Publications of the Sapan Fund
ELISABETH BENARD'S THE SAKYA JETSUNMAS: THE HIDDEN WORLD OF TIBETAN FEMALE LAMAS
Elisabeth’s The Sakya Jetsunmas (1st ed. Berkeley: The Sapan Fund, 2021; 2nd ed. Boulder: Shambhala, 2022) is the first full treatment in any language of the role of remarkable women in the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism.
The Sakya Jetsunmas helps fill a significant gap in the underreported biographies of women in Buddhism. This volume collects oral histories and archival documents that preserve the voices of four outstanding female lamas born into the Khon family of Tibet.
"It is a huge boon that the pages of this wonderful book are so abundantly filled with rich details of the Jetsunmas' extraordinary lives." —His Holiness the Sakya Trichen
EARLIER SAPAN FUND PUBLICATIONS
Deshung Rinpoche. The Three Levels of Spiritual Perception: An Oral Commentary on The Three Visions (Snang gsum) of Ngorchen Kunchog Lhundrub. Trans. Jared Rhoton. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1995; 2nd ed., 2003. https://www.wisdompubs.org/book/three-levels-spiritual-perception
Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyaltshen. A Clear Differentiation of the Three Codes: Essential Differentiations Among the Individual Liberation, Great Vehicle, and Tantric Systems. Trans. Jared Rhoton. Albany: SUNY Press, 2002. http://www.sunypress.edu/p-3532-a-clear-differentiation-of-the-.aspx
His Holiness the 41st Sakya Trizin and Jay Goldberg (Ngawang Samten), trans. A Collection of Instructions on Parting from the Four Attachments: The Basic Mind Training of the Sakya Tradition. 1st ed. Singapore: Sakya Tenphel Ling, 1982; 2nd ed. Berkeley: The Sapan Fund, 2018.