Hello, I am a new Buddhist from England UK and I have been studying and attending the Sakya Buddhism School.
I have really enjoyed it so far, I am just curious to know what others think about The Sakya Buddhism School please, thank you.
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Hello there. 
Seeing how the focal point of these forums is what’s called Early Buddhist Texts (meaning Nikaya/Agamas) - and while there are tangential discussions on Mahayana & Vajrayana, it’s usually in the form of comparative studies of texts and development of ideas. For example as a Zen student, I know absolute nothing about the subdivisions of Vajrayana schools. Perhaps @yeshe.tenley would be familiar with the subject.
Perhaps you can find a healthier discussion and more in-depth ideas about such practices in places like DharmaWheel or relevant Reddit boards. You might find actual practitioners of these ideas there who could answer your questions better.
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Can you provide a link to your Sakyan Buddhist School website? It would be helpful to reply to your question.
The Sakya tradition is one of the major schools of Tibetan Buddhism, but it is not the one I’m most familiar with: the Gelug school.
However, it is important to note that none of the schools of Tibetan Buddhism are exclusively vajrayana. For instance, I am not a student of vajrayana, but rather sutrayana.
Another nice note is that in modern times the differences between the various Tibetan schools has been de-emphasized. You can find learned scholars of all doctrine of the three turnings due to the Rime movement.
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Oh. I knew about the division of Sutrayana/Tantrayana, but I still thought both were under Vajrayana, rather than “Tibetan”. You learn something new everyday!
Yeah, vajrayana and tantrayana are synonyms.
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