THE SAKYA CENTRE COLLEGE

MASSOURIE ROAD, DEHRADUN

BY- MAHIMA AND VIVEK

ADDRESS: - SAKYA COLLEGE

Massourie Road, PO Rajpur 248009
Dehradun,Uttarakhand, INDIA
Tel: 91-135-734308

1.BRIEF HISTORY:Tibet had many great scholars, saints and monastic institutions of learning and
meditation belonging to the Sakya Tradition as the purpose of institutions were to
transmit these traditions to next generation.Buddist education was destroyed in
Tibet itself after the Chinese Communist Invasion in 1959.
During the times of the five founding masters of the Sakya Order and of Lama
Dhampa,Ngorchen,Tsharchen,Yagton,Rendhawa,Rongton and Gorampa,the Sakya
Tradition spread far and wide throughout the Tibet.

In earlier times,there were great monastic seats of Sakya,Ngor and Tsar in central
Tibet and many institutions of learning and meditation in East Tibet, such as the
Dzongsar University in Dege. As these monastic institutions continued to produce
learned scholars, it resulted in escape of Holiness Dalai Lama and his Holiness
Sakya Triizin and thousands of refugees into India and Nepal.

2.ESTABLISHMENT OF SAKYA COLLEGE:Holiness the Dalai Lama initiated many schemes and projects to preserve the
Tibetan religion.Under the guidance of his Holiness Sakya
Trizin, Khenpo Appey Rinpoche founded the Sakya College in Barlow
Ganj,Masoorie, on 19th December 1972,on the Mahaparinirvana Day of the Great
Sakya Pandita.
In Barlow Ganj, the college had to change its residence two times, In 1978 the
college was registered under Indian Societies Registration Act, of 1860 and all
major decisions were to be taken by the Governing body of College.
From 1972-1985, Khenpo Appey Rinpoche took entire responsibility of holding
classes and supervising administration and raising funds for college. After 1985,
Khenpo Jamyang Tenzin took charge and taught in classes till 1989.
In May 1989, the late Ven.Khenpo Migmar Tsering took the principal-ship of the
college and served as Chief Instructor of the college till February 1999.
The college is in 27th year of existence and contributed largely to Dharma and
religious experience of the great Sakyapa masters and text.

3.COMMENTS:(A) This is not a tourist place because its the college were students attend the
classes, give exams and the College provides the degree called Kachua(equivalent
to BA) and Loppon(equivalent to MA),to those students who have completed the
full course of studies.
(B)There is restrictions to enter that premises without the prior permission.