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- proper noun a school of
Buddhism founded by Tsongkhapa, aphilosopher and Tibetan religiousleader .
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Likewise, the Second Changkya, Rolpay-dorjey, the teacher of most of Gungtangzang's teachers, has written, in the collection of his Answers to Questions, that a geshey from Mongolia or Amdo, I don't remember which, had reported to him that these days there was a lineage called the Gelug tradition of mahamudra that transmitted an uncommon presentation of a correct view of reality that was slightly different from Tsongkhapa's usual manner of explication.
The Gelug-Kagyu Tradition of Mahamudra ��� Session Three 1997
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The Gelug tradition of mahamudra is known as Gelug-Kagyu because it uses Kagyu-style methods for recognizing the conventional nature of mind and then typically Gelug ones for its deepest nature.
The Gelug-Kagyu Tradition of Mahamudra ��� 1 The Buddhist Framework 1997
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There is a saying in the Gelug, 'If one is on the move it is Guhyasamaja.
Gelug Conference 2010
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Now what we are having at present is a Gelug meeting.
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Anyway, it was still the Gelug tradition that benefited most from him and particularly Drepung monastery.
Gelug Conference 2010
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The organisation of these international Gelug conferences and the general concern for the maintenance and promotion of the teaching is admirable.
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Therefore, it is totally inappropriate for the great monasteries of the Gelug tradition, the Upper and Lower Tantric Monasteries and all other affiliated monasteries which are national institutions ever to propitiate Dolgyal.
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This is a forum for Gelug people to speak their mind, brag a little or whatever.
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And the third reason is that it should be possible for all different schools of tenets in general and in particular the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism (Gelug) Sakya, Kagyu, and Nyingma - to be incorporated into the spiritual practice of a single individual.
Concerning Dholgyal with reference to the views of past masters and other related matters 2010
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Je Rinpoche and his main disciples, via Jetsun Sherab Senge and occupies an exceedingly important position in the Gelug.
Gelug Conference 2010
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