Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Tibetan Muslims, also known as the Khache (Tibetan: ཁ་ཆེ་, lit. ' Kashmiris '), are Tibetans who adhere to Islam. [3] [5] Many are descendants of Kashmiris, Ladakhis, and Nepalis who arrived in Tibet in the 14th to 17th centuries. [6] There are approximately 5,000 Tibetan Muslims living in China, [2] over 1,500 in India, [3] and 300 ...
Religion is extremely important to the Tibetans and has a strong influence over all aspects of their lives. [19] Bön is the ancient religion of Tibet, but nowadays the major influence is Tibetan Buddhism, a distinctive form of Mahayana and Vajrayana, which was introduced into Tibet from the Sanskrit Buddhist tradition of northern India. [20]
The dominant religion in Tibet is Tibetan Buddhism; other religions include Bön, an indigenous religion similar to Tibetan Buddhism, [14] Islam, and Christianity. Tibetan Buddhism is a primary influence on the art, music, and festivals of the region. Tibetan architecture reflects Chinese and Indian influences.
Tibet has national literature that has both religious, semi-spiritual and secular elements. While the religious texts are well-known, Tibet is also home to the semi-spiritual Gesar Epic, which is the longest epic in the world and is popular throughout Mongolia
The Mahdi is the greatest teacher, the Messiah of the Islamic World, and the Maitreya of Buddhism. Makhdoom: Marabout: A spiritual teacher of Islam as it is taught in the West Africa and Maghreb, The word comes from the Berber concept of Saint. The "marabout" is known as "Sayyed" (سيد) to the Arabic speaking Maghribians. Marja
During the 1630s Tibet was deeply entangled in rivalry, evolving power struggles and conflicts, not only between the Tibetan religious sects but also between the rising Manchus and the various rival Mongol and Oirat factions, who were also vying for supremacy amongst themselves and on behalf of the religious sects they patronised. [134]
The ethnic Tibetans, comprising 86.0% of the population, [40] mainly adhere to Tibetan Buddhism and Bön, although there is an ethnic Tibetan Muslim community. [41] Other Muslim ethnic groups such as the Hui and the Salar have inhabited the region. There is also a tiny Tibetan Christian community in eastern Tibet.
It integrated the architectural styles of Tibet, Tang dynasty of China, Nepal, and India, and has become a model of Tibetan religious architecture for thousands of years. Tsurphu Monastery was founded by Düsum Khyenpa, 1st Karmapa Lama (1110–1193) in 1159, after he visited the site and laid the foundation for an establishment of a seat there ...