Buddhism’s Development
Tibetan Buddhist Encyclopedia is now 14 years old
Our Encyclopedia recently received a wonderful opportunity for a major renewal on its 14th birthday . After many years of growing our Encyclopedia had become bit slow and sometimes even decided not to answer when people knocked on the door.
A very big thank you and blessings to Dmytro Rudiy (rudiy.nl) for his great work in upgrading the server, website and all of the infrastructure and helping make TBE fast and reliable again for everyone!
We kindly ask our readers to help us cover the cost of this important upgrade and also help with the ongoing costs of keeping the Encyclopedia alive and freely available.
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OM AH HUM VAJRA GURU PADMA SIDDHI HUM 🙏🙏🙏
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Buddhism, as a long-running tradition thriving in many cultures and epochs of history, is of course complex. The traditional description of what Buddhism entails is to point to the three jewels, the Buddha, the Dharma (teachings), and the sangha (community). This formulation, the triranta, gives wide
scope to understand the phenomenon of Buddhism overall. The first element, the Buddha, was Gautama Siddhartha, an enlightened being. His Dharma, the second element, was his vision, and all the understandings that relate to it. This vision, a kind of personal liberation, continues to motivate
people as only a powerful utopia can. And his sangha, the third element, is the community of believers, who are traditionally grouped into separate groups of mendicants or settled recluses living separate from society. This style of living in tight-knit groups, primarily in monasteries, has had formidable staying power throughout history.