Tsongkhapa : a Buddha in the land of snows / Thupten Jinpa ; foreword by the Dalai Lama.

Lives of the Masters series.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Series introduction by Kurtis Schaeffer -- Foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama -- Introduction -- Birth and early years -- Education in central Tibet -- Coming of age -- Queries from a sincere heart -- The mystery of Guru Mañjuśri -- Intensive retreat in the Wölkha Valley -- The Lhodrak mystic : one more piece of the puzzle -- Finally, the breakthrough! -- The two great syntheses -- Hermeneutics and philosophical analysis -- Lhasa prayer festival and the founding of Ganden -- Yogi of glorious Guhyasamāja -- Yogi of Cakrasaṃvara tantra -- Last few months and nirvāṇa -- Canonization and the consolidation of the master's legacy -- Epilogue -- Appendix: The four disciplines of classical Buddhist scholarship in Tsongkhapa's student years -- Chronology -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

The new standard work and definitive biography of Tsongkhapa, one of the principle founders of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism--the school of the Dalai Lamas.

In this groundbreaking addition to the Lives of the Masters series, Thupten Jinpa, a scholar-practitioner and long-time translator for His Holiness the Dalai Lama, offers the most comprehensive portrait available of Jé Tsongkhapa (1357–1419), one of the greatest Buddhist teachers in history. A devout monastic, Tsongkhapa took on the difficult task of locating and studying all of the Indian Buddhist classics available in Tibet in his day. He went on to synthesize this knowledge into a holistic approach to the path of awakening. In an achievement of incredible magnitude, he integrated the pivotal yet disparate Mahayana...
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