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Episode 2.20 – The Era of Fragmentation

(Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Photo of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, built as the residence of the Fifth Dalai Lama) …

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Episode 2.19 – A Bull in a China Shop

(Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Image of Lhalung Palgyi Dorje, monk assassin of Langdarma) Tibet’s last Emperor, Langdarma, awoke forces beyond …

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Episode 2.18 – The Final Dharma King

(Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Photo of the bilingual treaty inscription in Lhasa, containing the terms of the peace treaty of …

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Episode 2.17 – Fragments of Knowledge

(Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Image of a Tibetan plant manuscript. Though dating from much later, Tibetan texts like this preserve …

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Tibetan Valley of the Kings

Episode 2.16 – The Sons of Trisong Detsen

(Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Photo of a site within Chongye Valley, the Tibetan “Valley of the Kings” where mounds containing …

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Bon founder Shenrap Miwo

Episode 2.15 – Bon and Bonpos

(Image credit: Wikimedia Commons. Mural showing the legendary Bon founder, Shenrap Miwo) The Bon religion is widely considered to be …

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Episode 2.14 – The Buddha’s Dharma

Buddhism is an ancient, rich and complicated religion. Today we cover its origins, development and core beliefs in order to …

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Samye Monastery

Episode 2.13 – The Second Dharma King

(Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Image of Samye Monastery, constructed in the late 8th century by Trisong Detsen) Trisong Detsen is …

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Episode 2.12 – The Snow Lion, Triumphant

(Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Painting of the flight of Chinese Emperor Xuanzong from his capital at the height of the …

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Episode 2.11 – The Buddhist Contention

(Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Statue of the Emperor Trisong Detsen) The young Tsenpo Trisong Detsen grapples with the aftermath of …

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