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). [1]

By the middle of the eighteenth century, the Gelugpa order had become the established unifying power in the land. The Gelugpa tradition is distinguished by its excellent standards of scholarship, and has produced countless extraordinary scholars and writers.

Feb 4, 2014 · The Gelukpa (or Geluk) tradition of Tibetan Buddhist philosophy is inspired by the works of Tsongkhapa (1357–1419), who set out a distinctly nominalist Buddhist tradition that differs sharply from other forms of Buddhist thought not only in …

Jun 25, 2019 · Gelugpa is best known in the West as the school of Tibetan Buddhism associated with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. In the 17th century, the Gelug (also spelled Geluk) school became the most powerful institution in Tibet, and it remained so until China took control of …

The Gelug (T. dge lugs དགེ་ལུགས་) school is one of the four schools of Tibetan Buddhism. It was founded in the 14th to 15th century by Je Tsongkhapa, renowned for both his scholarship and virtue. Its spiritual head is the Ganden Tripa and its temporal one the Dalai Lama.

By the middle of the eighteenth century, the Gelugpa order had become the established unifying power in the land. The Gelugpa tradition is distinguished by its excellent standards of scholarship, and has produced countless extraordinary scholars and writers.

Dge-lugs-pa, since the 17th century, the predominant Buddhist order in Tibet and the sect of the Dalai and Paṇchen lamas. The Dge-lugs-pa sect was founded in the late 14th century by Tsong-kha-pa, who was himself a member of the austere Bka’-gdams-pa school. Tsong-kha-pa’s reforms represented a return to tradition.

Major topics that are emphasized in the Gelukpa school is called the “Five Major Treatises”: (1) The Prajnaparamita, perfection of wisdom, (2) Madhyamaka, middle way, (3) Pramana, valid cognition, (4) Abhidharma, phenomenology, (5) Vinapa, monastic disciplines.

The Gelug or Gelug-pa, is a school of Tibetan Buddhism founded by Je Tsongkhapa (1357–1419), a philosopher and Tibetan religious leader. The first monastery he established was at Ganden, and to this day the Ganden Tripa is the head of the school renowned as Ganden Throne Holder, though its most famous person is the Dalai Lama.

The best known and most widespread among the many schools of the Tibetan tradition today is the Gelugpa, sometimes simply referred to as the Yellow Hat school. It is a school of Buddhism founded by Je Tsongkhapa (1357–1419), one of Tibet's greatest scholars.