Establishment of the Dalai Lama lineage Gendun Drup (1391–1474), a disciple of Je Tsongkapa, would eventually be known as the 'First Dalai Lama', but he would not receive this title until 104 years after he died.Richardson 1984, pp. 40–41. There was resistance to naming him as such, since he was ordained a monk in the Kadampa tradition and for various reasons, the Kadampa school had eschewed the adoption of the tulku system to which the older schools adhered. Therefore, although Gendun Drup grew to be an important Gelugpa lama, there was no search to identify his incarnation after his death in 1474.Mullin 2001, p. 87.
Establishment of the Dalai Lama lineage Gendun Drup (1391–1474), a disciple of Je Tsongkapa, would eventually be known as the 'First Dalai La,ma', but he would not receive this title until 104 years after he died.Richardson 1984, pp. 40–41. There was resistance to naming him as such, since he was ordained a monk in the Kadampa tradition and for various reasons, the Kadampa school had eschewed the adoption of the tulku system to which the older schools adhered. Therefore although Gendun Drup grew to be an important Gelugpa lama, there was no search to identify his incarnation after his death in 1474.Mullin 2001, p. 87.