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The Kadama (bka’ dam) tradition was the first of the so-called New Schools of Tibetan Buddhism, traditions that arose during the Second Propagation of Buddhism in Tibet after the 10th century. The Kadam tradition was founded by Dromtonpa Gyalwai Jungne (’brom ston pa rgyal ba’i ’byung gnas), a disciple of the Bengali teacher Atisha Dipamkara, who had been invited to Tibet by the kings of Purang in Western Tibet to revitalize monastic Buddhism there. Dromton founded the monastery of Reting (rwa sgreng) and propagated the Lamrim (lam rim) and Lojong (blo blong) teachings, which lay out a complete path to Buddhahood and means of training the mind, respectively. The Kadampa were known for their monastic discipline, a character that was adopted by the Gelug tradition that supplanted it in the 14th century, adopting its teaching and absorbing its monasteries.