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Tsongkhapa
Sign in to saveAlso known as Losang Drakpa, Je Rinpoche, Zongkapa Lobsang Zhaba, Tsong Khapa, Btsong-kha-pa, Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa, bTsong-kha-pa, Tsong-kha-pa
Tibetan Buddhist monk, philosopher, and guru (c. 1357–1419)
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Within Vinony's link graph, Tsongkhapa is referenced by 786 other articles, and connects out to Tibetan Buddhism, Candrakīrti and Korean Buddhism.
It is catalogued under topics including 1357 births, 1419 deaths and 14th-century Buddhist monks.
Its subject is documented across 34 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Born
- c. October, 1357 CE, Amdo
- Died
- c. November 12, 1419 CE (aged 62–63), Ganden Monastery
- Occupations
- Tibetan Buddhist teacher, monk , and philosopher
- Known for
- Founder of the Gelug school, author of numerous works on Tibetan Buddhist thought and practice
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of death
- Ganden Monastery
- Occupation
- philosopher
- Position held
- Ganden Tripa
- Religion
- Gelug
- Student of
- Rolpe Dorje, 4th Karmapa Lama
- Image
- Tsongkhapa.Kumbum.jpg
- Religious order
- Gelug
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- name in native language
- ཙོང་ཁ་པ།
- Commons category
- Tsong-Kha-Pa
- date of birth
- 1357-11-21
- date of death
- 1419-11-21
- canonization status
- saint
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
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Encyclopedic overview
Tsongkhapa (Tibetan: ཙོང་ཁ་པ་, [tsoŋˈkʰapa], meaning: "the man from Tsongkha" or "the Man from Onion Valley", c. 1357–1419) was an influential Tibetan Buddhist monk, philosopher and tantric yogi, whose activities led to the formation of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism.
His philosophical works are a grand synthesis of the Buddhist epistemological tradition of Dignāga and Dharmakīrti, the Cittamatra philosophy of the mind, and the madhyamaka philosophy of Nāgārjuna and Candrakīrti.
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