Sagar's Motto is the first collection of Tibetan philosophical mottos, which was written in the first half of the 3rd century.

This collection of poems promoted the later creation of Tibetan maxims from ideological content to artistic form and writing, such as/kloc-Gedan maxim in the 6th century,/kloc-Shuishu maxim in the 8th century,/kloc-Wang's theory of self-cultivation in the 9th century, fire motto, heaven motto, baby motto and so on.

Sagar's motto pays attention to reasoning and is good at using metaphors. The language is concise, vivid, accurate and powerful; The writing is elegant and popular, with Buddhist stories and folk proverbs, which are simple and unique. It has become a must-read for Tibetan scholars and has also been widely circulated among the masses.

Various printing houses in Tibetan areas have woodcut versions of Sakya's aphorisms, which were first translated into Baspa, Mongolian and Chinese, and then translated into English, French, Japanese, Czech and Hungarian, which have great influence at home and abroad.

Brief introduction of the author

Tibetan scholar and poet Saban? Gongga Shen Jian (1182 ~1251). I studied Buddhist scriptures and Sanskrit when I was a child. When I was young, I was proficient in five Ming studies (five Ming is the general name of all Tibetan knowledge, including big five Ming and small five Ming, a total of ten subjects.

Big Five Ming refers to science and technology, medicine, temperament, orthodoxy and Buddhism; Xiao Wuming refers to rhetoric, rhetoric, prosody, drama and astrology, and is honored as the "Pandit Tower of Sakya School". (Panditha is Hindi, meaning scholar).

This book is the first collection of Tibetan philosophical aphorisms, which was written in the first half of13rd century. The author Sakyamuni Pandita observed and commented on various social phenomena in the form of aphorisms, and put forward a series of ideas on dealing with the world, learning, knowing people and treating things. Poetry anthology emphasizes the role of knowledge and wisdom, and preaches basic Buddhist teachings such as kindness, love for the people, tolerance, charity, altruism, integrity, honesty and diligence.