Page "New Kadampa Tradition" Paragraph 143

In short, Waterhouse says that " the early Gelugpa legacy is one which the NKT wishes to emulate " and that the name of the organization itself makes a statement about its " perceived roots within the ' pure ' transmission of Indian Buddhism into Tibet.

" According to Lopez, " For Kelsang Gyatso to call his group the New Kadampa Tradition, therefore, is ideologically charged, implying as it does that he and his followers represent the tradition of the founder, Tsong kha pa, more authentically than the Geluk establishment and the Dalai Lama himself.

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