Ganden Monastery was founded by Tsongkhapa himself.
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Founded in 1409, it is one of the "three great seats" (三大寺) of the Gelug school (格鲁派), with 色拉寺 and 哲蚌寺. The abbot of Ganden is the formal head of the school.
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甘丹 renders the Tibetan name Ganden, "joyful", the name of the heaven where the future Buddha Maitreya waits.
