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820 languages in one country The article begins with a question regarding a country with the highest number of different languages. The author provides data according to which 820 among 6.912 known languages are spolen in Papua New Guinea. Further, he analyses the reasons of such a high number of languages. First, the island has been occupied by humans for more than 40,000 years, that means there was enough time for the languages spoken to grow and change. Second, the terrirory of the island is fragmented and whole villages become cut off by mountains, rivers or forest. Third, Continue reading...

Dalai Lama is a consciously reborn Lama, one of many so-called “thulku” lamas in Buddhism. He belongs to Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism, which, in turn, takes root in Mahayana tradition. Mahayana Buddhism originated between 100 BCE and 100 AD. It was the era of decline of the Buddhist teachings in India, that were later brought by Marpa, a famous translator and a Tibetan Buddhist “saint”, to the highlands of Tibet. Thus when we compare Indian and Tibetan Buddhism we generally juxtapose Hinayana tradition that prevailed in India and Mahayana teachings that were predominant in Tibet from the very Continue reading...