Out and About 14: Cultural revitalisation in the Gobi

Whilst Delgeruun Choira monastery’s (D.C.) student Lamas and lams continue their studies, including the transcription and memorisation of Sakya Pandita texts, reconstruction and revitalisation of the D.C. monastastic precinct in the Gobi continues unabated. Here in Mongolia, Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyeltsen (1182-1251) is regarded as a great scholar. He was proficient in the five great sciences of Buddhist philosophy, medicine, grammar, dialectics and sacred Sanskrit literature as well as the minor sciences of rhetoric, synonymies, poetry, music, dancing and astrology. He first met Genghis Khan’s grandson Mongolian Prince Godan in early 1247, after which he became the main agent of the Mongols in Tibetan affairs until the Prince’s death in 1251. Prince Godan commissioned Sakya Pandita to create the Mongolian Quadratic Script, Phags-pa. 8 September 2025. Photo: C. Pleteshner.

Whilst Delgeruun Choira monastery’s (D.C.) student Lamas and lams continue their studies, including the transcription and memorisation of Sakya Pandita texts, reconstruction and revitalisation of the D.C. monastastic precinct in the Gobi continues unabated. Here in Mongolia, Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyeltsen (1182-1251) is regarded as a great scholar. He was proficient in the five great sciences of Buddhist philosophy, medicine, grammar, dialectics and sacred Sanskrit literature as well as the minor sciences of rhetoric, synonymies, poetry, music, dancing and astrology. Sakya Pandita first met Genghis Khan’s grandson Mongolian Prince Godan in early 1247, after which he became the main agent of the Mongols in Tibetan affairs until the Prince’s death in 1251. Prince Godan commissioned Sakya Pandita to create the Mongolian Quadratic Script, “Phags-pa”. 8 September 2025. Photo: C. Pleteshner.

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