Key Terms/Geluk

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དགེ་ལུགས་ dge lugs
Geluk
Tibetan - School
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Basic Meaning

The Geluk tradition traces its origin to Tsongkhapa, who propagated a modified version of the Kadampa lojong and lamrim teachings. It is the dominant tradition of Tibet, having established its control of the government under the figure of the Dalai Lama.

In other languages
Tibetan
དགེ་ལུགས་
dge lugs
ge luk
How translators render it
GelukBuddha-nature Standard
Term type
School
Source language
Tibetan
Topic
Geluk

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