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Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism explains about the three 'vehicles' in Buddhism; Foundational Vehicle, Mahayana, and Vajrayana. Transmission and realization, Devotion to a Guru, Analytic meditation and Skepticism are some main aspects and practices.
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Is the new kadampa tradition a dangerous cult?
No more than most organized religions.
Are all Muslims terrorists? No, some behave with cultish fervor while most are level-headed people.
Could diving deeper than Answers.com in any topic worth knowing be an intellectually honest endeavor?
Talk to members (they don't knock on your door to spread their gospel), talk to newcomers (see if they're spooked) and talk to ex-pats and then decide. There are good and bad experiences for everyone pertaining to everything. And don't let a bad apple spoil the bunch.
If you do wish to find honest answers (and there could never be one "true" answer to this) beyond this abbreviated forum, you might want to avoid asking what seems to this person to be a rhetorical, forgone conclusion of a question with its present wording.
I mean was Obama REALLY born in Hawaii? - Birther asking for the umpteenth time
... everyone's got an agenda
The answer should be divided into two parts. Firstly, the culture. Buddhism is unbelievable popular in Tibet, people do ascetic practices to express their believes of Buddhism. Also, there are many amazing customs different from other places. Secondly. Geography, Tibet is specially high and beautiful, the Himalayas and Mount Everest are the symbols of Tibet, they are unique, so is Tibet.
Did dalai lama reached enlighment?
Nobody can tell, even Dalai Lama himself, because Buddha has made a rule not to disclose the spiritual state of monk. Therefore Dalai Lama will not disclose his enlightenment nor common people will understand easily.
The Dasa Kusal was a set of ten wholesome deeds given by Buddha to encourage people to do good things on a regular basis. Buddha also spoke of the Sublime States, which are loving kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity.
A Tibetan Teacher in Dharma, or Dhamma, as the teachings of the Buddha are called.
What is the difference between Tibetan Buddhism and normal Buddhism?
Buddhism encompasses several sects that hold a wide range of beliefs, with core Buddhist concepts. The Tibetan branch of Buddhism contains animistic and shamanistic elements. Tibetan Buddhists believe that when the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama die, they are re-incarnated in this world, for them to follow again. So, the present Dalai Lama is the re-incarnation of his predecessor.
Is the Dalai lama actually a lama?
No. he is a spiritual leader of Tibet, now in control of China. Also, it's spelt "llama" not "lama".
What does the Tibetan Buddhist name Konchok Zopa mean in English?
The Tibetan Buddhist name Konchok Zopa translates to "Precious One" or "Precious Gem" in English. "Konchok" refers to something valuable or precious, often associated with spiritual significance, while "Zopa" means "one who is" or "being." Together, the name embodies a sense of reverence and cherished qualities in a spiritual context.
Tibetans chant "mantras". This is a series of words (sounds) that invoke an inner peace and focus. Most well known to Westerners is "Aum Mani Padme Hum" (roughly translated as "The jewel is in the lotus")
What religion is the dalai lama?
He is a Buddhist. Specifically the Dalai Lama is the leader of the Gelug (Yellow Hat) School of Tibetan Buddhism.
HH The Dalai Lama is the leader of the Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism.
What religion believe in enlightenment?
Enlightenment is a concept mostly associated with Buddhism and Hinduism. In Buddhism, enlightenment is called nirvana. Nirvana is believed to be a state of peace and unity with the cosmos.
Hinduism also uses the concept of nirvana, called moksha, considering it a representation of freedom from desire and other worldly passions. Enlightenment is also part of the conclusion to the Hindu cycle of reincarnation.
Who was the seventh Dalai Lama?
List of Dalai Lamas There have been 14 Dalai Lamas: {| ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! | 1. Gendun Drup 1391-1474 No[17] དྒེ་འདུན་འགྲུབ་
dge 'dun 'grub Gêdün Chub Gedun Drub, Gedün Drup, Gendun Drup 2. Gendun Gyatso 1475-1541 No[17] དགེ་འདུན་རྒྱ་མཚོ་
dge 'dun rgya mtsho Gêdün Gyaco Gedün Gyatso, Gendün Gyatso 3. Sonam Gyatso 1543-1588 1578-1588 བསོད་ནམས་རྒྱ་མཚོ་
bsod nams rgya mtsho Soinam Gyaco Sönam Gyatso 4. Yonten Gyatso 1589-1616 ? ཡོན་ཏན་རྒྱ་མཚོ་
yon tan rgya mtsho Yoindain Gyaco Yontan Gyatso 5. Lobsang Gyatso 1617-1682 1642-1682 བློ་བཟང་རྒྱ་མཚོ་
blo bzang rgya mtsho Lobsang Gyaco Lobzang Gyatso, Lopsang Gyatso 6. Tsangyang Gyatso 1683-1706 1697-1706 ཚང་དབྱངས་རྒྱ་མཚོ་
tshang dbyangs rgya mtsho Cangyang Gyaco 7. Kelzang Gyatso 1708-1757 1751-1757 བསྐལ་བཟང་རྒྱ་མཚོ་
bskal bzang rgya mtsho Gaisang Gyaco Kelsang Gyatso, Kalsang Gyatso 8. Jamphel Gyatso 1758-1804 1786-1804 བྱམས་སྤེལ་རྒྱ་མཚོ་
byams spel rgya mtsho Qambê Gyaco Jampel Gyatso, Jampal Gyatso 9. Lungtok Gyatso 1806-1815 (1808-1815)[17] ལུང་རྟོགས་རྒྱ་མཚོ་
lung rtogs rgya mtsho Lungdog Gyaco Lungtog Gyatso 10. Tsultrim Gyatso 1816-1837 ? ཚུལ་ཁྲིམ་རྒྱ་མཚོ་
tshul khrim rgya mtsho Cüchim Gyaco Tshültrim Gyatso 11. Khendrup Gyatso 1838-1856 1844-1856 མཁས་གྲུབ་རྒྱ་མཚོ་
mkhas grub rgya mtsho Kaichub Gyaco Kedrub Gyatso 12. Trinley Gyatso 1857-1875 ? འཕྲིན་ལས་རྒྱ་མཚོ་
'phrin las rgya mtsho Chinlai Gyaco Trinle Gyatso 13. Thubten Gyatso 1895-1933 1879-1933 ཐུབ་བསྟན་རྒྱ་མཚོ་
thub bstan rgya mtsho Tubdain Gyaco Thubtan Gyatso, Thupten Gyatso 14. Tenzin Gyatso 1935-present 1950-present
(currently in exile) བསྟན་འཛིན་རྒྱ་མཚོ་
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Who are tantric practices taught by in Vajrayana?
The tantric teachings are about transforming impure vision into pure vision. This is accomplished by working with body, energy and mind. The meditation practices described in the tantras usually involve meditating upon a particular deity.
If you would like to know more, I advise you to speak to a qualified Buddhist teacher.
The dalai lama is the spirtual leader of?
The Dalai Lama is a Buddhist leader of the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" branch of Tibetan Buddhism.
Why do Tibetan Buddhist Pray and believe in hell?
Buddhists do not believe in hell. Reincarnation is a key part of Buddhist spiritualism, and involves moving up or down to better/worse forms of life each time, depending on how you went previously.
What are monks of Tibet called?
The monks of Tibet are called Tibetan monks in English. In Tibetan they may be called choden 'religious' or chodak 'Dharma spreader.'
