The Tibetan scholar and reformer Tsongkhapa founds Ganden Monastery near Lhasa, the seat of the Gelug school; his Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path joins Atisha's lamp to rigorous monastic discipline, and the Dalai Lamas rise within the order he founded.
Tagged: Buddhist Tibetan Buddhism Vajrayana
The Event
- Date
- 1409 (exact)
- Era
- Medieval; Standard periodization of Buddhist history
- Location
- Ganden; today Lhasa, Tibet
- Traditions
- Buddhism
- Streams
- Vajrayana, Tibetan Buddhism
- Key figures
- Tsongkhapa
- Key texts
- Lamrim Chenmo (Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path)
Primary Sources
- Tsongkhapa, Lamrim Chenmo
Secondary Sources
- Powers, Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism (Snow Lion, 2nd ed. 2007)
- Harvey, An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices (Cambridge, 2nd ed. 2013)
Provenance: HIST-0429; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-27.
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