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Gelug
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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)]]
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Encyclopedic overview
29 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Tsongkhapa
- Early growth
- The Dalai Lamas and spread to Mongolia
- The rule of the Great Fifth
- 17 and 18th centuries
- The 19th century
- PRC era, diaspora and the West
- Teachings
- Steps of the path (''lam rim'')
- The schema of the three motivations
- Three main elements
- Reasoning and meditating on emptiness
- Vinaya
- Vajrayāna (Secret Mantra)
- Unique Oral lineage
- Study
- Main topics and texts
- Course of study
- Monasteries and lineage holders
- Monasteries
- Administration and lineage
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Citations
- Sources
- External links
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)]]
The Gelug (, also Geluk; 'virtuous') is the youngest of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. It was founded by Je Tsongkhapa (1357–1419), a Tibetan philosopher, tantric yogi and lama and further expanded and developed by his disciples (such as Khedrup Je, Gyaltsap Je, Dulzin Drakpa Gyaltsen, and Gendün Drubpa).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gelug” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.