Archive for category History

This is the original Gaden Tripa throne in Gaden Monastery Tibet.
The is the actual Throne which Lord Tsongkhapa actually sat and gave teachings from. Which in turn was passed down from Gyalsabje, then Kedrupje, all the way up to the 97th gaden tripa Ling Rinpoche, and today the 101st Gaden Tripa Jetsun Lungrik Namgyal.

by Wendy Ho
Towards the end of 14th century, the Gelug tradition has evolved into a fully independent school of Tibetan Buddhism. The founder of this tradition was Lama Tsongkapa (1357-1419) also known as Je Rinpoche, a great philosopher and saint of Tibet. He was a great admirer of the Kadam tradition which was established by [...]

By David Lai
At the turn of the fourteenth century, the Gelugpa school of Buddhism which is the synthesis of the three existing schools was established as the fourth school of Tibetan Buddhism. This great tradition was founded by the visionary savant and saint of Tibet, Lama Tsongkhapa who is also revered with the name Je [...]