But he expressed bewilderment that many educated Americans and Europeans believed in lamaism and blindly supported the Dalai Lama's calls for greater autonomy.
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Its brand of Tibetan lamaism was brutally suppressed under communism, but since 1990 temples have been reopening and the ranks of novice monks are growing.
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In the West, it is commonly referred to as Lamaism, from the name of the Tibetan monks, the lamas ( " heavy with wisdom " ).
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TA . Lamaism got a strong foothold among the tribal groups as early as in the 7th century, where the Kachen Lama constructed the Lhagyala Gompa in Morshing.
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In 1895 Waddell published his book " Buddhism of Tibet or Lamaism ", which was one of the first works published in the west on Buddhism.
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The Qing government wanted to tie the Mongols to the empire and it was Qing policy to fuse lamaism with Chinese religious ideas insofar as Mongolian sentiment would allow.
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Through the efforts of Tibetan Buddhist missionaries from Tibet, a significant proportion have adopted the Gelugpa and Kagyu lineage of Lamaism, much of whom are those in Sichuan.
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In 1838, the four-way division of Christianity, Judaism, Lamaism, " religion of China and Japan, " and " illiterate superstitions " as others.
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Politics and religion are inextricably linked in Tibet, where the traditional culture based on a branch of Buddhism called Lamaism recognizes the exiled Dalai Lama as its head of state.
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In July 1911 a group of Khalkha nobles persuaded the Jebtsundamba Khutuktu, the head of Mongolian Buddhism ( Lamaism ), that Mongolia must declare its independence from the Qing dynasty.
