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White Tara is known as the female
Buddha of
longevity. White
Tara, also called "the Mother of all Buddhas" is the perfect embodiment of graceful power,
wisdom, and
purity.
As with Tara's expressions in the other five colors, the vibrations of white color express the specific energy of White Tara.
The Viability of the White Tara
In this portion, we are going to gab about the viability of the White Tara. After that, we will learn about .
Dalai Lama and Tsangyang Gyatso were born in 1683. The Sixth Dalai
Lama and Tsangyang Gyatso were perhaps the most popular Dalai Lama. The discovery of Tsangyang Gyatso was kept a secret by the regent
Desi Sangye Gyatso until the
construction of the
Potala Palace was complete.
Tsangyang Gyatso was in no way a model of his predecessor The Great Fifth. Tsangyang Gyatso enjoyed the life of a layman and is best known for his .
Buddhism in
Tibet started in the sixth century. It was transmitted by the great
Buddhist teacher of
India for the next eight years.
Tibetan Buddhism begins with
Bon. The Bon
religion of Tibet was animistic and shamanistic, and
elements of it live on today, to one degree or another, in
Tibetan Buddhism.
Introduction of Buddhism In Tibet
When Buddhism was introduced into Tibet in the seventh century under
King Songtsen Gampo, it was apparently centered in the .
Drepung Loseling Monastery is located in
Tibetan Colony,
Mundgod,
Karnataka India. There are over 5,000
celibate monks, with around 3,000 at
Drepung Loseling and some 2,000 at Drepung Gomang. Hundreds of new
monks are admitted each year, many of them
refugees from
Tibet.
Drepung in Tibet was modeled after the great
monasteries of Classical
Buddhist India, namely,
Nalanda and
Vikramalashila, and was an institution dedicated to the intense
study of the
traditional Buddhist arts and sciences.
History of Drepung Loseling
Monastery
Drepung .
The actual origin of the
Thangka paintings has been a subject of confusion. Some stories claim that
Thangka originated from
Tibet, some claim that they have been originated from
Nepal, while some claim from
India.
Is it Nepal?
Though
Thangka painting is believed to be painted in Tibet at first the real origin is from Nepal. It is because during the reign of
King Songtsen Gampo in 6th century he invited
artists from Nepal to paint the .
