Definitions for "GELUG"
(Tib.): 'Yellow-hats'. Biggest school in Tibetan tradition, founded by TSONGKHAPA, also known as "New KADAM". Main emphasis on ethics and sound scholarship prior to serious meditation. In 1642 the 5th. Dalai Lama, who was of the Gelugpa tradition, became secular and religious leader of Tibet.
The Virtuous Order. The order of Tibetan Buddhism founded by Lama Tsong Khapa and his disciples in the early fifteenth century and the most recent of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Developed from the Kadam School founded by Atisha and Dromtönpa. Cf Nyingma, Kagyu and Sakya.
( Tib.): Literally, “virtuous." One of the four great schools of Tibetan Buddhism founded by Je Tsonkhapa in the 14th century. Also referred to as the "Yellow Hat" sect. The head of the Gelugpa lineage is the Dalai Lama.