Yagton Sanggye Pel (1350-1414) was a great master of the Sakya tradition and the first in the line of masters known as the Six Ornaments of Tibet. His early education took place at Sangpu monastery. His root teacher was Kunga Pel and his main disciple and eventual successor was the renowned scholar Rongton Sheja Kunrik. Sanggye Pel was the author of a well-known commentary on Sakya Pandita’s Tsema Rigter and was instrumental in the transmission of the Abhidharmakosakarika and Pramanasamuccaya in Tibet. He also wrote a famous eight-volume commentary on the Abhisamayalamkara.

Kunga Drolchok was one of the greatest masters of sixteenth-century Tibet. He studied, practiced, and taught many different teachings from various lineages, but especially those of the Sakya, Shangpa, and Jonang traditions. Kunga Drolchok’s exemplary life of nonsectarian study and practice, and his many written works, were later an inspiring example for the great Jamgon Kongtrul.

Lochen Gyurme Dechen (1540-1615) a descendent of Tangtong Gyelpo, was a master of Sakya, Jonang,  and Shangpa Kagyu Kalacakra teachings. He was court minister to the rulers of Jang, in Lato.

Sanggye Sengge (1504-1569) served as the eleventh abbot of Ngor Evam Chodan monastery. He was a relative of Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo, the founder and first abbot of Ngor. Sanggye Sengge was important in the transmission of the Lamdre Tsokshe teachings. He is remembered as one of the greatest Ngor abbots and his tenure is recorded to have been a time of great prestige and prominence for the monastery.

Gorumpa was a great master of both the Sakya and Jonang traditions. He received the Jonang teachings from the Jonang throne-holders Namkha Chokyong  and Pelden Rinchen, and also from Dorje Gyelpo. Gorumpa became the twenty-first holder of the monastic throne of Jonang Monastery, a position he held for twelve years. He was a great practitioner of the six-branch yoga of Kalacakra and taught these instructions and the Kalacakra Tantra to vast numbers of people.

Janglingpa Tashi Gyeltsen was a 15th century Sakya master, an expert in the Zhalu tradition of the Kalachakra. Little is known of his life other than he was involved in the transmission of the Dakarnava tantra, which he received from Jamyang Khyentse Wangchuk and passed to Muchen Namkha Pelzang.

The great adept Kunga Lodro was of royal blood, but spent his entire life as a monk dedicated to teaching and practicing the Dharma. He studied with many great masters and became the main disciple and heir of the Dharma lord Dolpopa’s major disciple Nya On Kunga Pel (nya dbon kun dga’ dpel), succeeding him on the monastic seat of Tsechen Monastery. Kunga Lodro was a master of both Jonang and Sakya teachings, especially the Kalacakra tradition of the Jonang and the Lamdre of the Sakya. He was believed to be the rebirth of the great Buton Rinchen Drup.

Jetsun Drakpa Gyeltsen (1147-1216) of the aristocratic Khon family was the third Sakya Jetsun Gongma Nga, the five men credited with founding the Sakya order. He was also the Fifth Sakya Tridzin, or throne holder. His father Sachen Kunga Nyingpo and his elder brother Sonam Tsemo were the first and second Sakya patriarchs. Drakpa Gyeltsen was instrumental in the early recording and compiling of the Lamdre teachings that form the basis of the Sakya tradition.

Lama Dampa Sonam Gyeltsen was one of the most prominent fourteenth century scholars in the Sakya tradition. His seat was the Shitog Residence at Sakya, where he was appointed abbot in 1344. The prestigious post effectively made him the fourteenth Sakya throneholder. One of his biographies suggests that he was named National Preceptor to the Mongol court at the same time. In addition to composing an important early text on the Sakya Lamdre tradition, and sponsoring a collection of the writings of the Sakya Patriarchs, Sonam Gyeltsen was the author of the famous genealogy The Clear Mirror: A Royal Genealogy. He was a close disciple of Buton Rinchen Dru and the teacher to many significant lamas, including Tsongkhapa, Longchenpa, and Tai Situ Changchub Gyeltsen.

Nyawon Kunga Pel (1285-1379) who was one of Dolpopa’s fourteen major disciples, was also a major disciple of the Sakya master Lama Dampa Sonam Gyeltsen and was a great teacher of the Sakya tradition of Lamdre. Nyawon was the tenth holder of the monastic seat of Jonang Monastery, but also had many disciples from other traditions, such as Rendawa Zhonnu Lodro and the Tsongkhapa Losang Drakpa. Nyawon founded the monastery of Tsechen, which became a great center for the teachings of definitive meaning.