..续本文上一页aking, both Chinese and Tibetan schools are of Mahayana Buddhism, there is not much difference between them. However, I do wish Chinese Buddhism will not limit its teachings within monasteries from now on. Instead, we should create more opportunities to propagate Buddhism among ordinary people and at universities.

　　Many Han Chinese are very pious these days, but may be a little superficial.

　　Question: Would you please briefly describe the current state of religious beliefs in the Tibetan region. For example, Are there any conflicts between Buddhism and other religions

　　 There are also many different schools within the Tibetan Buddhism, are there conflicts amongst them

　　Answer: There have been very few religions other than Buddhism in the Tibetan area. The number is very minimal in recent years. For instance, there might have been a few Christian families in my hometown. However, there are basically none now. Some Tibetans in Gansu province are Islamic. But the number is not particularly large. Therefore, other religions have not been that popular in the Tibetan region till this date.

　　As for Buddhism, it has started to prosper in Tibet since 333A.D. The Tibetan Buddhism has been through its ups and downs in history such as the time of the anti-Buddhist King Langdarma, but the pure lineage of Buddhism has been preserved intact and has attracted many foreign scholars to come here and study.

　　There are eight major schools within the Tibetan Buddhism, including Gelug, Nyingma, Sakya, Kagyu, and Jonang. In the past, there was a little discord in some inpidual places due to different schools of teaching. But nowadays all these schools get along very well. They all recognize the path of practice begins with the initial vow of Bodhichitta, followed by accumulating merits during the process, and eventually attains Buddhahood. Therefore, we can say that there are no major conflicts among different schools with respect to their primary doctrines.

　　6. Questions: We are Tibetan students at Shandong university, and are very grateful Khenpo could come here to teach us the Buddhadharma. We also thank the university very much for providing this opportunity. We are very, very excited!

　　There are more than 90 Tibetan students on this campus. There are fewer than that here today, for the news was not released until this afternoon. I heard about it when I was in class. I cannot ride the bike very well normally. But today I practically “flew” over here on the bike. I was going to bring a khata from my dormitory. But there was not enough time, so I did not bring any.

　　We came to know you primarily through internet. We were moved deeply after watching many of your videos on life-release and others. I have also been studying videos of your teachings. Please tell us what we should pay attention to while we are attending colleges in Han area

　　In addition, we Tibetan students are very enthusiastic about learning Buddhadharma on internet. We are very serious about this and work hard. May we ask Khenpo to post more videos in Tibetan language on the web for us to study

　　 If not, there are just too few means for us to study.

　　Answer: It is not easy at all for you to come to a strange place as a stranger in order to pursue your study. Therefore you must seek the truth and study the best of the Han Chinese culture while you are here and do not waste your time

　　As I just mentioned, Shandong is the birthplace of Confucianism, and Confucianism has been the main stream culture in Han area for thousands of years, similar to Buddhism in Tibetan area. Not too long ago, I gave a talk at a university in Qinghai and I stated that many Tibetan college students nowadays do not pay much attention to their own traditional culture – Buddhism. I have also been to ma…

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