PPT-Introducing Tibetan Buddhism

Chapter 8 Tibetan Buddhism as practical religion Main topics covered Introduction Practical religion in Indian Buddhism Practical religion in Tibet Lamas monks and monasteries as fields of karma. Tibetan Buddhists for centuries have planted these flags outside their homes and places of spiritual practice for the wind to carry the beneficent vibrations across the countryside. Prayer flags are said to bring happiness, long life and prosperity to the flag planter and those in the vicinity. Dharma prints bear traditional Buddhist symbols, protectors and enlightened beings. As the Buddhist spiritual approach is non-theistic, the elements of Tantric iconography do not stand for external beings, but represent aspects of enlightened mind i.e. Chapter 6:. Ethics and Tibetan Buddhism. Main topics covered. Introduction. Bases for Buddhist ethics. Alternative moral dimensions in Tibetan Buddhist society. Historical dimensions. Key points 1. Chapter . 7:. Lamas and . other religious practitioners. Main topics covered. Lamas and lay practitioners. The two propagations of the teachings. Hereditary lamas. Visionary lamas (. tertön. ). Reincarnate lamas. Engagements with Social Justice: . A . comparison . between . exiled . Tibetan Buddhists . in . Dharamsala. . and . Dalit. Buddhists of . Pune. .. Tamsin. Bradley & Zara Ramsay. Focus on two Indian locations: . . Dalai Lama is the head monk of Tibetan Buddhism and traditionally has been responsible for the governing of Tibet, until the Chinese government took control in 1959. There have been only 14 Dalai Lamas in the history of Buddhism, and the first and second Dalai Lamas were given the title . Exile. Dr. . Tsering. . Tsamchoe. Central Council of Tibetan Medicine, . Dharamsala. , India. Homage to Medicine Buddha. With Compassion, serves all the sentient beings,. ”O Enlightened One”. Mere hearing your name, . http://. www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9YaFOGFdnI. 7:28 Instrumental Tibetan Music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSD3tDoWNQ8. Om Mani Padme Hum. http. ://. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DctQTDm-HdU. The Yogis of Tibet . Chapter 5:. Tibetan Buddhism as a system of knowledge. Main topics covered. . Introduction. Basic understandings of the universe. The Indian monastic universities, their curriculum and its adoption by the Tibetans. What is it?. Monks?. Bald dudes?. Orange clothes and beads?. Temples. This crazy thing called ‘enlightenment’?. That guy with the big belly?. Origins. India: spreading through Asia: 6. th. - 8. th. One of the world’s most complex religions. Tibetan Buddhism. It borrows from many faiths.. It is practiced at many levels.. It evolves.. It has no definitive canon of scriptures. . It has many branches and spokespersons. . Chapter 2:. The development of Buddhism in Tibet. Main topics covered. . Indian Buddhism and the transmission of Buddhism to Tibet. The establishment of Buddhism in Tibet and the development of the main Buddhist traditions of Tibet. Chapter . 8:. Tibetan Buddhism as . practical religion. Main topics covered. Introduction. Practical . religion . in Indian Buddhism. Practical . religion . in Tibet. Lamas, monks and monasteries as fields of karma. Chapter 12:. Tibetan Buddhism today . and tomorrow. Main . topics covered. Introduction. Tibetan Buddhism in the People’s Republic of China. Tibetan Buddhism in the Himalayas and the Tibetan . diaspora. Miriam E. Cameron, PhD, RN. , . Graduate Faculty, Lead Faculty, Yoga & Tibetan Medicine Focus Area: . camer008@umn.edu. . Tenzin Namdul, PhD, Tibetan Medicine Doctor. , and Graduate Faculty: . namdu@umn.edu.