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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.

Je Tsongkhapa

Je Tsongkhapa

Born: November 21, 1357

Died: 1419 (aged 61)

Bio: Zongkapa Lobsang Zhaba, or Tsongkhapa, usually taken to mean "the Man from Onion Valley", was a famous teacher of Tibetan Buddhism whose activities led to the formation of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism.

Known for:

The splendor of an autumn moon
The fulfillment of all hopes
Tantra in Tibet

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