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scarletwoman

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1. When I was there, it appeared to closely parallel Tibetan Buddhism - same iconography.
Mon Apr 27, 2015, 02:18 PM
Apr 2015

At the time, I was with a Yoga group and did not know much about Tibetan Buddhism, which I went on to study much later.

I have no idea if the Buddhism in Nepal is also divided into the same schools as Tibetan Buddhism, but it probably wouldn't be too difficult to research.

The most lovely thing about Kathmandu is that both Hinduism and Buddhism were quite intermixed on the street - there were little shrines all over the place. Some with various Hindu deities and some with various Bodhisattvas.

There were also some practices that reflected a much older layer of indigenous Nepali spiritual traditions.

I wish I could tell you more, but it's been 33 years since I was there, and some of my memories have gotten foggy over time...

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