Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies A · 1RA0
Specification 2.8 · Paper 2
Revise: Festivals and RetreatsLama Tsong Khapa Day commemorates Lama Tsong Khapa’s parinibbana. Tsong Khapa, also written Tsongkhapa, lived from 1357 to 1419 and founded the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. He established Ganden Monastery near Lhasa in 1409, which became the principal seat of this tradition.