Tibetan Buddhism, also known as Tibetan Buddhism, or commonly known as Lamaism, is the branch of Buddhism that was introduced to Tibet, China. It belongs to the Northern Buddhism, and is one of the three major geographic systems of Buddhism, along with Chinese Buddhism and Southern Buddhism, and is categorized as Mahayana Buddhism, but is mainly characterized by its Tantric heritage.
Tibetan Buddhism does not have a Hinayana Buddhist heritage, and although there is a certain degree of influence from the Sermon on the Square and the Sutra on the formation of Tibetan Buddhism, the two are not the same in terms of Buddhist practice and precepts, and there is no direct and necessary relationship between the two. And from the point of view of Mahayana Buddhism, it is clear that Tibetan Buddhism Tantra and Mahayana Buddhism Hinayana Buddhism are relative to each other.
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The origins of Tibetan Buddhism can be traced back more than 1,800 years ago to the ancient Elephantine dynasty, when the prince of the ancient Elephantine, Khor Rao Miwor Rudraksha, the "white-blocked heavenly body" of Buddha's previous life (the "White-Blocked Heavenly Body"), was born to teach the Buddha. "In order to save all sentient beings, he compassionately taught "Ancient Xiangxiong Dharma", which is also known as "Yongzhongbenbo Dharma" (referred to as "the teachings"), and "Yongzhongbenbo Dharma" is a version of the Buddha's teachings as transmitted by Yogacara Miguel. The "Yonchung Benjamin" is the Rudraksha Dharma as transmitted by the Buddha.
Yongzhongbenjiao's Ganjur is in fact the origin and source of all Tibetan history, religion and culture, and is extremely valuable information for the study of ancient Tibetan civilization, which is also an important area that no Tibetan cultural researcher can circumvent. In July 2013, the Chinese translation project of the "Ancient Elephantine Dharma" has been listed as a key scientific research project of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
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