Introduction
Sakya Wara Buddhism College situates in
Jiangda County of Changdu District of Tibet, on the side of Wara Monastery. It was
established by Genzon Chenlin Trokyi Gyaltsen Rinpoche, a large non-sectarian
Buddhism College. It is also the largest Buddhism College of Sakya in Tibet at present.
The College has 300 dormitories and over 15
thousand square meters. The hall can hold more than a thousand people to recite Sutras and
practice.
Its object would be to provide high quality
training in Dharma, the experience of practice and spread the pure lineages
extensively. The College opened in September of 2001.
Teachers
The college paid more attention on
teachers, all the Khenpos of the college were selected from the famous Khenpos of Sakya
and Remay transmission .
The present Khenpo Dempa Daji is the
outstanding Khenpo of Sakya monastery, graduated from Zonsar Buddhism college.
Khenpo
Padma Dangqu is the disciple of Guru the 2nd Jamyang Khyentse.
Pengtso
Ranjra is Khenpo of Zonsar Buddhism college.
Courses
The main courses in this
college is The Thirteen treatises of the Two Supreme and Six Ornaments, other treatises of
Khenpo Yanga and Gorampa Sonam Sengge; Common subjects for monks of the necessary ability,
(Chinese, English, geography, medical etc.) also should be studied. Students pass the
examination will get the scholarship.
A Plan of Construction
The college will be supplied
with electric in 2003, and then the electric equipments can be used. The lesson of
computer will be started. The waterworks and mineral water factory would be constructed.
The telephone was installed in 2004, the
Wara River bridge will be constructed.