Lamaism
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His days were spent with monkish tutors, in learning the Tantric texts of Lamaism and the complex religious ceremonials.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tibet is one of the world's last theocracies: its culture centres about its religion, Lamaism, a form of Buddhism which was brought up from India through the Himalayan passes in the 7th Century.
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In the 15th Century, through a shift in its priesthood which brought in a "Yellow" or reformed sect, Lamaism acquired a theocratic and infallible rule, divided between two men who both were Buddhas incarnate.
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Central to Arica's classroom work is a repertoire of exercises similar to the Audicon Plantar and loosely based on Zen Buddhism, Hinduism, Muslim Sufism and Tibetan Lamaism.
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The Buddhism treated of in this chapter does not include Lamaism, which being identical with the religion of Tibet and Mongolia is more conveniently described elsewhere.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Sir Charles Eliot
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