Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhist Schools
There various schools or traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. The four main traditions ones overlap markedly, such that "about eighty percent or more of the features of the Tibetan schools are the same".

Tibetan Buddhism

Section Title: Tibetan Buddhist Schools
Table Section Text: There various schools or traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. The four main traditions ones overlap markedly, such that "about eighty percent or more of the features of the Tibetan schools are the same".

Nyingma	Kagyu	Sakya	Gelug	Jonang

Old Translation	New Translation	New Translation	New Translation	New Translation

Developed in the 8th century	Transmitted by Marpa in the 11th century. Dagpo Kagyu was founded in the 12th century by Gampopa.	Sakya Monastery founded in 1073.	Dates to 1409 with the founding of Ganden monastery	Dates to the 12th century

Red Hat	Red Hat	Red Hat	Yellow Hat	Red Hat

Emphasizes Dzogchen and its texts	Emphasizes Mahamudra and the Six Dharmas of Naropa	Favor the Hevajra Tantra as the basis of their Lamdre system	Focuses on Guhyasamāja Tantra, the Cakrasamvara Tantra, and the Kalacakra Tantra	Focuses on Kalacakra Tantra and Ratnagotravibhāga

Key lineage figures are Śāntarakṣita, Garab Dorje, Vimalamitra, Padmasambhava, and Longchenpa.	Key lineage figures are Maitripada, Naropa, Tilopa, Marpa, Milarepa, and Gampopa.	Key lineage figures are Naropa and Ratnākaraśānti, the founder Drogmi, Khon Konchog Gyalpo, Sakya Pandita and Gorampa.	Key lineage figures are Atisa, his disciple Dromtön, the founder of Gelug, Je Tsongkhapa, and the Dalai Lamas.	Key lineage figures are Yumo Mikyo Dorje, Dolpopa and Taranatha

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Sakya, Kagyu and Nyingma are schools of Tibetan Buddhism.

final_sentence: Sakya, Kagyu and Nyingma are schools of Tibetan Buddhism.