Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s6.t10.30

v1.c7.s6.t10.30

In 7^th century CE, Buddhism spread from Mainland China, India and Nepal to Tibet. The Buddhism that emerged in Tibet was called Tibetan Buddhism. The philosophy of Tibetan Buddhism advocated the doctrine of Dependent Origination and the Emptiness of Nature of Madhyamaka of Mahayana Buddhism under the influence of Indian Buddhism. It was split into different sects such as *Nyingma Sect*, *Kadam Sect*, *Kagyu Sect*, *Sakya Sect* and *Gelug Sect* due to different doctrines, practices and regions. Among them, the *Gelug Sect* was the most influential and widespread sect. It embraced the philosophy of Dependent Origination and the Emptiness of Nature of Madhyamaka advocated by Nagarjuna and expounded on the doctrine of all existence in the universe being subject to conditions and all the things in conditional existence lacking intrinsic nature/existence (immortality), negating the truth of objective things and shedding light on the philosophy of desisting from ego and entrenched belief, dispelling ignorance and illusion and achieving immortality by embracing the doctrine of Dependent Origination and the Emptiness of Nature.