Vajrayana
the tantric vehicle of Buddhism, carried in the Tibetan schools and in Japanese Shingon, joining Mahayana philosophy to ritual, mantra, and visualization.
Under: Buddhist (tradition)
History of Worldviews
- Life of the Buddha; c. 563–483 BCE (traditional); c. 480–400 BCE (scholarly)
- Padmasambhava arrives in Tibet; 747
- Nalanda at its height; c. 8th–9th century
- Atisha arrives in Tibet; 1042
- Destruction of Nalanda; c. 1193
- Tsongkhapa founds Ganden Monastery; 1409
- Dalai Lama flees Tibet; 1959
- Dalai Lama awarded Nobel Peace Prize; 1989