檢視 Khön family 的原始碼

[[File:Nagendrarakshita.png|frame|[[Khön Nagendrarakshita]]]]
The '''Khön family''' ([[Wyl.]] ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>khon rigs'') traces its origins to the gods of the realm of Clear Radiance in the [[Form Realm]]. Tradition has it that three brothers descended from this realm to our world. Two of them returned, but the youngest, U-sé (Wyl. ''dbu se'') remained and became a ruler. One of his descendants, Yapang Kyé (''g.ya<nowiki>'</nowiki> spang skyes''), killed a demon called Kyaring Trakmé (''skya rings khrag med'') and took the demon's wife for his own. As a result of this struggle (Wyl. ''mkhon'') with the demon, thereafter the family became known as Khön. Later, when [[Shantarakshita]] was invited to Tibet, [[Khön Nagendrarakshita]] was chosen as one of the first seven Tibetans to receive ordination, the so-called '[[seven men to be tested]]'.

In the eleventh century, [[Khön Sherab Tsultrim]] observed the corruption of some [[Nyingma]] teachings and became increasingly interested in the teachings of the New Tantras, favouring them over the Ancient Translation practices, such as [[Yangdak]] and [[Vajrakilaya]] that had been followed by generations of Khön since Nagendrarakshita. He encouraged his younger brother [[Khön Könchok Gyalpo]] to seek teachings from [[Drokmi Lotsawa]]. In 1073, at the age of forty, Könchok Gyalpo founded [[Sakya Monastery]].

==Further Reading==
*E. Gene Smith, 'The Early History of the 'Khon Family and the Sa skya School' in ''Among Tibetan Texts'', Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2001

==Internal Links==
*[[Khön Family Lineage of Vajrakilaya]]

[[Category: Sakya]]