Sera lineage

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The Sera lineage is a prominent monastic and scholastic tradition within the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism, historically centered on Sera Monastery near Lhasa.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Tibetan Buddhist lineage
monastic lineage
scholastic tradition
associatedWithCity Lhasa NERFINISHED
associatedWithDiasporaMonastery Sera Monastery (re-established in Bylakuppe, India) GENERATED
associatedWithInstitution Sera Jey College NERFINISHED
Sera Mey College NERFINISHED
Sera Ngari College NERFINISHED
associatedWithMonastery Sera Monastery NERFINISHED
associatedWithSchool Gelug NERFINISHED
continuityAfter 1959 Tibetan diaspora
country Tibet NERFINISHED
doctrinalOrientation Gelug orthodoxy NERFINISHED
educationalDegree Geshe degree NERFINISHED
followsTeacher Je Tsongkhapa NERFINISHED
historicallyCenteredIn Sera Monastery NERFINISHED
influencedBy Indian monastic universities
Nalanda tradition NERFINISHED
knownFor formal debate curriculum
rigorous scholastic training
training of geshe scholars
languageOfStudy Tibetan
locatedNear Lhasa NERFINISHED
monasticDiscipline Vinaya observance
monasticVows Pratimoksha vows NERFINISHED
parallelTo Drepung lineage
Ganden lineage NERFINISHED
partOf Ganden tradition NERFINISHED
practiceEmphasis Lamrim (stages of the path) NERFINISHED
Lojong (mind training) NERFINISHED
monastic study and debate
primaryDeity Je Tsongkhapa (as central lineage figure) NERFINISHED
protectiveDeity Mahakala NERFINISHED
Palden Lhamo NERFINISHED
region Central Tibet NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Tibetan Buddhism NERFINISHED
ritualLanguage Classical Tibetan NERFINISHED
roleInSociety preservation of Gelug scholastic curriculum
training of Gelug clergy
scholasticFocus Abhidharma NERFINISHED
Madhyamaka philosophy
Monastic debate
Prajnaparamita NERFINISHED
Pramana (Buddhist logic and epistemology) NERFINISHED
scripturalCanon Kangyur NERFINISHED
Tengyur NERFINISHED
subtraditionOf Gelug school NERFINISHED
transmittedThrough teacher–disciple lineage

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