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Tibetan Buddhism in Latin America

Frank Usarski (1) Email author (usarski@pucsp.br)

1. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Religião, Pontifical University of São

Paulo, , São Paulo, Brazil

Living reference work entry

First Online: 02 May 2018
Received: 15 January 2018
Accepted: 13 April 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08956-0_94-1

Introduction

The term “Tibetan Buddhism” refers to the form of Buddhism that emerged in Tibet
and in neighboring regions posterior to the establishment of the South and Southeast
Asian Theravada tradition and the East-Asian Mahayana. Its early development falls in
the so-called “first dissemination” period (seventh to ninth centuries) in which the
Buddhist school Nyingmapa evolved. During the “second dissemination” period (from
the eleventh century onward), the lineages Sakyapa, Kagyupa, and Gelugpa were
founded. The actual heterogeneity of Tibetan Buddhism exceeds this fourfold
subdivision. Besides further internal ramifications, for example, within the Kagyupa-
school, and the “nonsectarian” Rimed movement founded in the nineteenth century as
a universalistic Buddhist path, there are lamas whose religious repertoire reflects their
former spiritual training across clearly defined school boundaries. Furthermore, due to
the forced globalization of Tibetan Buddhism resulting from the...

Keywords
Tibetan Buddhism Latin America Buddhist networks Religious conversion
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