Tibetan monasticism
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Tibetan monasticism
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Although there were many householder-yogis in Tibet, monasticism was the foundation of Buddhism in Tibet. There were over 6,000 monasteries in Tibet. However, nearly all of these were ransacked and destroyed by Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution. Most of the major monasteries have been at least partially re-established, while many others remain in ruins. Mongolian Buddhism derives from the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. In Mongolia during the 1920s, approximately one third of males wer
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Destruction of Tibetan monasteries
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan_monasticism
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2024-01-29T13:29:44Z
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