Tsongkhapa · Theology

The Great Reformer: Founding the Gelug

How Tsongkhapa rebuilt Tibetan Buddhism around a single conviction - that ethical discipline, rigorous study, and meditation are not rival paths but one path - and founded Ganden monastery, the Great Prayer Festival, and the tradition that became the Gelug.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned that Tsongkhapa (1357 to 1419) refused to let scholarship, ethics, and meditation split apart, founded Ganden monastery in 1409 and the Great Prayer Festival, and launched the ‘Virtuous Tradition’ (Gelug) that produced the Dalai Lamas. Explain his reforming idea in your own words.

Leads to Thomas Aquinas.

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