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**__ Tibetan Buddhism __**  By Won Woo Jung and Habin An    http://dalailamafilm.com/images/dalai_lama.JPG http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3236/2942043552_6bc83e9826_z.jpg

** - Tibetan buddhism is a branch of buddhism ** ** - It is much more similar to the indian branch than of the chinese buddhist branch. **
 * - They have a political leader called the ‘Lamas’ **
 * - Buddhism became a major religion in Tibet, at the end of the 8th century. **
 * - Trisong Detsen (Tibetan King) brought Buddhist ideas from India into Tibet, and translated the sacred texts into tibetan. **
 * - Lama = teacher, like a monk, married people can be Lama’s. **
 * - Practice rituals and believe in the stage of life and death. **
 * - Tibetan book of death. Not actually translated into this, real meaning: Great Liberation through hearing during the intermediate State. **
 * -This book deals with a person that experiences rebirth and death. **
 * - The Dalai Lama disagrees with Dorje Shugden’s practices. The Dalai Lama discribes him as evil. **

__ Sky Burial __ **- Many other burials such as tree burial (children), earth burial (diseases, killed by murderers), water burial (low status people), cremation and Stupa burial (For high lamas).** **- When a person dies, the person is shaped into a sitting position and is wrapped with white Tibetan cloth.** **- Lamas do worshipping.** **- Family members choose the day when the dead person should be buried.** **- Lamas chant sutras at the body to release sins, also uses smoke to attract condors.** **- If condors eat all of the dead body, it shows that the person has no sins, however if there are leftovers, the Lamas would chant sutras to redeem the sins.** **- Condors are holy birds.** http://www.prlog.org/11355670-tibet-sky-burial.jpg

__BBC Video of TIbetan Buddhism:__ media type="youtube" key="FdDT7d-svJc" height="315" width="560" **Sources:** **[]**  ** [|http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/buddhism/subdivisions/tibetan_1.sh] ** Tibetan Buddhism: Just for an idea of Tibet Buddhism []
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