Editing Jonang (section)

=== Post-Dolpopa era and suppression ===
After Dolpopa's time, the Jonang school generated a number of renowned Buddhist scholars, its most famous being Lama [[Taranatha|Tāranātha]] (1575–1634), who placed great emphasis on the ''[[Kalachakra|Kālacakra Tantra]]'', [[Sanskrit]] study and the [[History of Buddhism in India|history of Indian Buddhism]]. Tāranātha studied under various figures, such as Je Draktopa, Yeshe Wangpo, Kunga Tashi and Jampa Lhundrup, but his main teacher was the [[mahasiddha|mahāsiddha]] [[Buddhaguptanātha]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Buddhaguptanatha: A Late Indian Siddha in Tibet |vauthors=((Templeman, D.)) |work=Proceedings of the 7th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Graz 1995 |year=1997 |publisher=Verlag der Osterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien}}.</ref>{{Tibetan Buddhism}}
In the 17th century, the [[Gelug|Gelug school]] became the dominant political force in Tibet, which was now ruled by the [[Dalai Lama]]s. The Gelug school worked to suppress the Jonang school and its distinct philosophy of shentong. Modern historians have identified two other reasons which more likely led the Gelugpa to suppress the Jonangpa. First, the Jonangpa had political ties that were very vexing to the Gelugpa. The Jonang school, along with the [[Kagyu]], were historical allies with the powerful house of [[Tsangpa]], which was vying with the [[5th Dalai Lama]] and the Gelug school for control of [[Ü-Tsang|Central Tibet]].

This was bad enough, but soon after the death of Taranatha, an even more ominous event occurred. Taranatha's [[tulku]] was discovered to be a young boy named [[Zanabazar]], the son of [[Tüsheet Khan]], Prince of Central Khalkha. Tüsheet Khan and his son were of [[Borjigin]] lineage (the imperial clan of Genghis Khan and his successors), meaning they had the birth authority to become [[khagan]]. When the young boy was declared the spiritual leader of all of [[Mongolia]], suddenly the Gelugpa were faced with the possibility of war with the former military superpower of Asia. While the [[Mongol Empire]] was long past its zenith, this was nonetheless a frightening prospect and the Dalai Lama sought the first possible moment of Mongol distraction to take control of the Jonang monasteries.{{sfn|Stearns|2010|pp=73–4}}

As a result of the suppression of Jonang, the writings of Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen and even those of [[Sakya]] proponents of shentong (like [[Sakya Chokden]]) were sealed and banned from publication and study. Jonang monasteries were also gradually converted to the Gelug lineage by the political authorities.{{sfn|Stearns|2010|p=76}}<ref name=":1">Brambilla, Filippo. “A Late Proponent of the Jo nang gZhan stong Doctrine: Ngag dbang tshogs gnyis rgya mtsho (1880–1940)”, ''Revue d’Etudes Tibétaines'', no. 45, Avril 2018, pp. 5–50.</ref>

The [[14th Dalai Lama]] has also said that the main reason for the suppression of Jonang was political, not religious sectarianism (since the 5th Dalai Lama was himself a student of numerous lineages, including [[Bon]]).{{sfn|Mullin|2001|pp=207–8}}