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CHINA ABC – Religion
Folk tales are an important component of the long and rich culture of Tibetan ethnic minority. Most of their contents have connection with Tibetan Buddhism, because such religion has become part of the Tibetans’ daily life.
The Tibetan folk tales can be divided into two types: stories handed down through oral narration, stories compiled and recorded [...]
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CHINA ABC – Religion
The Posterior Propagating Period of Buddhism is another important period in the history of the Tibetan Buddhism.
From the beginning of the 10thcentury, Buddhism was revived in Tibet because of continuous efforts of the remaining monks’ and the popularization of Buddhism by the Guge Dynasty. Guge Kingdom was located in Ngari region in the western part [...]
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CHINA ABC – Religion
During the period when Lang Darma destroyed Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism suffered severe attack and persecution. When Buddhism was introduced intoTibet, it was resisted by the local Bon religion at the very beginning, and the struggle between the two sides lasted for more than 200 years.
The famous King Tritsug Detsen Ralpachen gave his great support to [...]
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Posted by admin on Aug 16, 2009 in
CHINA ABC – Religion
The previous period of Buddhism is an important period in the history of the Tibetan Buddhism.
The Tibet King Trisong Detsen was a believer of Buddhism in the 8thcentury. In order to spread Buddhism, he invited Santarakshita and Padmasambhava, two Buddhism masters in India, to promote Buddhism in Tibet (referred to as the Tufan in ancient [...]
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TheGuanding(Empowerment) is the most important and basic religious observance in the Tibetan Buddhism with strong features of theSecretSchool, and it is also the process that every monk at a certain level must experience.
The Tibetan Buddhism deems that the self-cultivation of a Buddhist monk is a continuous transmission lineage that must come from a noble superior [...]
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CHINA ABC – Religion
The Tibetan Buddhism holds various rituals every year. Such religious rites are calledFahui(the Buddhist Ceremony), which gradually becomes the traditional custom of the local society.
The scales and contents of Buddhist ceremonies vary because of the differences among the Tibetan Buddhism regions. The Labrang Monastery, located inGansuProvince, is one of the most important centers of the [...]
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