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The Tibetan Buddhist tradition has known over 13 ages of constant development. During that time, it includes spread on the list of neighboring peoples - the Mongol, Himalayan, and Siberian peoples, Manchus, and China. At its level is has been applied in areas as far western world as the Volga river and the east in Beijing. Its capacity for creative adaptation is confirmed by its recent growth in Europe and America. At the same time, it reaches the guts of politics contestation in ethnically Tibetan parts of China, while its best known exponent, the Dalai Lama, has become one of the very most admired religious leaders in the world today. But what does this religion teach? Precisely what is the positioning of the Dalai Lama, and exactly how will his succession be assured? Is it true that Tibetan Buddhism in completely suppressed in China? Scholar Matthew Kapstein offers a brief account giving an answer to these questions and more in this Very Short Introduction, in conditions that are accessible to students, standard readers, journalists, and other people who are interested to learn the most essential features of Tibetan Buddhist background, teachings, and practice.

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