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Tsongkhapa

Born 1357; died 1419. Founder of the Yellow Hat, or Gelukpa (Gelugpa), Buddhist sect in Tibet, which completed the transformation of Lamaism into a special school of Buddhism.

Tsongkhapa was educated in various monasteries of central Tibet, where he studied primarily Tantrism, a school of Buddhism in which great significance is attached to the person of the teacher (lama) and to secret teachings. In 1409 he founded the Lamaist monastery of Gan-dan, in which he established a complex ecclesiastical hierarchy and introduced ornate rituals. Tsongkhapa was canonized and is a member of the Lamaist pantheon.

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No references found			The Kadampa school was the basis for the Gelukpa school which Tsongkhapa founded some time after B. Indian Buddhism in China and Tibet by Saronkorn Seuyouyong / Philosophy and religion community Tsongkhapa (1357-1419) was born in Tsongkha valley and was the founder of the Gelugpa or Yellow Hat sect of Buddhist monks to which the Dalai Lamas belong. Photo essay: images from Ladakh's monasteries by Khambata, A. / Marg, A Magazine of the Arts It was here in the 14th century that Tsongkhapa, founder of the leading Yellow Hat sect of Tibetan Buddhism, had also learned his first lessons. Thubten Jigme Norbu by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk			Tsivilsk Tsivolko, Avgust Tsivolko, Avgust Karlovich Tsivtsivadze, Ilia Tsivtsivadze, Ilia Venediktovich Tskhakaia, Mikhail Tskhakaia, Mikhail Grigorevich Tskhaltubo Tskhenistskali Tskhinvali Tskhneti TSL-1 Tsna Tsnori TSO Tso Tsung-t'ang Tso Tsung-Tang Tsogto Taiji Tsola Dragoicheva Tsolak Aleksandrovich Stepanian Tsolak Amerikian Tsolak Keropovich Amerikian Tsolak Stepanian Tsomak Gadiev Tsomak Sekaevich Gadiev Tsongkhapa TSOP Tsou Jung tsp tspn TSPP TSR Tsromi Tsu Tsu Hsi Tsuba Tsubouchi Shoyo Tsuchiura Tsug Alievich Teuchezh Tsug Teuchezh Tsuga Tsuga canadensis Tsugaru Tsugaru Strait Tsukkerman, Viktor Tsukkerman, Viktor Abramovich Tsukuba Tsukurino Tsulukidze Tsulukidze, Aleksandr Tsulukidze, Aleksandr Grigorevich			Tsog TSOGR Tsogto Taiji TSOGU TSOH TSOHF TSOI TSOL Tsola Dragoicheva Tsolak Aleksandrovich Stepanian Tsolak Amerikian Tsolak Keropovich Amerikian Tsolak Stepanian TSOM Tsom Gedalyah Tsom Gedalyah Tsomak Gadiev Tsomak Sekaevich Gadiev TSOMC TSOMI TSON Tsonga Tsonga people Tsongas Tsongkhapa TSOO Tsool TSOP TSOP TSoPA TSOPDRAM Tsophar TSOPHE Tsopk TSOR tsores tsoris Tsoriso Tsort TSOS TSoSR TSOSS TSOT TSOTA TSOTB TSOTL TSOTP Tsotsi Tsotsi-taal Tsotsil

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