 He also received empowerments and studied under several Kagyu lineages.Sakya Chokden's seat was the Thubten Serdogchen monastery in south Shigatse.Sakya Chokden broke from Sakya orthodoxy and wrote a highly critical commentary to Sakya Pandita's "A thorough differentiation of the three vows" posing over 100 questions to Sakya scholars on this text.