"If you are attached to this life, you are not a true dharma practitioner. If you are attached to saṃsāra, you have not realized renunciation. If you are focused on your own self-interest, you are not a bodhisattva. If your mind is grasping, you have not realized the correct view." — “Parting from the Four Attachments, Teachings of Manjushri to Sachen Kunga Nyingpo”. Today is the anniversary of Sachen Kunga Nyingpo (1092–1158), the third in the lineage of Sakya throne holders and the first of the five founding patriarchs of Sakya. Known as Sachen, the great Sakyapa is a trailblazer in the development of the Sakya tradition. His father, Khon Khonchok Gyelpo, was the first Sakya throne holder and the founder of what became Sakya Monastery. Sachen’s father died when he was only 12. After this, Bari Lotsāwa, the 11th-century great translator, took Sachen under his wing. Under Bari Lotsāwa's guidance, Sachen completed a six-month retreat on Manjushri and had a vision that originated t...