What is Gelug Buddhism?

Bright on Buddhism - Episode 136 - What is Gelug Buddhism? What are some of its similarities and differences to other schools of Buddhism? What is its historical significance?

Resources: Schaik, Sam van. Tibet: A History. Yale University Press 2011

Powers, John (2007) Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism, p. 467. Snow Lion Publications.

Jinpa, Thupten (2019). Tsongkhapa: A Buddha in the Land of Snows. Boulder, CO: Shambhala Publications. ISBN 978-1-61180-646-5.

Wallace, Vesna A. (2015). Buddhism in Mongolian History, Culture, and Society (illustrated ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-995866-5.

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Arnold, Edward A. (2021). Tsongkhapa’s Coordination of Sūtra and Tantra: Ascetic Performance, Narrative, and Philosophy in the Creation of the Tibetan Buddhist Self, Doctoral Thesis, Columbia University.

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