The Gelug is the newest of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. It was founded by Je Tsongkhapa (1357–1419),a Tibetan philosopher,tantric yogi and lama and further expanded and developed by his disciples.
A tulku is a distinctive and significant aspect of Tibetan Buddhism,embodying the concept of enlightened beings taking corporeal forms to continue the lineage of specific teachings. The term "tulku" has its origins in the Tibetan word "sprul sku",which originally referred to an emperor or ruler taking human form on Earth,signifying a divine incarnation. Over time,this term evolved within Tibetan Buddhism to denote the corporeal existence of highly accomplished Buddhist masters whose purpose is to ensure the preservation and transmission of a particular lineage.
The Ganden Tripa,also spelled Gaden Tripa,is the title of the spiritual leader of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism,the school that controlled central Tibet from the mid-17th century until the 1950s. The 103rd Ganden Tripa,Jetsun Lobsang Tenzin,died in office on 21 April 2017. Currently,Jangtse Choejey Kyabje Jetsun Lobsang Tenzin Palsangpo is the 104th Ganden Tripa.
Kyabje Nawang Gehlek Rimpoche was a Tibetan Buddhist lama born in Lhasa,Tibet on October 26,1939. His personal name was Gelek;kyabje and rimpoche are titles meaning "teacher" and "precious," respectively;he is known to Tibetans as Nyakre Khentrul Rinpoche. He was a tulku,an incarnate lama of Drepung Monastic University,where he received the highest scholastic degree of Geshe Lharampa,equivalent to a PhD,at the exceptionally young age of 20. His father was the 10th Demo Rinpoche and his uncle was the 13th Dalai Lama,Thubten Gyatso.
Kyabje Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje was known as Terchen Drodül Lingpa and as Dudjom Rinpoche. He is considered by many Tibetan Buddhists to be from a line of important Tulku lineage,and a renowned Tertön. Per lineage,he was a direct incarnation of both Padmasambhava and Dudjom Lingpa (1835–1904). He was a Nyingma householder,yogi,and a Vajrayana and Dzogchen master. According to his disciple Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal,he was revered as "His Holiness" and as a "Master of Masters".
Old Ghoom Monastery is the popular name of Yiga Choeling. The monastery belongs to the Gelukpa or the Yellow Hat sect and is known for its 15 feet (4.6 m)-high statue of the Maitreya Buddha. The external structure of the building was established in 1850 by the Mongolian astrologer and monk Sokpo Sherab Gyatso,who was head of the monastery until 1905.
Reting Rinpoche was a title held by abbots of Reting Monastery,a Buddhist monastery in central Tibet.
Amitabha Buddhist Centre is a Buddhist institution in Geylang,Singapore. It is affiliated with the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT),an international non-profit organisation,founded by Lama Thubten Yeshe.
Zong Rinpoche was a Gelug Lama and disciple of the third Trijang Rinpoche,junior tutor of the 14th Dalai Lama. He was famous as a sharp analyst and master of philosophical debate,as well as a powerful Tantric practitioner. He was the Abbot of Ganden Shartse monastery.
Manjushri Institute was a large Buddhist college situated at Conishead Priory in Cumbria,England from 1976 until its dissolution in 1991. In 1991 its assets,including Conishead Priory,were transferred to a new centre on the same premises,Manjushri Mahayana Buddhist Centre,which was later renamed Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre.
Khensur Denma Locho Rinpoche also known as Lobsang Oser Choying Gyatso,was a Tibetan incarnate lama,or tulku,of the Loseling College of Drepung Monastery. An expert on Yamantaka and Vajrayogini,he is considered an incomparable luminary of Je Tsongkhapa's lineage,is renowned as a holder of the Tantric lineages,a master of the Tantric yogas,and the lineage holder of Ling Rinpoche.
Lobsang Gyatso (1928–1997) was a Tibetan monk who founded the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics in Delhi,India.
Lati Rinpoche was a Tibetan Buddhist monk who was identified as a reincarnation of an earlier practitioner.
Kyabje Yongzin Ling Rinpoche is a Tibetan tulku. The best-known incarnation is the sixth incarnation,Thupten Lungtok Namgyal Thinley,a Tibetan buddhist scholar and teacher.
The Third Trijang Rinpoche,Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso (1901–1981) was a Gelugpa Lama and a direct disciple of Pabongkhapa Déchen Nyingpo. He succeeded Ling Rinpoche as the junior tutor of the 14th Dalai Lama when the Dalai Lama was nineteen years old. He was also a lama of many Gelug lamas who taught in the West including Zong Rinpoche,Geshe Rabten,Lama Yeshe,Kelsang Gyatso,and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Trijang Rinpoche's oral teachings were recorded by Zimey Rinpoche in a book called the Yellow Book.
(Kyabje) Choden Rinpoche was a contemporary yogi-scholar of the Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism and a reincarnation ('sprul-sku') of the Choden lineage,the historical abbots of Rabten Monastery (Tibetan:རབ་བརྟེན་དགོན་པ,Wylie: in Rong-bo district,Kham.
Kyabje Khensur Kangurwa Lobsang Thubten Rinpoche,was a Buddhist monk,Abbot of Sera Jey Monastery,and the founder of Tibetan Buddhist Institute (Adelaide). Khensur means "former abbot" and Rinpoche means "precious teacher."
