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Tibetan Buddhist Monastery

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Tibetan Buddhist Monastery
Tibetan Buddhist Monastery
Tibetan Buddhist Monastery
Tibetan Buddhist Monastery
Tibetan Buddhist Monastery
Tibetan Buddhist Monastery
Tibetan Buddhist Monastery
Tibetan Buddhist Monastery
Tibetan Buddhist Monastery
Tibetan Buddhist Monastery
Tibetan Buddhist Monastery
Tibetan Buddhist Monastery
Tibetan Buddhist Monastery
Tibetan Buddhist Monastery
Tibetan Buddhist Monastery
Phone:
+91 89060 65323

Address:
Mirik, Darjeeling, India

Tibetan Buddhism is the form of Buddhist doctrine and institutions named after the lands of Tibet, but also found in the regions surrounding the Himalayas and much of Central Asia. It derives from the latest stages of Indian Buddhism and preserves the Tantric status quo of eighth-century India. It has been spread outside of Tibet, especially due to the Mongol power of the Yuan dynasty , founded by Kublai Khan, that also ruled China. Tibetan Buddhism applies Tantric practices, especially deity yoga, and aspires to Buddhahood or the rainbow body. Tibetan Buddhism in Tibet has four major schools, namely Nyingma, Kagyu, Sakya and Gelug . The Jonang is a smaller school, and the Rimé movement is an eclectic movement involving the Sakya, Kagyu and Nyingma schools. Among the prominent proponents of Tibetan Buddhism are the Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama, the leaders of Gelug school in Tibet.
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