Gelug

thumb|240px|An illustration of Je Tsongkhapa, the founder, and his two principal students (Kédrup and Gyeltsap) on his left and right with other lineage teachers and protectors of the Gelug tradition thumb|240px|14th Dalai Lama|The 14th Dalai Lama (center), the most influential figure of the contemporary Gelug tradition, at the 2003 [[Kalachakra ceremony, Bodhgaya (India)]]

Lamrim (, "stages of the path") is a Tibetan Buddhist textual form for presenting the stages in the complete path to enlightenment as taught by Buddha. In Tibetan Buddhist history there have been many different versions of lamrim, presented by different teachers of the Nyingma, Kagyu and Gelug schools. However, all versions of the lamrim are elaborations of Atiśa's 11th-century root text A Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment (Bodhipathapradīpa).

thumb|right|18th-century Chinese statue of Vajradhara made with wood and lacquer

deity of tibetan buddhism

lake in Cuijiu, Gyatsa County, Lhoka, Tibet, China