Sengeshong Magotsang stupa, Tibet

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Tibetan Buddhism is a physique of Buddhist religious doctrine as well as institutions characteristic of Tibet as well as certain regions of a Himalayas, including northern Nepal, Bhutan, as well as India (particularly in Arunachal Pradesh, Ladakh, Dharamsala, Lahaul as well as Spiti in Himachal Pradesh, as well as Sikkim). It is additionally practiced in Mongolia as well as tools of Russia (Kalmykia, Buryatia, as well as Tuva) as well as Northeast China.

It includes a teachings of a 3 vehicles of Buddhism: a Foundational Vehicle, Mahayana, as well as Vajrayana.

In a arise of a 1959 Tibetan uprising, a Tibetan diaspora has done Tibetan Buddhism some-more at large permitted to a rest of a world. Tibetan Buddhism has given spread to most Western countries, where a convention has gained popularity.

"The figure of a stupa represents a Buddha, crowned as well as sitting in imagining posture upon a lion throne. His climax is a tip of a spire; his head is a square at a spire's base; his physique is a vase shape; his legs have been a four steps of a lower terrace; as well as a base is his throne.
Five purified elements
Although not described in any Tibetan content upon stupa symbolism, it has been insincere that a stupa represents a 5 purified elements:[3]

The square base represents earth
The hemispherical dome/vase represents water
The conical spire represents glow
The top lotus parasol as well as a crescent moon represents air
The object as well as a dissolving indicate represents a component of space.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupa