The Development of Vajrayana

1250 - 1800: Virtually Virtuous Politics

• monastic, scholarly and virtue oriented Tsongkapa reforms the Kadampa order into the Gelugpa (1409)
• establishment of Gelugpa rule
• feuds between various schools (aligned to families and clans)
• slow but general decline of the dharma (Buddhist Doctrine), as petty political power play becomes more important than the intrinsic value of Bodhisattva vows
• the older, shamanic tradition lies low but survives; for example through male and female adepts and terton such as Kunga Bum (14th century), Longchenpa (14th), Jigme Lingpa (18th) and Mingyur Paldrön.

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• Vajrayana History:
• Introduction
• 1: Before 750
• 2: 750 - 836
• 3: 836 - 842
• 4: 900 - 1250
• 5: 1250 - 1800
• 6: 1800 - 1950
• 7: 1950 - present