THROUGHOUT Asia, some 500 million people—including the Dalai Lama—practice Buddhism. An outgrowth of Hinduism, Buddhism accepts the central Hindu idea of reincarnation: every soul turns on a wheel ...

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A Tibetan thangka of Amithaba 18th century Painted with ground mineral pigment on cotton, with Amithaba with consort sitting on lotus throne to the centre, enclosed by four other Dhyani Buddhas with ...

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