The New Kadampa Tradition EXPLAINED: HH the Dalai Lama, Dorje Shugden, Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

Tashi Delek! Welcome to our new video where we will explain what the New Kadampa Tradition is, and answer questions such as Who is Dorje Shugden, is it an evil spirit or buddhist protector deity? Who is Kelsang Gyatso and why his followers are openly opposing the Dalai Lama?

NAMES AND TERMS MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO:

The Dalai Lama is a title given by the Tibetan people to the foremost spiritual leader of the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" school of Tibetan Buddhism, the newest and most dominant of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The 14th and current Dalai Lama is Tenzin Gyatso, who lives in exile as a refugee in India.

Dorje Shugden is a controversial protection deity associated with the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism.

Geshe Kelsang Gyatso was a Buddhist monk, meditation teacher, scholar, and author. He was the founder and spiritual director of the New Kadampa Tradition-International Kadampa Buddhist Union, a registered non-profit, modern Buddhist organization that came out of the Gelugpa school/lineage

Panchen Lama is one of the most important figures in Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism, second only to the Dalai Lama himself.

Geshe Losang Gyatso, the Director of the Buddhist School of Dialectics. On February 4, 1997, he and two of his disciples in Dharamsala were murdered. These three Gelukpa monks were known for openly criticizing the worship of Shugden.

Trijang Rinpoche (1901–1981), the main teacher of Kyelsang Gyatso and junior tutor of the 14th Dalai Lama.

Atiśa was a Buddhist religious leader and master. He is generally associated with his work carried out at the Vikramashila monastery in Bihar.

Je Tsongkhapa was an influential Tibetan Buddhist monk, philosopher and tantric yogi, whose activities led to the formation of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. He is also known by his ordained name Losang Drakpa or simply as "Je Rinpoche”.

The Mahayana path is the path of the bodhisattva, who sees the emptiness of all phenomena and who aspires to free all living beings from suffering and lead them to complete enlightenment.

Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism is **the newest of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism**. It was founded by Je Tsongkhapa.

Sakya School is one of four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. It is one of the Red Hat Orders along with the Nyingma and Kagyu.

The New Kadam school of Tibetan Buddhism, founded by the great Bengali master Atiśa in the 11th century, emphasized compassion, pure discipline, and study.

Lojong - mind training

Lamrim - stages of the path

Geshe or geshema is a Tibetan Buddhist academic degree for monks and nuns. The degree is emphasized primarily by the Gelug lineage, but is also awarded in the Sakya and Bön traditions.

Tulku is a reincarnate custodian of a specific lineage of teachings in Tibetan Buddhism who is given abhiṣeka and trained from a young age by students of his or her predecessor.

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