This tradition uses genealogical charts called Merit Fields or Refuge Trees.
This tradition uses genealogical charts called Merit Fields or Refuge Trees. A key text of this faithlays out six states of consciousness called bardos. This tradition slowly merged with BÃ¶n and somebelievers etch words into mani stones to praise the compassionate entity Chenrezig. One honorific inthis tradition is (*) "Rinpoche." Devotional tasks in this faith include making detailed circular artworkwith colored sand. Many devotees follow the Gelug-pa, or Yellow Hat, sect of this tradition, which uses anon-Egyptian Book of the Dead, makes mandalas, and follows a leader who fled Potala Palace in 1959. For10 points, name this monastic tradition derived from Vajrayana and Mahayana, whose reincarnated leaderis the fourteenth Dalai Lama.
This tradition uses genealogical charts called Merit Fields or Refuge Trees.
Tibetan Buddhism [or Lamaism; prompt on "Vajrayana" until mention; prompt on "Buddhism" or "Mahayana"]