Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lamaism

1 sense of lamaism

Sense 1
Lamaism, Tibetan Buddhism -- (a Buddhist doctrine that includes elements from India that are not Buddhist and elements of preexisting shamanism)
       => Buddhism -- (the teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct and wisdom and meditation releases one from desire and suffering and rebirth)