IT IS THE YEAR 1050, THE TIBETAN MIDDLE AGES. AFTER A LONG REIGN BY BON-PO CLANS, WHO RULED THE LAND FROM LHASA, THE IMPERIAL SYSTEM HAD COMPLETELY DISINTEGRATED THE COUNTRY WAS BROKEN UP INTO MANY SMALL PARTS, RULED BY A NEW FEUDAL NOBILITY, EACH WITH ITS OWN FORTRESS.
Map of Tibet
AFTER TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF PERSECUTION OF BUDDHISM, PRACTICES OF MAGIC AND SUPERSTITION, MIXED WITH WHAT WAS REMEMBERED OF THE TANTRIC TEACHINGS OF PADMASAMBHAVA, WERE THE ONLY FORM IN WHICH RELIGION EXISTED. THE ARRIVAL OF THE FAMOUS MASTER ATISHA IN 1042 AND OTHER LEARNED MONKS FROM INDIA WAS THE START OF THE RENAISSANCE OF BUDDHISM IN TIBET. A GREAT PERIOD IN TIBETAN HISTORY BEGAN.


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