Tibetan Buddhism, In 1073 BC, Tibetan Lama Kongchog Gyalpo built Sakya Monastery and advocated his own Esoteric disciplines and called it “Sakya Sect”. Enclosures around the Sakya monasteries are painted with red, white and black stripes, which respectively symbolize the Wisdom Buddha, the Goddess of Mercy and the Diamond Hand Buddha. Hence, the Sakya sect...Read More
The Kagyu Sect was developed during the Later transmission period of Buddhism in the 11th and 12nd centuries. and belongs to the newly translated tantra school. At the beginning, there were two founders: one is Qiongbulangjueba (990-1140), the other is Maba lozawa (Maba translator) (1012-1197). The two of them have been to Nepal, India and...Read More
Je Tsongkhapa was born in Tsongka Kingdom, Amdo, in 1357. He is the fourth of six sons. The day after Tsongkhapa’s birth, Chojey Dondrub Rinchen sent his main disciple to the parents with gifts, a statue, and a letter. A sandalwood tree grew from the spot where his umbilical cord fell to the ground. Each...Read More
According to the Bon religion, Lord Shenrab Miwoche (the founder of the Bon religion and the great man of the Shen nationality) was born on the land of Tazik in the Yulin ring about 18,000 years ago. Ol represents the unborn child, Mo represents it will not shrink, Lung represents the prophecy of Tonpa Shenrab,...Read More
Nyingma School is a tradition based on ancient Buddhist legends, mainly based on Berozana’s translation of Indian Buddhist texts. As a tantric system, it is called Sangngak Nyingma. Its teachings are handed down from the 8th century and include local religious customs and local gods, as well as the shamanistic elements it shares with Bon....Read More
As onLiving Buddhase of the primary characteristics of Tibetan religion, the reincarnation system for the Living Buddhas is based on the theory of the reincarnation of the soul, and was produced to solve the problem of the succession of religious leaders. It is founded by the Gelug Sect (the Yellow Sect) of Tibetan Buddhism. The...Read More
“You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger”—Quoted by Buddh It was more than 2500 years ago, Buddha was born as prince of King Suddhodana leader of Shakya clan in Kapilavastu kingdom which is current Lumbini in south of Nepal. And his birth was widely celebrated within the...Read More
The rise of Buddhism in Tibet is very contradictory, but many sources say that the first official introduction of Buddhist scriptures into Tibet occurred during the reign of the 28th King of the Yarlung Kingdom (about 500 AD). This book was not translated into Tibetan until the reign of King Songtsen Gambo (b. 617), the...Read More
Long before, Buddhism came into Tibet, Tibetans followed the Local Bon religion, a type of Shamanism. which brought from Shang-shung kingdom, Present day Ngari Prefecture. About Bon religion see here detail. During reign of 28th king Lha thothori Nyantsen, Few Indian missionary came with sacred Buddhist scripture to his court. which nobody understand meaning inside....Read More
Bon spirituality has gone through three distinct phased which includes old Bon, Yungdrung Bon, and New Bon. Yungdrung doctrine, or otherwise known as Eternal Bon, is dedicated to perpetuating the teachings of their founder Tonpa Shenrab Miwoche, who occupies a preeminent position in Bon culture similar to that of Sakyamuni in Buddhism. The teachings and...Read More
The teachings of Bön Sect were firmly established in Zhang-Zhung, an autonomous state with its own language, literature, and culture before the 7th century. The state was divided into three sections known as the “Three Doors”: inner (Phugpa), outer(Gopa), and middle (Barpa). The Olmo Lung Ring is the inner door, Tazik is the middle door,...Read More
Originating in 1409, the Geluk Sect, the latest sect of Tibetan Buddhism, is formed during the process of the Reformation held by Je Tsongkhapa, a famous reformer in the history of Tibetan Buddhism in the 15th century. He was born at the age when the Jangchup Gyaltsen took the place of the Sakya sect. At...Read More
