Ganden Tripa
The Ganden Tripa (Wylie: dga’ ldan khri pa "Holder of the Ganden Throne"), is the title of the spiritual leader of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. The Ganden Tripa is an appointed to this office following a merit-based system, and serves for a term of seven years.[1]
The first Ganden Tripa was Je Tsongkhapa (1357–1419), who founded the Gelug school. The current Ganden Tripa, the 104th, is Jetsun Lobsang Tenzin Palsangpo. His term of office will expire in 2024.
Since the Dalai Lama is a member of the Gelug school, Western observers have sometimes assumed that he was the spiritual leader of this school, but he is not. While the Dalai Lamas were traditionally the temporal leaders of the Tibeten state, the spiritual leader of the Gelug school is the Ganden Tripa.[2][3]
- Further reading
Ganden Tripa, Wikipedia
Notes
- ↑ Berzin, Alexander; Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche II (September 2003). "A Brief History of Ganden Monastery". Study Buddhism. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
- ↑ Powers, John. "Gelukpa Tibetan Buddhism" entry in Melton, J. Gordon, and Martin Baumann. 2002. Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO. p. 533.
- ↑ Dr Alexander Berzin (November 2014). "Special Features of the Gelug Tradition - para. on Administration". Study Buddhism. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
The Dalai Lamas are not the heads of the Gelug tradition
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