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- The philosophical tradition of Nalanda was particularly influential in Tibetan Buddhism. The 14th Dalai Lama has said: "To understand Buddhism in Tibet, we must trace its roots back to the Buddha through the Nalanda masters." He states that the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism are based on the Nalanda tradition.
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It was after Sambhota's first return from Nalanda that the Tibetan king adopted Buddhism and committed to making it the religion of his people. [79] Tibetan monks lived closer to Nepal, Sikkim and eastern India, with simpler travel itineraries than the Koreans and others.
The philosophical tradition of Nalanda was particularly influential in Tibetan Buddhism. The 14th Dalai Lama has said: "To understand Buddhism in Tibet, we must trace its roots back to the Buddha through the Nalanda masters."
The last throne-holder of Nalanda, Shakyashribhadra, fled to Tibet in 1204 CE at the invitation of the Tibetan translator Tropu Lotsawa (Khro-phu Lo-tsa-ba Byams-pa dpal). In Tibet , he started an ordination lineage of the Mulasarvastivadin lineage to complement the two existing ones.
Bihar. Nalanda, ancient university and Buddhist monastic centre southwest of Bihar Sharif in central Bihar state, northeastern India. Nalanda’s traditional history dates to the time of the Buddha (6th–5th centuries bce) and Mahavira, the founder of the Jaina religion.
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Oct 1, 2021 · Most of the information on the functioning of Nalanda as a university—its student strength, curriculum and buildings—comes from Chinese and Tibetan texts, which also emphasise the purity of its...
May 23, 2020 · A Tibetan monk Dharmasvamin visited Nalanda in 1235 CE. He mentions that most of the buildings had been damaged and fallen into disrepair. Even then he found a 90-year-old teacher named Rahula Shribhadra was instructing a class of about 70 students.
Looking into the past, it provides an answer to what is actually meant by “Tibetan Buddhism.” From the Tibetan perspective, Tibetan Buddhism is not an innovation the Tibetans came up with, but the result of the faithful transmission of Indian scholastic Buddhism to the Land of Snows.
