#buddhism #tibbat तिब्बत बुद्धिज़्म का हिमालयन बुद्धिज़्म पर अधिक प्रभाव || मलिंग गोम्बू, महासचिव इंडियन हिमालयन काउंसिल ऑफ नालंदा बुद्धिस्ट ट्रेडिशन से विशेष संवाद
Hinayana + bodhichitta + emptiness = Mahayana Hinayana + bodhichitta + emptiness + tantra = Vajrayana In Mahayana and Vajrayana, there are no gods or dieties. There are only enlightened beings and bodhisattvas. Gods and dities are English words. These words shouldn't be used when discribing buddhism. Those murtis we see in Mahayana and Vajrayana temples are murtis of enlightened beings and bodhisattvas. Most of those mutis with multiple hands and faces are just symbolic and not real. This is just my understanding.