Explore Gelug through 7 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Gelug meaning
A school of Buddhism founded by Je Tsongkhapa, a philosopher and Tibetan religious leader.
Using Gelug
- The main meaning on this page is: A school of Buddhism founded by Je Tsongkhapa, a philosopher and Tibetan religious leader.
- In the example corpus, gelug often appears in combinations such as: the gelug, gelug and.
Context around Gelug
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 6 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gelug
- In this selection, "gelug" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, non, hat, contain, sects, controlled and school stand out and add context to how "gelug" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1650 in gelug controlled regions and and the gelug or yellow. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gelug" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gelug
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Yale University Press 2011, page 129, "Gelug: the newest of the schools of Tibetan Buddhism". (15 words)
Rebkong county is a major centre of traditional Tibetan culture and the Gelug -- or "Yellow Hat" -- sect of the exiled Dalai Lama. (22 words)
At 17, when fighting broke out in Lhasa between Gelug and Kagyu parties and efforts by local lamas to mediate failed, Sonam Gyatso negotiated a peaceful settlement. (27 words)
The correspondences are as follows: Jonang The Jonang is a minor school that branched off from Sakya traditions; it was suppressed in 1650 in Gelug-controlled regions and subsequently banned and its monks and nuns converted to the Gelug school in 1658. (42 words)
Another common but trivial differentiation is into the Yellow Hat (Gelug) and Red Hat (non-Gelug) sects, a division that mirrors the distinction between the schools involved in the Rimé movement versus the one that did not, the Gelug. (39 words)
As he grew older, Karma Kagyu adherents, finding their sect was losing too many recruits to the monkhood to burgeoning Gelugpa monasteries, tried to contain Gelug expansion by launching military expeditions against them in the region. (36 words)
Example sentences (7)
Another common but trivial differentiation is into the Yellow Hat (Gelug) and Red Hat (non-Gelug) sects, a division that mirrors the distinction between the schools involved in the Rimé movement versus the one that did not, the Gelug.
The correspondences are as follows: Jonang The Jonang is a minor school that branched off from Sakya traditions; it was suppressed in 1650 in Gelug-controlled regions and subsequently banned and its monks and nuns converted to the Gelug school in 1658.
Rebkong county is a major centre of traditional Tibetan culture and the Gelug -- or "Yellow Hat" -- sect of the exiled Dalai Lama.
As he grew older, Karma Kagyu adherents, finding their sect was losing too many recruits to the monkhood to burgeoning Gelugpa monasteries, tried to contain Gelug expansion by launching military expeditions against them in the region.
At 17, when fighting broke out in Lhasa between Gelug and Kagyu parties and efforts by local lamas to mediate failed, Sonam Gyatso negotiated a peaceful settlement.
However, their teachings were limited to these regions until the Rimé movement of the 19th century encouraged the study of non-Gelug schools of thought and practice.
Yale University Press 2011, page 129, "Gelug: the newest of the schools of Tibetan Buddhism".
Common combinations with gelug
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: