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Longchen Rabjam, he is often cited as one of the two "omniscient ones" of the Ancient Translation School, the Ngagyur Nyingma (snga 'gyur rnying ma). Said to

Eminence Garchen Rinpoche was born in 1936 in Nangchen, Kham in Eastern Tibet. He is a Drikung Kagyu lama who was known in the thirteenth century as the

ravisher's eyes, owl evil rakshasa [IW] bod khams gling dgu - Nine regions of Tibet and Kham: The Regions of Jewel Light (rin chen 'od kyi gling) are the three

with Karmapa's wish, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche left his monastery in eastern Tibet and crossed over the Himalayan Mountains into neighboring Nepal where he

the Sangha in central Tibet during a five year reign. During his brief reign, he almost succeeded in eradicating Buddhism in Tibet. assassinated by Palgyi

stream of Geluk dharma, and Tibetan administration of the Tibetan government Tibet completely kha lo sgyur ba'i lam lugs de first built this monastery's Gandan

Mani and is located in the Serchu district of Eastern Tibet. It is one of the largest and most ancient collections of mani stones in the world, and many great

of the four ancient Tibetan families. He was trained in both the Nying-ma and Gelug Buddhist schools. In his 20s, he traveled to central Tibet, where he

the great Kumbum Chörten at Chung Riwoche, Tibet; established the monastery of Derge Gönchen in Eastern Tibet; and is considered to be the father of Tibetan

Sautrantika-Madhyamaka who visited Tibet and defeated the Chinese monk Ha-Shang in debate. Disciple of Shantarakshita and invited to Tibet by King Trisong Deutsen

tsadra.org/ for more upcoming features. སྤུར་རྒྱལ Tibet [IW] ancient name of tibet [JV] old name for Tibet [RY]

- Sherab Ling monastery The Tibet Map Institute Maps & social data (Columbia University) Early Paintings from Central Tibet Himalayan Art Resources: Largest

language of Kapistan in which the B"n "royal-rabs," a history of kings of Tibet was compiled; 2) Spondias magnifera, the hog-plum; 3) Pentaptira tomentosa

from all Tibetan traditions of Buddhism. Born, brought up and educated in Tibet, he went on to become the Vajramaster (rdo rje slob dpon) of H.H. the 16th

Rebirth as a god or human being. [RY] Upper Tibet [LW1] [RY] Upper, Lower and Middle districts of Tibet and Kham [LW1] [RY] Urgeh, see Translator's Introduction

scholars and masters, which were systematically documented and preserved in Tibet. Tibet’s extensive literature contains fully developed branches of knowledge

particular, he regards the doctrines of karma and rebirth to be features of ancient Indian civilisation and not intrinsic to what the Buddha taught. Buddhism

name of the scrolls representing the ancient tradition of elemental divination which were originally introduced to Tibet by Princess Wencheng in the seventh

rtsis) A synonym for elemental divination ('byung rtsis), which includes the ancient system of Chinese divination (rgya rtsis rnying ma) based on the relationships

mkhar). [ZL] [RY] Gampo Mountain (sgam po ri). Lord Gampopa's seat in Central Tibet. [RY] Gampo Norbu Gyenpa. (sgam po nor bu rgyan pa). The principal pupil