RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Je Tsongkhapa

1357 - 1419

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Tsongkhapa (Tibetan: ཙོང་ཁ་པ་, [tsoŋˈkʰapa], meaning: "the man from Tsongkha" or "the Man from Onion Valley", c. 1357–1419) was an influential Tibetan Buddhist monk, philosopher and tantric yogi, whose activities led to the formation of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. His philosophical works are a grand synthesis of the Buddhist epistemological tradition of Dignāga and Dharmakīrti, the Cittamatra philosophy of the mind, and the madhyamaka philosophy of Nāgārjuna and Candrakīrti. Central to his philosophical and soteriological teachings is "a radical view of emptiness" which sees all phenomena as devoid of intrinsic nature. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Je Tsongkhapa is the 710th most popular religious figure (down from 661st in 2019), the 170th most popular biography from China (up from 178th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Chinese Religious Figure.

Je Tsongkhapa was the founder of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. He is most famous for writing the Lamrim Chenmo, or "Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment."

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Je Tsongkhapa ranks 710 out of 3,187. Before him are Antipope Felix II, Menno Simons, Louis Raphaël I Sako, Giulia Farnese, Pope Peter I of Alexandria, and Ibn Hisham. After him are Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, Evagrius Ponticus, Joseph of Cupertino, Aloysius Stepinac, Ignatios of Constantinople, and Tarasios of Constantinople.

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Among people born in 1357, Je Tsongkhapa ranks 2. Before him is Jeongjong of Joseon. After him are Qara Yusuf, Frederick I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Anna of Trebizond, Queen of Georgia. Among people deceased in 1419, Je Tsongkhapa ranks 7. Before him are Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia, John the Fearless, Antipope John XXIII, Vincent Ferrer, Jeongjong of Joseon, and Jobst of Moravia. After him are Edigu, Eberhard IV, Count of Württemberg, and Rudolf III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg.

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In China

Among people born in China, Je Tsongkhapa ranks 170 out of 1,610. Before him are Han Xin (-231), Empress Wanrong (1906), Zhang Yimou (1950), Kaidu (1230), Bao Zheng (999), and Emperor Jing of Han (-188). After him are Tsung-Dao Lee (1926), Peng Dehuai (1898), Ngawang Namgyal (1594), Cao Rui (205), Sun Bin (-401), and Liu Shan (207).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In China

Among religious figures born in China, Je Tsongkhapa ranks 4. Before him are 14th Dalai Lama (1935), 13th Dalai Lama (1876), and Huineng (638). After him are Yijing (635), Joseph Zen (1932), 11th Dalai Lama (1838), Dazu Huike (487), Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei (1901), Bao Xishun (1951), Shaohao (null), and Rabban Bar Sauma (1220).

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