The Sayme Monastery is managed by three sects, including the Nyingma Sect, the Sakyapa and the Gelug Sect. There are the Buddha Protection Halls of the Nyingma Sect and the Sakyapa in the monastery, with the most sacred Dharmapalas of the two sects, indicating that the two sects not only have religious authority over the monastery but also shoulder the mission to protect the dignity and prestige from being offended.

The main hall of the Samye Monastery in Chanang county, Shannan prefecture, Tibet.

Even so, the three sects share equal opportunities for spread of religious doctrines and rituals. For example, when holding religious activities in the monastery, it is the will of the believers that decides which rituals to adopt. It can be said that, the monastery shows no distinctive sectarian divisions.