The five founding fathers of the Sakya tradition, all of whom were from the Kon ('Khon) family. The three white masters, who were all laymen, were Sachen Kunga Nyingpo (Sa-chen Kun-dga' snying-po) (1092–1158), Sonam Tsemo (bSod-nams rtse-mo) (1142–1182), and Dragpa Gyaltsen (Grags-pa rgyal-mtshan) (1147–1216). The two red masters, who were both monks, were Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyaltsen (Sa-pan Kun-dga' rgyal-mtshan) (1182–1251) and Chogyal Pagpa (Chos-rgyal 'Phags-pa) (1235–1280).
Tibetan: ས་སྐྱ་དཀར་པོ་རྣམ་གསུམ་དམར་པོ་རྣམ་གཉིས། Sa-skya dkar-po rnam-gsum dmar-po rnam-gnyis
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