{"id":221,"date":"2022-09-24T04:24:31","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T04:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/?page_id=221"},"modified":"2026-08-13T22:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T22:15:09","slug":"lama-tsongkhapa-life-and-works","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/lama-tsongkhapa-life-and-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Lama Tsongkhapa: Life and Works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.88%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h2>Lama Tsongkhapa: Life and Works<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"line-height: 1.21\" data-fontsize=\"25\" data-lineheight=\"30.25px\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-fusion-400 wp-image-477 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2022\/10\/LamaTsongkhapa_2-400x527.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2022\/10\/LamaTsongkhapa_2-200x263.jpg 200w, https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2022\/10\/LamaTsongkhapa_2-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2022\/10\/LamaTsongkhapa_2-400x527.jpg 400w, https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2022\/10\/LamaTsongkhapa_2-600x790.jpg 600w, https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2022\/10\/LamaTsongkhapa_2.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u0f59\u0f7c\u0f44\u0f0b\u0f41\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f0b\u0f56\u0fb3\u0f7c\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f5f\u0f44\u0f0b\u0f42\u0fb2\u0f42\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f0b<br \/>\ntsong kha pa blo bzang grags pa<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"line-height: 1.21\" data-fontsize=\"25\" data-lineheight=\"30.25px\">Biography<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Joona Repo. 2011. \u201cTsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/treasuryoflives.org\/biographies\/view\/Tsongkhapa-Lobzang-Drakpa\/8986\">Treasury of Lives<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Sparham, Gareth. 2017. \u201cTsongkhapa.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/tsongkhapa\/\">Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Thupten Jinpa. 2019. <i>Tsongkhapa: A Buddha in the Land of Snows.<\/i> Shambhala. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/library\/resource.php?resourceID=13387705\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Thurman, Robert. 2018. <em>The Life and Teachings of Tsongkhapa<\/em>. Wisdom.&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/library\/resource.php?resourceID=14145112\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"line-height: 1.21\" data-fontsize=\"21\" data-lineheight=\"25.41px\">Timeline of Major Life Events<\/h3>\n<p class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"line-height: 1.21\" data-fontsize=\"21\" data-lineheight=\"25.41px\">(Jinpa 2019, 381-391) <strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1357 \u2014 Born in Amdo, northeastern Tibet<\/p>\n<p>1376 \u2014 Meets Rendawa, who will become his most important teacher<\/p>\n<p>1388 \u2014 Completes <em>Golden Rosary<\/em>, a two-volume exposition of Maitreya&#8217;s <em>Ornament<\/em>, which seals his reputation as a great scholar<\/p>\n<p>1389 \u2014 Teaches seventeen Indian Buddhist texts in a single continuous lecture series<\/p>\n<p>1397 \u2014 Experiences a breakthrough in his realization of the profound view of emptiness and, in gratitude towards the Buddha, composes the poetic verse <em>In Praise of Dependent Origination<\/em><\/p>\n<p>1398 \u2014 Composes <em>Three Principal Elements of The Path<\/em><\/p>\n<p>1401 \u2014 Begins the composition <em>Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment<\/em><\/p>\n<p>1402 \u2014 Completes his <em>Great Treatise<\/em><\/p>\n<p>1407 \u2014 Composes <em>The Essence of True Eloquence<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1408 \u2014 Authors <em>Ocean of Reasoning<\/em>, extensive commentary on Nagarjuna\u2019s <em>Treatise on the Middle Way<\/em><\/p>\n<p>1415 \u2014 Authors <em>Middle-Length Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1418 \u2014 Authors <em>Elucidation of the Intent<\/em>, an extensive exposition of Candrakirti\u2019s <em>Entering the Middle Way<\/em><\/p>\n<p>1419 \u2014 Passes away at Ganden Monastery&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"line-height: 1.21\" data-fontsize=\"25\" data-lineheight=\"30.25px\">Works<\/h3>\n<div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\">\n<p><strong>Golden Rosary (1388)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u0f63\u0f7a\u0f42\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f64\u0f51\u0f0b\u0f42\u0f66\u0f7a\u0f62\u0f0b\u0f55\u0fb2\u0f7a\u0f44\u0f0b (Legs bshad gser phreng)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tsong-kha-pa Blo-bzang-grags-pa, and Gareth Sparham. 2010.&nbsp;<em>Golden Garland of Eloquence<\/em>. Vol. 3, 4th Abhisamaya<em>.<\/em>&nbsp;Jain Publishing.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/library\/resource.php?resourceID=8607776\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\">\n<p><strong>In Praise of Dependent Origination (1397)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u0f62\u0f9f\u0f7a\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f60\u0f56\u0fb2\u0f7a\u0f63\u0f0b\u0f66\u0f9f\u0f7c\u0f51\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f0b (Rten \u2018brel stod pa)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/studybuddhism.com\/bo\/bod-kyi-nang-chos\/ma-dpe-khag\/mdo-i-dpe-cha\/rten-brel-bstod-pa\">Tibetan<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Berzin, Alexander, trans. \u201cIn Praise of Dependent Origination.\u201d Study Buddhism by Berzin Archives.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/studybuddhism.com\/en\/tibetan-buddhism\/original-texts\/sutra-texts\/in-praise-of-dependent-arising\">studybuddhism.com<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Thupten Jinpa, trans. \u201cIn Praise of Dependent Origination.\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tibetanclassics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/In-Praise-of-Dependent-Origination.pdf\">tibetanclassics.