GELUGPA

The Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism

The Gelug school continues the distinctive traditions of the Kadampa school of the great Indian master Atisha (982-1054). The Gelug school was founded by the Tibetan master, Je Tsongkhapa Lobsang Drakpa (1357-1419), otherwise known as Je Rinpoche. Ganden Monastery, founded by Tsong Khapa in 1409 C.E. outside Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, became the main seat of the Gelug tradition. The name of this lineage is derived from the name of the monastery that Tsongkhapa founded.