Orders along with the Nyingma and Kagyu.

==Origins== thumb|Virūpa, 16th century. It depicts a famous episode in his [[hagiography when he stopped the sun in the sky.]] thumb|250 px|Sakya Monastery thumb|200 px|Sakya Pandita (Buddhism)|Pandita The name Sakya ("pale earth") derives from the unique grey landscape of the Ponpori Hills in southern Tibet near Shigatse, where Sakya Monastery, the first monastery of this tradition, and the seat of the Sakya School was built by Khon Konchog Gyalpo (1034–1102) in 1073.