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\">\n<p><strong>Three Principal Aspects of the Path (1398)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u0f63\u0f58\u0f0b\u0f42\u0fb1\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f42\u0f59\u0f7c\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f7c\u0f0b\u0f62\u0fa3\u0f58\u0f0b\u0f42\u0f66\u0f74\u0f58\u0f0b (Lam gyi gtso bo rnam pa gsum)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lotsawahouse.org\/bo\/tibetan-masters\/tsongkhapa\/three-principal-aspects\">Tibetan<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thupten Jinpa, trans. 2003. \u201cThe Three Principal Aspects of the Path.\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tibetanclassics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Three-Principal-Aspects.pdf\">tibetanclassics.org<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\">\n<p><strong>Songs of Experience<\/strong><br \/>\n\u0f63\u0f58\u0f0b\u0f62\u0f72\u0f58\u0f0b\u0f49\u0f58\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f58\u0f42\u0f74\u0f62\u0f0b (Lam rim nyams mgur)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thupten Jinpa, trans. 2007. \u201cSongs of Spiritual Experience: Condensed Points of the Stages of the Path.\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tibetanclassics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Songs-of-Experience.pdf\">tibetanclassics.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\">\n<p><strong>Foundation of All Good Qualities<\/strong><br \/>\n\u0f61\u0f7c\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f4f\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f5e\u0f72\u0f62\u0f0b\u0f42\u0fb1\u0f74\u0f62\u0f0b\u0f58\u0f0b (Y\u00f6n t\u00e4n zhir gyur ma)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/studybuddhism.com\/en\/tibetan-buddhism\/original-texts\/sutra-texts\/the-foundation-for-good-qualities\">Tibetan<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Berzin, Alexander. \u201cThe Foundation of All Good Qualities.\u201d Study Buddhism by Berzin Archives.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/studybuddhism.com\/en\/tibetan-buddhism\/original-texts\/sutra-texts\/the-foundation-for-good-qualities\">studybuddhism.com<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\">\n<p><strong>Destiny Fulfilled<\/strong><br \/>\n\u0f62\u0f9f\u0f7c\u0f42\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f62\u0f97\u0f7c\u0f51\u0f0b\u0f58\u0f51\u0f74\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f63\u0f7a\u0f42\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f58\u0f0b (Rtogs brjod mdun legs ma)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tenzin Tsepag, trans. \u201cDestiny Fulfilled: Tsongkhapa\u2019s Spiritual Training as a Song of Realization.\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/media.dalailama.com\/English\/texts\/destiny-fulfilled-ENG.pdf\">media.dalailama.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-10\">\n<p><strong>Lamrim Chenmo Section on Special Insight vol. 3 (1402)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tsong-Kha-Pa Blo-Bzang-Grags-Pa. 2002.&nbsp;<em>The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment<\/em>. v. 3. Snow Lion Publications.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/library\/resource.php?resourceID=8311423\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-11\">\n<p><strong>Essence of Eloquence (1407)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u0f63\u0f7a\u0f42\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f64\u0f51\u0f0b\u0f66\u0f99\u0f72\u0f44\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f7c\u0f0b (Legs bshad snying po)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tsong-kha-pa Blo-bzang-grags-pa and Robert A. F. Thurman. 1991.&nbsp;<em>The Central Philosophy of Tibet: A Study and Translation of Jey Tsong Khapa\u2019s Essence of True Eloquence<\/em>. Princeton University Press.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/library\/resource.php?resourceID=8309965\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Hopkins, Jeffrey. 1999.&nbsp;<em>Emptiness in the Mind-Only School of Buddhism<\/em>. University of California Press.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/library\/resource.php?resourceID=8310505\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-12\">\n<p><strong>Ocean of Reasoning (1408)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u0f62\u0f72\u0f42\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f60\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f62\u0f92\u0fb1\u0f0b\u0f58\u0f5a\u0f7c\u0f0b (Rigs pa\u2019i rgya mtsho)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ngawang Samten and Jay L. Garfield, trans. 2006.&nbsp;<em>Ocean of Reasoning : A Great Commentary on Na\u0304ga\u0304rjuna\u2019s Mu\u0304lamadhyamakaka\u0304rika\u0304<\/em>. Oxford University Press.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/library\/resource.php?resourceID=8313205\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-13\">\n<p><strong>Middle Length Lamrim \u2013 section on Special Insight (1415)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u0f63\u0f58\u0f0b\u0f62\u0f72\u0f58\u0f0b\u0f60\u0f56\u0fb2\u0f72\u0f44\u0f0b (Lam rim \u2018bring)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Quarcoo, Philip and Yongzin Ling Rinpoche. 2021.&nbsp;<em>The Middle-Length Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment.<\/em>&nbsp;Wisdom Publications&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/title\/1263200811\">WorldCat<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-14\">\n<p><strong>Illuminating the Intent (1418)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u0f51\u0f56\u0f74\u0f0b\u0f58\u0f0b\u0f63\u0f0b\u0f60\u0f47\u0f74\u0f42\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f60\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f62\u0fa3\u0f58\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f64\u0f51\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f0b\u0f51\u0f42\u0f7c\u0f44\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f0b\u0f62\u0f56\u0f0b\u0f42\u0f66\u0f63\u0f0d (Dbu ma la \u02bcjug pa\u02bci rnam bshad pa dgongs pa rab gsal)<br \/>\nCommentary to Chandrakirti\u2019s Madhyamak\u0101vat\u0101ra<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thupten Jinpa. 2021.&nbsp;<em>Illuminating the Intent: An Exposition of Candraki\u0304rti\u2019s Entering the Middle Way.<\/em>&nbsp;Wisdom Publications.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/library\/resource.php?resourceID=14145163\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-background-color:#f1f1f1;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/bodhisattva-ethics\/\">Bodhisattva Ethics<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp; 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