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In Tibet and throughout the greater Himalayan region, oracles have played, and continue to play, an important part in revelation, religion, doctrine, and prophecy. In Tibet, the Nechung Oracle and other oracles on occasion, have also played principal roles assisting governmental decision-making and providing intelligence on pressing matters of [[Sovereign state|State]and most importantly hidden security of the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet]. There are a number of oracular traditions within the Himalaya of which the Nechung is but one. The word "oracle" is used by Tibetans to refer to the spirit, deity, or entity - which in the Himalayan tradition is more appropriately rendered in English as "mindstream thoughtform" - that through temporary possession (or various styles of periodic or ongoing po

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  • In Tibet and throughout the greater Himalayan region, oracles have played, and continue to play, an important part in revelation, religion, doctrine, and prophecy. In Tibet, the Nechung Oracle and other oracles on occasion, have also played principal roles assisting governmental decision-making and providing intelligence on pressing matters of [[Sovereign state|State]and most importantly hidden security of the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet]. There are a number of oracular traditions within the Himalaya of which the Nechung is but one. The word "oracle" is used by Tibetans to refer to the spirit, deity, or entity - which in the Himalayan tradition is more appropriately rendered in English as "mindstream thoughtform" - that through temporary possession (or various styles of periodic or ongoing po
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  • In Tibet and throughout the greater Himalayan region, oracles have played, and continue to play, an important part in revelation, religion, doctrine, and prophecy. In Tibet, the Nechung Oracle and other oracles on occasion, have also played principal roles assisting governmental decision-making and providing intelligence on pressing matters of [[Sovereign state|State]and most importantly hidden security of the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet]. There are a number of oracular traditions within the Himalaya of which the Nechung is but one. The word "oracle" is used by Tibetans to refer to the spirit, deity, or entity - which in the Himalayan tradition is more appropriately rendered in English as "mindstream thoughtform" - that through temporary possession (or various styles of periodic or ongoing possession depending on the tradition) enters those men and women who act as media between the phenomenal natural world and the subtle spiritual realms. These media are, therefore, known as kuten, which literally means, "the physical basis". Post-possession may involve protracted convalescence and recovery for the kuten. The tulku of the institution of the Dalai Lama, consults the oracle known as the Nechung Oracle, which is considered the Official State Oracle of the government of Tibet. The Nechung was formerly a Nyingma tradition. He gives a complete description of the process of trance and possession in his book Freedom in Exile.
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