八思巴,本名洛追坚赞,他从小聪慧好学,八岁时能向人们讲经,加上伯父萨迦班智达的良好教育,他后来除了在政治上成为一名显赫人物外,也是一位精通各种宗教知识的高僧。八思巴十岁左右就跟随伯父赴凉州与蒙古汗王谈判,十七岁时,被临终的伯父萨迦班智达任命为自己的法位继承人,即萨迦寺主持和萨迦派教主,萨迦班智达去世后,八思巴开始继承伯父职位,成为萨迦派第五祖。从此八思巴逐步成为既是萨迦派的教主又可代表西 Patspa, whose real name is Lo Katsuganzan, was a little smart and studious. When he was eight, he was able to explain to the people and, together with the good education of Uncle Sakya Banjda, he later became politically prominent, A monk proficient in all kinds of religious knowledge. Ba Si Ba ten years later to follow his uncle went to Liangzhou and Khan Mongolian king negotiations, at the age of seventeen, was the end of the uncle Sakya Ban Zhida appointed his own successor, Sakya Temple presided over and Sakya patriarch After the death of Sakya Banzhidharma, Patachek began to inherit his uncle’s post and became the fifth ancestor of the Sakya camp. Since then, Patao has gradually become both the leader of the Sakya cult and the representative of the West