Lamaist

For many centuries, even millennia, much of the area has been protected either by being revered in Taoist and Lamaist religious traditions, or by inaccessibility

Huanglong National Scenic Area, China 2009

Later, in its Lamaist incarnation Buddhism entered China through Tibet and the Silk Road through Xinjiang to the Gansu corridor, carried by successive invading conquerors from the West, including the 13th century Mongols, the latest to rule by absolute force in tandem with Buddhist "compassion."

Tibet Has Never Been a Democracy 2008

Khubilai, for his part, favored Tibetan Lamaist Buddhism; 'Phags-pa (1238–80), the man who devised a script for the Mongolian language, was appointed Khubilai's imperial mentor and governor of Tibet, and later became a close confidante of the Great Khan.

1260 2001

Buddhist Lamaist 50\%, none 40\%, Shamanist and Christian 6\%,

The 2004 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Buddhist Lamaist 50\%, none 40\%, Shamanist and Christian 6\%, Muslim

The 2007 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Buddhist Lamaist 50\%, none 40\%, Shamanist and Christian 6\%, Muslim

The 2004 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Buddhist Lamaist 50\%, none 40\%, Shamanist and Christian 6\%,

The 2007 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Buddhist Lamaist 50\%, none 40\%, Shamanist and Christian 6\%,

The 2005 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Buddhist Lamaist 50\%, none 40\%, Shamanist and Christian 6\%, Muslim

The 2005 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

The site of Ulan Bator, along the caravan route between Russia and China, was settled in 1639 as a Lamaist monastery and named Da Khure.

Above the Clouds at Thirty Below 1944