喇嘛教之一派，十四世紀頃，宗喀巴Tsongkhapa慨紅教之腐敗而別為開始者，衣冠等皆用黃色，行於西藏，蒙古，伊犁。西藏新志中曰：「黃教之大喇嘛有四：一達賴喇嘛。二班禪喇嘛。三哲布尊丹巴。四多倫諾爾阿嘉胡圖克圖。相傳哲布尊丹巴，為菩薩之轉生，其勢力普及蒙古地方。寺在圖拉河右岸庫倫等地，僧眾萬餘。多倫諾爾阿嘉胡圖克圖，駐北京及其附近。」
黃帽教 The yellow sect of Lamaism, founded in 1417 by 宗喀巴 Tsoṅ-kha-pa, Sumatikīrti, who overthrew the decadent sect, which wears red robes, and established the sect that wears yellow, and which at first was: noted for the austere life of the monks; it is found chiefly in Tibet, Mongolia, and Ili.