DISCIPLES

Several of his close disciples founded monasteries to continue his lineages and teachings. While he was still alive, one of them founded Drepung (’Bras-spungs dGon-pa) and one of them founded Sera (Se-ra dGon-pa). So those three were already there while Tsongkhapa was alive. After he passed away, one established the Lower Tantric College (rGyud-smad Grva-tshang); the upper one wasn’t established until much later. And another one, who was posthumously called the First Dalai Lama, founded Tashilhunpo Monastery (bKra-shis lhun-po), which is in another part of Tibet. So that’s how it began. Those four—the three that were main monasteries (Ganden, Sera, and Drepung) and then Gyume, the Lower Tantric College—they were all in the Lhasa area. That’s in U; the province of U. And then the next province to the west is Tsang, and that’s where the First Dalai Lama founded Tashilhunpo. So quite early it spread to another province.

Conclusion

I find it very inspiring if you look and start to analyze some of the things that he did, then one really appreciates what a revolutionary he was and how extraordinary he was. And it’s quite clear that people like His Holiness the Dalai Lama and other of the great lamas really look to Tsongkhapa as a model.

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