Looking back in Tibet - (a) the rise of the Gelug Sect
The Gelug Sect of Tibetan Lamaism (commonly known as the Yellow Sect), founder Tsongkhapa [1] on October 10, 1357 was born in this town of Qinghai Rouchard Huangzhong County. Mainland China was the Yuan dynasty, dying, while the Tibetan sects everywhere, the most important of the two factions is Kargyupa (commonly known as White Sect) and the Sakya (commonly known as teaching of flowers), local political power rests in their hands in the Karma Phachu.
Tsongkhapa did not go to school at the age of seven, but he shaved his head into the temple monks began a long study. Now a lot of bright kids with the university entrance exam, he 16 years old leave their parents Fu Xicang studies, and since then it has not been back to his hometown.
In the learning process, he found that Lamaism is very corrupt dark and Lama does not observe the precepts abuses, often binge drinking and promiscuity, it advocates the reform of Lamaism, demands respect for discipline, promote asceticism, and religious practices and content development, the subsequently formed The new Gelug sect.
Although Tsongkhapa abundant experience, but the academic reputation is not high, so very few followers, not any person employed him, had his students ran about busily. Fortunately, White taught Zhaba Gyaltsen Rinpoche came to power [2] there is no sectarianism, for funding consideration to love Tsongkhapa built at Ganden Monastery near Lhasa, Tsongkhapa 53-year-old finally make things right for his own base, you can feel free to make enrollment of.
Tsongkhapa's disciples who then planned to construct and build a monastery, the most important of the Drepung Monastery, Sera Monastery, and the Tashilhunpo Tar and Labrang Monastery and later adding that the six Yellow Sect monasteries [3].
If there is no liberal can not imagine Zhaba Gyaltsen Yellow Sect can embark on the road of glory. White Sect, etc. found in the Yellow Sect fledgling measures have been taken too late, the Tibetan leader did not expect the maximum, 230 years later, the young scholars of the Kagyupa leather disciple's life, and then ascended the throne of his right .
Tsongkhapa is most proud of the Panchen Lama and his disciples, including I, The Young [4] I, the Dalai Lama. Then replace the Kagyupa political and religious affairs in charge of Tibet is the fifth Dalai Lama.
Dalai Lama V, not yet the time being by virtue of their ability to drive out white religion, colluded with outside forces for their own purposes into the future of the long history of shamanism practices.
When the White Sect beginning to realize that the growth of the Yellow Sect of the threats made against their own started to take measures, or even send troops to attack the Yellow Sect laowo Ganden Monastery. The Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama will not stand still, it was decided that the request that they occupy the Qinghai Gushi Khan, the Mongol tribal leaders to provide protection, Gushi Khan, the rate of force the West refers to the regime vulnerable to Tibet to teach white plate.
Takeo Gushi Khan, a former nomads does not seem like the step-office life, most of the cavalry returned to the Qinghai nomadic, leaving a small number of troops stationed in Lhasa around.
In 1642, the establishment of the Dalai Lama V ldan Phodrang regime, the Gelug Sect of Lamaism in Tibet caliphate formally embarked on the historical stage.
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[1] Tsongkhapa, meaning Huangshui shore, his real name Lobsang Chee-wah.
[2] Phachu Kagyu fifth-generation King, in fact, has been in power 55 years Kagyupa.
[3] in 1409 to build Ganden to Labrang Monastery built in 1709, six major monasteries span of 300 years.
[4] of the eight disciples of Tsongkhapa Dalai Lama Gendun Juba I, at the last apprentice in 1415.
2003/1/20
Author: yinly
