That which is known as "meditation" is the act of sustaining an object of meditation and specific subjective aspects by repeatedly focusing your mind upon a virtuous object of meditation. The purpose of this is as follows. From beginningless time you have been under the control of your mind; your mind has not been under your control. Furthermore, your mind tended to be obscured by the afflictions and so forth. Thus meditation aims to bring this mind, which gives rise to all faults and flaws, under control and then it aims to make it servicable. Servicability means that you can direct your mind as you wish toward a virtuous object of meditation.
Tibetan Buddhist monk, philosopher, and guru (c. 1357–1419)
Je Tsongkhapa (1357–1419), meaning: "the man from Tsongkha" or "the Man from Onion Valley", was a famous Tibetan Buddhist monk, philosopher and tantric yogi, whose activities led to the formation of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism.
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Native Name:
ཙོང་ཁ་པ།
Alternative Names:
Losang Drakpa
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Je Rinpoche
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Zongkapa Lobsang Zhaba
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Tsong Khapa
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Btsong-kha-pa
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Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa
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bTsong-kha-pa
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Tsong-kha-pa
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Tsong-khapa
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Tsong-Kha-Pa
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Tsong-Khapa
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Tsong kha pa
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