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The Himalayas , or Himalaya , ( or ) are a ___MASK70___ range in Asia separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau . Rinpoche , also spelled Rimboche and Rinboqê , is an honorific term used in the Tibetan language . It literally means " precious one ", and may be used to refer to a person , place , or thing -- like the words " gem " or " jewel " ( ___MASK63___ " Ratna "). ___MASK97___ (. IAST : " ___MASK97___ ") is a ___MASK63___ term that connotes someone who is a " ___MASK47___ , guide , expert , or master " of certain knowledge or field . In pan - Indian traditions , " ___MASK97___ " is someone more than a ___MASK47___ , traditionally a reverential figure to the student , with the " ___MASK97___ " serving as a " counselor , who helps mold values , shares experiential knowledge as much as literal knowledge , an exemplar in life , an inspirational source and who helps in the spiritual evolution of a student ." The term also refers to someone who primarily is one ' s spiritual guide , who helps one to discover the same potentialities that the " ___MASK97___ " s already realized . Tibet ( Tibetan Pinyin : " boe ", ; / i t  s¹ /) is a region on the Tibetan Plateau in Asia . It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpa , Qiang , and Lhoba peoples and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han Chinese and Hui people . Tibet is the highest region on Earth , with an average elevation of . The highest elevation in Tibet is Mount Everest , Earth ' s highest ___MASK70___ , rising 8 , 848 m ( 29 , 029 ft ) above sea level . The Gelug , Gelug - pa , dGe Lugs Pa , dge - lugs - pa or Dgelugspa is the newest of the schools of Tibetan Buddhism . It was founded by Je Tsongkhapa ( 1357  1419 ), a ___MASK40___ and Tibetan religious leader . The first monastery he established was named Ganden , and to this day the Ganden Tripa is the nominal head of the school , though its most influential figure is the Dalai Lama . Allying themselves with the Mongols as a powerful patron , the Gelug emerged as the pre - eminent Buddhist school in Tibet since the end of the 16th century . The Nyingma tradition is the oldest of the four ___MASK17___ schools of Tibetan Buddhism ( the other three being the Kagyu , Sakya and Gelug ). " Nyingma " literally means " ancient ," and is often referred to as Ngangyur (, " school of the ancient translations " or " old school ") because it is founded on the first translations of Buddhist scriptures from Sanskrit into Old Tibetan in the eighth century . The Tibetan alphabet and grammar was actually created for this endeavour . Buddhism ( or ) is a ___MASK8___ and dharma that encompasses a variety of traditions , beliefs and spiritual practices largely based on teachings attributed to the Buddha . Buddhism originated in India sometime between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE , from where it spread through much of Asia , whereafter it declined in India during the middle ages . Two ___MASK17___ extant branches of Buddhism are generally recognized by scholars : Theravada ( Pali : " The School of the Elders ") and ___MASK49___ ( Sanskrit : " The Great Vehicle "). Buddhism is the world ' s fourth - largest ___MASK8___ , with over 500 million followers or 7 % of the global population , known as Buddhists . The Sakya (" pale earth ") school is one of four ___MASK17___ schools of Tibetan Buddhism , the others being the Nyingma , Kagyu , and Gelug . It is one of the Red Hat sects along with the Nyingma and Kagyu . Rainbow Body is an orchestral composition by the American ___MASK10___ Christopher Theofanidis . It was commissioned by the Houston Symphony , which first performed the work in April 2000 under the ___MASK18___ Robert Spano . The piece is dedicated to the Texas lawyer and ___MASK33___ Glen Rosenbaum . " Rainbow Body " is one of Theofanidis ' s most - performed compositions and won the 2003 London Masterprize competition . In Buddhism , buddhahood (, or ) is the condition or rank of a buddha ( or , , Pali / ___MASK63___ for " awakened one "). ___MASK78___ (" chief " or " ___MASK6___ ") is a title for a ___MASK47___ of the " Dharma " in Tibetan Buddhism . The name is similar to the Sanskrit term " guru ". Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche ( Tibetan :             , Wylie : dpal ldan shes rab ) ( May 10 , 1938 - June 19 , 2010 ) was a scholar and ___MASK78___ in the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism . ___MASK63___ ( English pronunciation :; written in Devanagari ___MASK27___ ; : or ', originally ', " refined speech ") is the primary sacred language of Hinduism and " Mahyna " Buddhism , a philosophical language in Hinduism , Jainism , Buddhism and Sikhism . It was also a ___MASK51___ language that was in use as a " lingua franca " in ancient and medieval South Asia . It is a standardised dialect of Old Indo - Aryan , originating as Vedic ___MASK63___ and tracing its linguistic ancestry back to Proto - Indo - Iranian and Proto - Indo - European . Today it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand . As one of the oldest Indo - European languages for which substantial written documentation exists , ___MASK63___ holds a prominent position in Indo - European studies . Tibetan Buddhism is the body of Buddhist doctrine and institutions characteristic of Tibet , the regions surrounding the Himalayas and much of Central Asia . It derives from the latest stages of Indian Buddhism and preserves " the Tantric status quo of eighth - century India ." Tibetan Buddhism aspires to Buddhahood or rainbow body . Dharma (" dharma ", ; " dhamma ") is a key concept with multiple meanings in the Indian religions  Hinduism , Buddhism , Sikhism and Jainism . There is no single word ___MASK24___ for " dharma " in western languages .