page_title: New Kadampa Tradition
section_title: Lineage of teachers
hierarchical_section_title: New Kadampa Tradition / Teachers / Lineage of teachers
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: nl:Tsongkhapa in het vijfde visioen van Khedrub Jey. Oorspronkelijke bron: http://museum.oglethorpe.edu/TibetGallery/ KhedrubJey5_page.htm Bron huidige versie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tsongkhapa.jpg Info: This image of Je Tsongkhapa is based on the fifth vison of his diciple Khedrub Jey. This version dates from the late 1800s. These images were in the collection of a previous Dali Lama. The digtal version of this image comes from the internet, from http://museum.oglethorpe.edu/TibetGallery/ KhedrubJey5_page.htm. I have cropped the caption from this image. The original image name was "KhedrubJey5.jpg" The original size of this image is 16" x 24"
context_page_description: The New Kadampa Tradition – International Kadampa Buddhist Union is a global Buddhist new religious movement founded by Kelsang Gyatso in England in 1991. In 2003 the words "International Kadampa Buddhist Union" were added to the original name "New Kadampa Tradition". The NKT-IKBU is an international organisation registered in England as a charitable, or non-profit, company. It currently lists more than 200 centres and around 900 branch classes/study groups in forty countries.
  The NKT-IKBU describes itself as "an entirely independent Buddhist tradition" inspired and guided by "the ancient Kadampa Buddhist Masters and their teachings, as presented by Kelsang Gyatso". Its founder, Kelsang Gyatso, has sought to make Buddhist meditation and teaching more readily accessible to twenty-first century living. He also wanted to ensure that people did not simply study Tibetan Buddhism from an academic point of view, but learned how to extend this knowledge through meditation and practical Buddhist experience. The NKT-IKBU is described as being "very successful at disseminating its teachings" and Geshe Kelsang's books have been called "very popular".
context_section_description: The NKT-IKBU traces its spiritual lineage through these main Buddhist figures:
  Buddha Shakyamuni
  Vajradhara
  Manjushri
  Atisha
  Je Tsongkhapa
  Pabongkhapa Déchen Nyingpo
  Kyabje Trijang Dorjechang
  Kelsang Gyatso
caption: Je Tsongkhapa (Tsong-kha-pa), founder of the Gelug school, in the fifth vision of Khedrub Jey (Mkhas-'grub)
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