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Kelsang Gyatso, the Glossary

Geshe Kelsang Gyatso (4 June 1931 – 17 September 2022) was a Buddhist monk, meditation teacher, scholar, and author.^[1]

35 relations: Bhikkhu, Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra, Buddhism, Buxa Fort, Conishead Priory, Cumbria, Dalai Lama, Dorje Shugden, Dumfries, Eclecticism, England, Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition, Je Tsongkhapa, Lama, Lamrim, Lojong, Madhyamaka, Mahamudra, Manjushri Institute, Mussoorie, New Kadampa Tradition, Religious pluralism, Retreat (spiritual), Scotland, Shantideva, South India, The New Heart of Wisdom, The New Meditation Handbook, Thubten Yeshe, Tibetan diaspora, Trijang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, Universal Compassion, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Yorkshire.
Dorje Shugden controversy
Gelug Buddhists
Geshes
New Kadampa Tradition
New Kadampa Tradition lamas
Politics of Tibet

Bhikkhu

A bhikkhu (Pali: भिक्खु, Sanskrit: भिक्षु, bhikṣu) is an ordained male in Buddhist monasticism.

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The Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra or Bodhicaryāvatāra (बोधिसत्त्वाचर्यावतार; Tibetan: བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའི་སྤྱོད་པ་ལ་འཇུག་པ་ byang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa la 'jug pa; Chinese: 入菩薩行論; Japanese: 入菩薩行論) translated into English as A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life, is a Mahāyāna Buddhist text written c.

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Buddhism

Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.

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Buxa Fort

Buxa Fort is located at an altitude of in the Buxa Tiger Reserve, in the Kalchini CD block in the Alipurduar subdivision of the Alipurduar district in West Bengal, India.

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Conishead Priory

Conishead Priory is a large Gothic Revival building on the Furness peninsula near Ulverston in Cumbria.

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Cumbria

Cumbria is a ceremonial county in North West England.

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Dalai Lama

Dalai Lama is a title given by Altan Khan in 1578 AD at Yanghua Monastery 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. Kelsang Gyatso and Dalai Lama are Politics of Tibet.

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Dorje Shugden

Dorje Shugden (རྡོ་རྗེ་ཤུགས་ལྡན་, Wylie: rdo rje shugs ldan), also known as Dolgyal and Gyalchen Shugden, is an entity associated with the Gelug school, the newest of the schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Kelsang Gyatso and Dorje Shugden are new Kadampa Tradition.

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Dumfries

Dumfries (Dumfries; from Dùn Phris) is a market town and former royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, near the mouth of the River Nith on the Solway Firth, from the Anglo-Scottish border.

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Eclecticism

Eclecticism is a conceptual approach that does not hold rigidly to a single paradigm or set of assumptions, but instead draws upon multiple theories, styles, or ideas to gain complementary insights into a subject, or applies different theories in particular cases.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition

The Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) was founded in 1975 by Gelugpa Lamas Thubten Yeshe and Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, who began teaching Tibetan Buddhism to Western students in Nepal.

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Je Tsongkhapa

Tsongkhapa (Tibetan: ཙོང་ཁ་པ་, meaning: "the man from Tsongkha" or "the Man from Onion Valley", c. 1357–1419) was an influential Tibetan Buddhist monk, philosopher and tantric yogi, whose activities led to the formation of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. Kelsang Gyatso and Je Tsongkhapa are Tibetan Buddhists from Tibet.

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Lama

Lama is a title for a teacher of the Dharma in Tibetan Buddhism.

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Lamrim

Lamrim (Tibetan: "stages of the path") is a Tibetan Buddhist textual form for presenting the stages in the complete path to enlightenment as taught by Buddha.

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Lojong

Lojong ('mind training') is a contemplative practice in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition which makes use of various lists of aphorisms or slogans which are used for contemplative practice.

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Madhyamaka

Mādhyamaka ("middle way" or "centrism";; Tibetan: དབུ་མ་པ་; dbu ma pa), otherwise known as Śūnyavāda ("the emptiness doctrine") and Niḥsvabhāvavāda ("the no ''svabhāva'' doctrine"), refers to a tradition of Buddhist philosophy and practice founded by the Indian Buddhist monk and philosopher Nāgārjuna.

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Mahamudra

Mahāmudrā (Sanskrit: महामुद्रा,, contraction of) literally means "great seal" or "great imprint" and refers to the fact that "all phenomena inevitably are stamped by the fact of wisdom and emptiness inseparable".

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Manjushri Institute

Manjushri Institute was a large Buddhist college situated at Conishead Priory in Cumbria, England from 1976 until its dissolution in 1991. Kelsang Gyatso and Manjushri Institute are new Kadampa Tradition.

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Mussoorie

Mussoorie is a hill station and a municipal board, in Dehradun city in the Dehradun district of the Indian state Uttarakhand.

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New Kadampa Tradition

The New Kadampa Tradition – International Kadampa Buddhist Union (NKT—IKBU) is a global Buddhist new religious movement founded by Kelsang Gyatso in England in 1991. Kelsang Gyatso and new Kadampa Tradition are Dorje Shugden controversy.

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Religious pluralism

Religious pluralism is an attitude or policy regarding the diversity of religious belief systems co-existing in society.

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Retreat (spiritual)

The meaning of a spiritual retreat can be different for different religious communities.

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Scotland

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Shantideva

Shantideva (Sanskrit: Śāntideva;;; Шантидэва гэгээн; Tịch Thiên) was an 8th-century CE Indian philosopher, Buddhist monk, poet, and scholar at the mahavihara of Nalanda.

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South India

South India, also known as Southern India or Peninsular India, is the southern part of the Deccan Peninsula in India encompassing the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area and 20% of India's population.

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The New Heart of Wisdom

The New Heart of Wisdom: Profound Teachings from Buddha's Heart (Tharpa Publications 5th. ed., 2012) is a commentary to Buddha Shakyamuni's Heart Sutra by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso.

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The New Meditation Handbook

The New Meditation Handbook: Meditations to Make Our Life Happy and Meaningful (Tharpa Publications (2003)) is a guide to Buddhist philosophy and meditation techniques.

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Thubten Yeshe

Thubten Yeshe (1935–1984) was a Tibetan lama who, while exiled in Nepal, co-founded Kopan Monastery (1969) and the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (1975). Kelsang Gyatso and Thubten Yeshe are Tibetan Buddhists from Tibet and Tibetan emigrants to India.

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Tibetan diaspora

The Tibetan diaspora are the diaspora of Tibetan people living outside Tibet. Tibetan emigration has three separate stages.

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Trijang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso

The Third Trijang Rinpoche, Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso (1901–1981) was a Gelugpa Lama and a direct disciple of Pabongkhapa Déchen Nyingpo. Kelsang Gyatso and Trijang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso are Tibetan Buddhists from India and Tibetan emigrants to India.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelsang_Gyatso

Also known as GKG, Geshe Kelsang Gyats, Geshe Kelsang Gyatso.

Kelsang Gyatso, the Glossary

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See also

Dorje Shugden controversy

Gelug Buddhists

Geshes

New Kadampa Tradition

New Kadampa Tradition lamas

Politics of Tibet

References