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Religious Traditions Main Page

Principal Divisions, Regions & Types of Buddhism:
Tibetan:
--- Gelug
--- Jonang
--- Kagyu & sub-schools
--- Nyingma & sub-schools
--- Sakya & sub-schools
--- Zhije & Chod
- Himalayan & Related Regions:
--- Bhutanese (Himalayan)
--- Nepalese
--- Himalayan (North India, East Indian)
--- Mongolia
--- Newar
--- Ladakh
--- Sikhim
- Glossary: Tibetan Buddhist Traditions
- Others...

Videos:
- Four Traditional Ways of Classifying Buddhist Traditions
- Five Schools of Tibet

The Three Yanas (Vehicles or Paths): Outline
1. Foundational (Hinayana) Buddhism
2. Mahayana Buddhism
3. Vajrayana Buddhism

Subjects, Topics & Types:
- Buddhism Explanation (below)
- Cosmology
- Deities: Categories & Divisions
- Hats & Protectors, Identifying Religious Traditions
- Shakyamuni Buddha
- Old School (Nyingma) of Tibetan Buddhism
- New Schools (Sarma) of Tibetan Buddhism
- Buddhist Religious System of Tibet (Outline)
- Four Schools of Tibetan Buddhism
- Five Schools of Tibet
- Religious Traditions: Tibet (Outline)
- Religious Traditions (Outline)
- Common Buddhist Symbol Sets (Outline)
- Buddhist Number Sets & Lists
- Tibet Maps Index
- Tibetan Influences on Buddhism
- Secrecy & Himalayan Art
- Bibliography
- Masterworks
- Confusions
- Others...

Buddhism is the dominant religion in many regions of the Himalayas, Tibet, Bhutan, Mongolia, China, and areas of Southern Siberia such as Buryatia and Tuva. Although initially derived from India the Buddhism of the Himalayas, Tibet and Central Asia can vary tremendously from region to region.

Jeff Watt [updated 6-2017]

(The images below are only a selection of examples from the links above).