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The 30 pages that link to Gelug, each with the reason it gives.

• Tibetan BuddhismBroader topic: Its scholastic institutions and reforms distinguish it from other Tibetan schools.

• VajrayanaBroader topic: Gelug institutions became influential in Tibet and produced the Dalai Lama lineage.

• MadhyamakaBroader topic: Gelug scholarship gives Madhyamaka a prominent role in its curriculum and account of the path.

• Dalai LamaNarrower topic: The Dalai Lama's institutional authority is rooted in this school.

• KagyuCompared with: Its emphasis on scholastic curricula provides a useful contrast with Kagyu's meditative lineage identity.

• NyingmaCompared with: Gelug’s later reform movement contrasts with Nyingma’s claims to early Tibetan transmission.

• AtishaRelated: Gelug authors adopted and expanded the Kadam tradition’s graded-path teachings.

• TsongkhapaBroader topic: This is the school Tsongkhapa founded and the principal institutional expression of his reforms.

• TibetBroader topic: Its rise shaped later Tibetan religious leadership and political institutions.

• Ganden PhodrangRelated: The Fifth Dalai Lama's Gelug affiliation linked the new state to a powerful monastic tradition.

• Tibetan Buddhist monasticismRelated: Its institutions exemplify a major Tibetan model of monastic education and governance.

• Panchen LamaNarrower topic: The Panchen Lama lineage belongs to this school.

• SakyaCompared with: Its reform movement and leadership structure differ from Sakya’s hereditary Khön lineage.

• Altan KhanBroader topic: Altan’s alliance with Sonam Gyatso specifically supported Gelug influence among Mongols.

• Buddhism in TibetBroader topic: Its scholastic and institutional profile provides a clear comparison with other schools.

• Fifth Dalai LamaRelated: The Fifth Dalai Lama’s leadership expanded Gelug authority across Tibet.

• KadampaRelated: Tsongkhapa drew heavily on Kadampa teachings, and Gelug later adopted the name New Kadampa.

• 14th Dalai LamaBroader topic: The Dalai Lama belongs to this school, whose institutions shaped his education.

• Drepung MonasteryNarrower topic: Drepung became one of the Gelug school’s central monasteries.

• LojongRelated: Gelug teachers preserved and taught lojong within one of Tibet’s major Buddhist schools.

• MūlasarvāstivādaBroader topic: Gelug monasteries maintain the Mūlasarvāstivāda ordination tradition.

• NgöndroRelated: Gelug institutions also use preliminary practices before advanced tantric commitments.

• Second Dalai LamaNarrower topic: Gendun Gyatso became one of the prominent leaders of this school.

• 7th Dalai LamaRelated: Kelzang Gyatso belonged to the school whose institutions supported his religious leadership.

• 8th Dalai LamaRelated: The Dalai Lama lineage is associated with this Tibetan Buddhist school.

• Drukpa KagyuCompared with: Its later origins and monastic institutions offer a comparison with Drukpa Kagyu.

• Je TsongkhapaBroader topic: The school institutionalized his teachings and educational approach.

• Third Dalai LamaNarrower topic: Sonam Gyatso was a leading Gelug hierarch when the school expanded its political reach.

• 13th Dalai LamaNarrower topic: The Dalai Lama institution is historically rooted in this school.

• 1st Dalai LamaNarrower topic: Gendun Drup’s religious career unfolded within this school’s formative generation.