Sakya Institute for Buddhist Studies

Sakya Institute for Buddhist Studies was founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1990 by Acharya Lama Migmar Tseten with the patronage of His Holiness Sakya Trizin.

Offering both beginning and advanced courses, Lama Migmar teaches Abhidharma, Madhyamika, Prajnaparamita, Tantra, and Mind-Training, such as Parting From the Four Attachments, Wheel of Sharp Weapons, Seven Points of Mind-Training, Bodhicaryavatara, Triple Vision as well as classic Sutra texts such as the Dhammapada.

Other affiliated centers include the Sakya Retreat Center in Barre, MA, where students have completed solitary retreats up to three and a half years in length, and the Sakya Manjushri Temple in Shrewsbury, where an ongoing program of monthly ritual services are held.

The practice taught at Sakya Institute for Buddhist Studies is based on the classic gradual approach, beginning with Mind-Training and concluding with advanced Vajrayana deity practice.

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Supporting Sakya Center
through the Practice of Generosity of Dana

The Dana offering is an age-old tradition of practicing giving to support the monasteries, temples, centers and sangha members. Through the generous practice of Dana, the dharma was supported from the Buddha's time until now.

Dana Policy

The donations from the classes are used to support the Sakya Centers in Cambridge and Barre. Separate Dana offerings into the Merit Box in the Center will be offerings to the Lama to support him and his projects.