Tibetan Buddhism is the generic term applied to the form of Buddhism practiced not just in Tibet, but also in neighbouring Himalayan regions of Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Spiti, Lahul and Ladakh. Further afield, it is also practiced in Mongolia and the neighbouring Mongol regions of China (Inner Mongolia) and Russia (Tuva and Buryatia), as well as in the distant Kalmyk Republic by the shores of the Caspian Sea. Tibetan Buddhism also has an estimated ten to twenty million followers in Western Countries, and is exemplified for many by the person of the 14th Dalai Lama, living since 1959 in exile in Dharamsala, India. Its religious canon is in Tibetan, and its altruistic goal is to attain enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings, the vehicle for this purpose being a blend of Mahayana and Vajrayana teachings, Tantrism and a belief in reincarnation...

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