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Top: Society: Religion_and_Spirituality: Buddhism: Lineages: Tibetan
Please consider applying to become editor of one of the subcategories of the Tibetan Buddhism category. We very much need more editors familiar with Tibetan Buddhism.Submit sites pertaining to all aspects of Tibetan Buddhism. Please look at the subcategories and submit directly to the appropriate one where possible. Sites devoted to political or cultural issues may be sent to one of the following categories: Regional: Asia: China: Provinces and Regions: Tibet: Society and Culture Society: Issues: Human Rights and Liberties: Political Prisoners: Tibet Society: Issues: Secession: China: Tibet Society: Organizations: Student: Political: Students for a Free Tibet Society: Religion and Spirituality: Buddhism: Engaged Buddhism |
Because of Tibet's geographical isolation it preserved a distinct form of Buddhism. The roots of Tibetan Buddhism lie in the Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism of Northern India of the first millenium CE which was lost after the Moslem invasions. When that form of Buddhism was carried into Tibet, Tibetan translators took great care to be faithful to the original Indian texts, and thus preserved much that was being lost in the land where it originated.Buddhism spread in Tibet, and under royal patronage and the guidance, initially, of great teachers from India, became essentially the only religion in Tibet, with the exception being small groups of Bon practitioners, and a certain amount of folk religion.
This was the situation until the Chinese take-over of Tibet in 1959. Until that time, just as Tibet itself was an exotic, little known land, closed to most foreigners, so Tibetan Buddhism was more a subject of myth than of knowledge in the west. After the Chinese arrival, many Tibetan Buddhists left, going into neighboring Northern India, Sikkim, Nepal, and Butan. Through them, the Tibetan form of Buddhism made the return trip into the country of its origin, and then began a migration into the West.
Though identified with the name and culture of Tibet, this form of Buddhism is in fact, not striclty dependant on Tibetan culture as its only environment. Lineages once held exclusively by Tibetans are now being passed on to people of other national and ethnic backgrounds.
| Submit sites that contain material about Tibetan art. Do not include sites for merchants which should be submitted to the Merchandise category instead. |
Material about Tibetan art including images, reference material, and articles.
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Only submit sites that pertain specifically to the Bon tradition. |
Bon is acknowledged by H.H. the Dalai Lama as one of the five spiritual traditions of Tibet. Its origins date back before the advent of Buddhism in Tibet.
Publishers, distributors, and sellers of books about all aspects of Tibetan Buddhism.
| Submit sites as described above. Exceptions: sites for practice centers or monasteries should be submitted to the Centers and Monasteries category. |
Sites in this category represent groups and communities that promote, support, teach, and/or practice Tibetan Buddhism. These groups should be non-profit, and may be formally or informally organized.
Periodic publications such as magazines and newsletters, most in online format, having to do with Tibetan Buddhism.
Sites containing contemporary or traditional Tibetan Buddhist texts and teachings.
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Submit sites directly related to Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. |
Sites devoted to both contemporary and historic Tibetan Buddhist teachers, and collections of teachings.
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