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Tibetan Buddhism is one of three major forms of Buddhism, in terms of regional culture as well as canonical language (see Tibetan canon). The other two would be Theravada, based on the Pali canon; and East Asian Buddhism, based on the Chinese Buddhist canon. Together with East Asian Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism forms part of a broader Mahayana tradition.

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  • Tibetan Buddhism is one of three major forms of Buddhism, in terms of regional culture as well as canonical language (see Tibetan canon). The other two would be Theravada, based on the Pali canon; and East Asian Buddhism, based on the Chinese Buddhist canon. Together with East Asian Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism forms part of a broader Mahayana tradition.
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  • Tibetan Buddhism is one of three major forms of Buddhism, in terms of regional culture as well as canonical language (see Tibetan canon). The other two would be Theravada, based on the Pali canon; and East Asian Buddhism, based on the Chinese Buddhist canon. Together with East Asian Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism forms part of a broader Mahayana tradition. Like other forms of Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhist tradition claims continuity with the teachings of Sakyamuni Buddha in India. These are said to have been transmitted to Tibet beginning in the 7th century, from which they spread to Mongolia and other Inner Asian lands from the 11th century. Most distinctively, the Tibetan canon includes not only sutras but also tantras. The former consist of the public teachings of a Buddha or bodhisattva; the latter are orally-transmitted esoteric rituals or meditation practices. All of these are found in a scriptural collection called the Kangyur. An accompanying collection called the Tangyur consists of voluminous commentarial treatises, many of them unique to Tibet. One important principle is that such teachings cannot be understood, and ought not to be practiced, without the guidance of a lama ("spiritual teacher" or "guru"). The number of adherents of Tibetan Buddhism is estimated to be between ten and twenty million. Besides Tibet, Tibetan Buddhism is also a traditional religion of Mongolia, as well as certain regions of the Himalayas with cultural affinities to Tibet. One of several religions supported by the courts of the Mongol Empire, Qing Dynasty, and Czarist Russia, Tibetan Buddhism functioned as the official religion of Mongolia and Tibet prior to the arrival of Communism; and remains the state religion of Bhutan.
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