About Gelug School:

The Gulug school was founded by Je Tsongkhapa (1357-1419) in Tibet. It is also known as The Yellow Hat Tradition. The first Dalai Lama Je Gedundrubpa was a direct disciple of Je Tsongkhapa. Je Tsongkhapa is known as the greatest Tibetan Buddhist scholar on the interpretations of the Buddha's teachings especially concerning the concept of emptiness. His works consist of eighteen volumes, both on Tantra and Sutra. While Lamrim ( Stages of The Path ) is the most popular text in the Buddhist world, Legshed Nyingpo ( The Essence of Eloquent Speech ) which propounds the concept of emptiness and Dronsel ( Clear Lamp ) which explains the Tantric path are the two most profound Buddhist classical writings. All Dalai Lamas including the present, belong to this tradition. This tradition has a very healthy culture of learning through debate and all aspects of the Buddha's teachings have to be thoroughly debated and discussed in order to understand and come to personal conclusions. This bodes well with the western skepticism and hence has gained much popularity in the west. Je Tsongkhapa is recognized as the manifestation of Manjushri, the Buddha of Wisdom, Chenresig the Buddha of Compassion and Vajrapani the Buddha of infinite power.