Within the Sakya tradition, the philosophical curriculum is shaped by a deliberate weaving together of sutra and tantra, with certain textual corpora serving as its backbone. Foremost among these is the Lamdré, the “Path and Result” teaching based on the Hevajra Tantra, especially the root verses attributed to Virūpa and the extensive commentaries by later Sakya masters. Alongside this stands the Hevajra Tantra itself, regarded as the central tantric scripture of the lineage, together with its associated commentarial and practice literature. These works do not merely outline ritual; they articulate a vision in which ultimate view, meditative method, conduct, and fruition are treated as a single integrated path.

At the level of classical Indian philosophy, Sakya scholasticism relies heavily on a set of Madhyamaka, Abhidharma, and pramāṇa treatises. Texts such as Nāgārjuna’s *Mūlamadhyamakakārikā*, Āryadeva’s *Catuḥśataka*, Candrakīrti’s *Madhyamakāvatāra*, Vasubandhu’s *Abhidharmakośa*, and the epistemological works of Dignāga and Dharmakīrti, especially the *Pramāṇavārttika*, are central. These are read not in isolation, but through the lens of Sakya commentarial traditions, so that reasoning, debate, and meditative insight mutually reinforce one another. In this way, the Indian “ornaments” of logic and emptiness become living tools for examining experience.

Equally decisive for the Sakya identity are the writings of its great Tibetan masters, particularly Sakya Paṇḍita and later scholars such as Gorampa. Sakya Paṇḍita’s *Treasury of Valid Reasoning* offers a comprehensive treatment of logic and epistemology, while *Clarifying the Three Vows* systematically analyzes prātimokṣa, bodhisattva, and tantric commitments, shaping how ethics and discipline are understood. Works like *Elucidation of the Sage’s Intent* and *Adornment for the Three Certainties* further refine the school’s Madhyamaka stance and hermeneutical approach. Gorampa’s *Distinguishing the Views*, together with his commentaries on foundational Madhyamaka texts, articulates a distinctive interpretation of emptiness that has become a hallmark of Sakya thought.

Surrounding these core works is a broader constellation of writings that sustain the tradition’s synthesis of philosophy and practice. The collected works of the early Sakya patriarchs, including figures such as Sachen Künga Nyingpo and his successors, extend the doctrinal and contemplative themes found in the root texts. Tantric manuals related to the Lamdré and other Hevajra-based cycles, as well as Sakya presentations of mind-training, stages of the path, and bodhisattva conduct, ensure that rigorous reasoning is always tethered to transformation of character and perception. Taken together, this curriculum reflects a vision in which analytic clarity, ethical discernment, and tantric realization are not separate tracks but different facets of a single, carefully cultivated path.