Ngorchen Konchog Lhundrub was born in 1497 at Sakya Monastery in central Tibet. He received extensive training from teachers such as Ngor Evam Choden, Konchok Pelwa, and Muchen Sanggye Rinchen. At the age of 38, he was ordained as the 10th abbot of Ngor, where he held the throne for almost 25 years until his death in 1557. He is the author of
Three Visions: Fundamental Teachings of the Sakya Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.
His Holiness
Sakya Trizin is the 41st patriarch of the Sakyapa Tradition. H. H. Sakya Trizin wrote the foreword to
Three Visions: Fundamental Teachings of the Sakya Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. H. H. Sakya Trizin's religious name is Ngawang Kunga Tegchen Palbar Trinley Samphel Wangyi Gyalpo. In the spiritual order of Tibetan Buddhism, he is considered second only to the Dalai Lama.