Sadly, I do not have a scanner so can't share the photo. I cut WG off before I got completely overloaded on the comparison of the SU-27 with the Raptor. If you would like more detailed information, I will happily ask him. But be careful what you wish for.
The early translation school relied upon Shantirakshita's combined yogachara and madhyamika system, so yes. According to this text here, it was the translation of a particular (most likely early) madhyamika text that apparently argued against yogachara did this system get called into question.
As far as the characterization of 'conquering leaders' vs. 'repressive regime' -- huh, wha-? No, that's not the case at all.
It's believed that Songsten Gampo's (617-650) Chinese wife brought Chinese Buddhism with her to Tibet in the late 7th century CE.
The nyingmas credit Padmasambhava with bringing tantric Buddhism to Tibet under Songsten Gampo's grandson, Trisong Deutsen (730-785), but the translation of Indian Buddhist texts didn't really get under way until Ralpacan (815-838).
The Bonpo priests who opposed Buddhism during Trisong Deutsen's reign were also unhappy about it durin Ralpacan's reign; two Bonpo ministers assassinated Ralpacan in 838 and installed his brother "Langdharma" as emperor. He banned Buddhism, burned the newly translated texts, and required Buddhist monks to return to lay life. The Uigyur state to the north collapsed during his reign, flooding Tibet with refugees. Already unstable and unpopular, Langdharma was assassinated, too.
Tibet fell apart into multiple feuding kingdoms for the next 400 years. In the 11th century, a prince of Tibet founded Ladakh, and then his grandson became a monk and studied under the famous Indian scholar Atisa in 1050. This was the first of the later translation schools (note the plural), though there wasn't a concerted effort to propagate Buddhism, teachings were mostly oral.
That family established a few little fiefdoms in western Tibet near Nepal, creating a kind of royal Buddhist lineage where teachings were passed on through the family, the Sakya clan.
Meanwhile, on the other side of former Tibet in eastern Kham, nyingma Buddhism continued.
In other parts of Tibet, Tibetans had to trek to India to get teachings on Buddhism, and these adventurers started the second sarma translation school, the Kagyud in the 11th century.
What happened next? The Mongols, everyone's favorite.
The Mongols burned Sakya and Kagyud Buddhist monasteries to the ground (the Kham monasteries fared a little better). The Mongol Köden sent a "surrender or else" command to the Sakyas who at the time seemed to be the largest sign of any leadership in Tibet. Tibet was annexed into the Mongol Yuan Dynasty.
By this point you have all kinds of Buddhist sects, following different traditions of texts that were translated at different periods. They fought each other for political power.
The Mongol family politics get very complicated, different relatives were parceled out different areas. One family member was in charge of Tibet, while Kublai Khan was given China, but then the guy in charge of Tibet died and Kublai Khan got both.
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The early translation school relied upon Shantirakshita's combined yogachara and madhyamika system, so yes. According to this text here, it was the translation of a particular (most likely early) madhyamika text that apparently argued against yogachara did this system get called into question.
As far as the characterization of 'conquering leaders' vs. 'repressive regime' -- huh, wha-? No, that's not the case at all.
It's believed that Songsten Gampo's (617-650) Chinese wife brought Chinese Buddhism with her to Tibet in the late 7th century CE.
The nyingmas credit Padmasambhava with bringing tantric Buddhism to Tibet under Songsten Gampo's grandson, Trisong Deutsen (730-785), but the translation of Indian Buddhist texts didn't really get under way until Ralpacan (815-838).
The Bonpo priests who opposed Buddhism during Trisong Deutsen's reign were also unhappy about it durin Ralpacan's reign; two Bonpo ministers assassinated Ralpacan in 838 and installed his brother "Langdharma" as emperor. He banned Buddhism, burned the newly translated texts, and required Buddhist monks to return to lay life. The Uigyur state to the north collapsed during his reign, flooding Tibet with refugees. Already unstable and unpopular, Langdharma was assassinated, too.
Tibet fell apart into multiple feuding kingdoms for the next 400 years. In the 11th century, a prince of Tibet founded Ladakh, and then his grandson became a monk and studied under the famous Indian scholar Atisa in 1050. This was the first of the later translation schools (note the plural), though there wasn't a concerted effort to propagate Buddhism, teachings were mostly oral.
That family established a few little fiefdoms in western Tibet near Nepal, creating a kind of royal Buddhist lineage where teachings were passed on through the family, the Sakya clan.
Meanwhile, on the other side of former Tibet in eastern Kham, nyingma Buddhism continued.
In other parts of Tibet, Tibetans had to trek to India to get teachings on Buddhism, and these adventurers started the second sarma translation school, the Kagyud in the 11th century.
What happened next? The Mongols, everyone's favorite.
The Mongols burned Sakya and Kagyud Buddhist monasteries to the ground (the Kham monasteries fared a little better). The Mongol Köden sent a "surrender or else" command to the Sakyas who at the time seemed to be the largest sign of any leadership in Tibet. Tibet was annexed into the Mongol Yuan Dynasty.
By this point you have all kinds of Buddhist sects, following different traditions of texts that were translated at different periods. They fought each other for political power.
The Mongol family politics get very complicated, different relatives were parceled out different areas. One family member was in charge of Tibet, while Kublai Khan was given China, but then the guy in charge of Tibet died and Kublai Khan got both.