Chapter 223: Acquiring All the Esoteric Techniques of Tibetan Buddhism(2)

Kublai Khan, whose name in Tibetan means "Holy One," is a title that has not been commonly used since the Yuan Dynasty. Instead, it became a specific designation for one person—Lodro Gyaltsen of the Sakya Kunga family, the first imperial preceptor of the Yuan Dynasty.

Though Kublai Khan was merely a Dharma King of the Sakya lineage, his status in Sakya was not inferior to that of a Living Buddha, all because of his tremendous contributions to Sakya and Tibetan Buddhism.

At the age of ten, Kublai Khan was ordained at the Jokhang Temple by his uncle Sakya Pandita.

At seventeen, he succeeded as Dharma King.

At nineteen, he visited Kublai Khan's camp at Liupan Mountain and was highly revered.

At the age of twenty-four, Kublai Khan organized a debate on the authenticity of the "Laozi's Conversion of the Barbarians Sutra," where Kublai Khan participated and left the Daoists speechless.