Today, the 25th lunar day of the 10th lunar month, is Ganden Ngacho Chenmo (Tib.: དགའ་ལྡན་ལྔ་མཆོད་ཆེན་མོ Wylie: dga’ ldan lnga mchod chenmo) or the Butter Lamp Festival. It is a special day that commemorates the death of Lama Tsongkhapa, who was the emanation of bodhisattva Manjushri and the founder of the Gelug order of Tibetan Buddhism.
Today, Tibetans all over Central and Eastern Tibet light butter lamps in monasteries, temples, and their homes to remember this great lama.
Je Tsongkhapa is also famous as the author of Lamrim Chenmo – ‘The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path of Enlightenment’ and Ngagrim Chenmo – ‘The Great Treatise of Secret Mantra’, which provide detailed explanations of the sutra and tantra paths in Tibetan Buddhism.
Ganden Monastery in Tibet.
Lama Tsongkhapa’s seat was in Ganden Monastery near Lhasa, and his tomb is located there now. On this particular day, a special ceremony is held for the entire day to commemorate this great master
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