Our meditation practice requires us to first analyze and understand the Dharma in order to integrate it into ourselves.

The Dalai Lama believes it is wrong to characterize a whole religion as bad because of the actions of a few mischievous people. This is true regarding Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism alike.

Outlines of similarities between Sufism and Buddhism go in the right direction concerning generalities, but need to be supplemented with detailed analyses of specific cases in order to avoid misunderstanding.

A comparative exploration of Buddhism and Christianity, Judaism and Islam, highlighting their similarities and differences in philosophy, ethics, spiritual practice and religious worldview.

Tibetan Buddhism, chiefly the Gelug tradition, spread among the Buryat, Tuvan and Kalmyk peoples in Siberia, Kalmykia and East Turkistan, adapting to local customs under Russian imperial and Soviet influence.

Tibetan Buddhism spread to Mongolia and the Uighurs through successive waves, from early Central Asian influences and the Sakya tradition under the Mongol Empire to the later establishment of the Gelug school with the Dalai Lamas, shaping monastic life, scholarship and culture throughout the region.