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Tibetan astrology (Tibetan: དཀར་རྩིས, Wylie: dkar rtsis) is a traditional discipline of the Tibetan peoples that has influence from both Chinese astrology and Hindu astrology. Tibetan astrology is one of the 'Ten Sciences' (Wylie: rig-pa'i gnas bcu; Sanskrit: daśavidyā) in the enumeration honoured by this cultural tradition. [1]
Good Life, Good Death: Tibetan Wisdom on Reincarnation, (with Gini Alhadeff and Mark Magill, foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, introduction by Robert Thurman), Riverhead Books, 2001, ISBN 1-57322-196-1 [43] The Tara Box: Rituals for Protection and Healing From the Female Buddha (with Brenda Rosen), New World Library, 2004, ISBN 1-57731-461-1
Rinpoche strongly supported the Dorje Shugden religious practice, [11] [12] prohibited in 1996 by the Central Tibetan Administration, and was a critical voice advocating for the separation of politics and religion which is a feature of Tibetan Buddhism. [13] He was known for his advice against the self-immolation protests by Tibetans in China.
According to Khenpo Jikphun (i.e., Jigme Phuntsok) (the only living Tibetan Master I know of who openly and frequently teaches Longchenpa's entire range of Great Perfection writings to a monastic congregation in general), the natural teaching order of The Seven Treasuries is to begin with YZD, which extensively teaches the lower Buddhist and ...
The Thirty-Five Confession Buddhas are a common subject depicted in Himalayan Buddhist paintings and sculpture. There are at least three different iconographic systems for depicting the Thirty-Five Buddhas, based on the different descriptions found in ritual texts and commentaries by different authors including Nagarjuna, [nb 1] Sakya Paṇḍita, Jonang Tāranātha and Je Tsongkhapa.
Rinpoche, also spelled Rimpoche (Tibetan: རིན་པོ་ཆེ ་, Wylie: rin po che, THL: Rinpoché, ZYPY: Rinboqê), is an honorific term used in the Tibetan language. It literally means "precious one", and may refer to a person, place, or thing—like the words "gem" or "jewel" ( Sanskrit : Ratna ).
Mo (Tibetan: མོ་, Wylie: mo), is a form of divination that is part of the culture and religion of Tibet. The Tibetan people consult Mo when making important decisions about health, work or travel. [1] Mo employs dice and there are books written by various lamas on interpretations for the casting of dice.
There are several types of horoscopes used in this religion, including a birth horoscope, a life forecast, an annual horoscope, a marriage horoscope, and a death horoscope. [1] When casting the death horoscope, Tibetan Buddhists place great importance on the corpse, especially within the first three days following its death. [ 2 ]