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Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages

Five thousand religious, mystical, Indigenous and esoteric lineages from around the world — what they are, where they came from, and where to read more.

Source-linked and transparently qualified. Editorial standards and correction criteria are public.

Created and maintained by Ayara and Kyle Jonathan B@KJB_and_AYARA

Entries: 5,000
Candidate geography relations: 7,326
Candidate country vocabulary: 162

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Atlas 0854Institution-specific

Mahāsī vipassanā lineage

Buddhist Traditions Lineage / school

Public geography: Myanmar (Burma)
Period / origin: 20th century–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMyanmar (Burma)

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Atlas 0855Institution-specific

Pa-Auk meditation tradition

Buddhist Traditions Lineage / school

Public geography: Myanmar (Burma)
Period / origin: 20th century–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMyanmar (Burma)

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Atlas 0856Varies by lineage

Ledi Sayadaw vipassanā lineage

Buddhist Traditions Lineage / school

Public geography: Myanmar (Burma)
Period / origin: late 19th century–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMyanmar (Burma)

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Atlas 1255Initiatory

Myanmar Thudhamma Nikāya

Buddhist Traditions Order / organization

Public geography: Myanmar (Burma)
Period / origin: Konbaung-era consolidation–present
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesMyanmar (Burma)

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Atlas 1256Initiatory

Shwegyin Nikāya

Buddhist Traditions Order / organization

Public geography: Myanmar (Burma)
Period / origin: Founded 1860–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMyanmar (Burma)

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Atlas 1359Community-bound / restricted

Taungbyone Nat Festival

Southeast Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Myanmar (Burma)
Period / origin: Historically documented; living
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesMyanmar (Burma)

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Atlas 1360Varies by lineage

Burmese yadaya apotropaic practices

Southeast Asian Traditions Practice / discipline

Public geography: Myanmar (Burma)
Period / origin: Historically documented; contemporary practice reported
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMyanmar (Burma)

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Atlas 2228Institution-specific

International Meditation Centres in the U Ba Khin–Mother Sayamagyi tradition

Buddhist Traditions Order / organization

Public geography: Myanmar (Burma)
Period / origin: 1952–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMyanmar (Burma)

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Atlas 2229Varies by lineage

Mogok vipassanā tradition

Buddhist Traditions Lineage / school

Public geography: Myanmar (Burma)
Period / origin: mid-20th century–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMyanmar (Burma)

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Atlas 2230Varies by lineage

Sunlun vipassanā tradition

Buddhist Traditions Lineage / school

Public geography: Myanmar (Burma)
Period / origin: early 20th century–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMyanmar (Burma)

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Atlas 2231Varies by lineage

Shwe Oo Min meditation tradition

Buddhist Traditions Lineage / school

Public geography: Myanmar (Burma)
Period / origin: mid-20th century–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMyanmar (Burma)

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Atlas 2295Open / public

Myanmar traditional New Year Atā Thingyan

Southeast Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Myanmar (Burma)
Period / origin: living annual festival
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMyanmar (Burma)

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Atlas 2317Community-bound / restricted

Mount Popa nat devotion and festival tradition

Southeast Asian Traditions Religious tradition

Public geography: Myanmar (Burma)
Period / origin: historical site tradition; annual festival documented in 2020
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMyanmar (Burma)

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Atlas 2318Community-bound / restricted

Yadanagu Nat Festival

Southeast Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Myanmar (Burma)
Period / origin: living annual festival
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMyanmar (Burma)

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Atlas 2319Open / public

Thadingyut festival of lights

Southeast Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Myanmar (Burma)
Period / origin: living annual festival
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMyanmar (Burma)

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Atlas 2320Open / public

Tazaungdaing festival of lights

Southeast Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Myanmar (Burma)
Period / origin: living annual festival
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMyanmar (Burma)

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Atlas 2321Community-bound / restricted

Shinbyu novitiation rite

Southeast Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Myanmar (Burma)
Period / origin: longstanding living tradition
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMyanmar (Burma)

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Atlas 2795Institution-specific

Shwedagon Pagoda institution

Southeast Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Myanmar (Burma)
Period / origin: ancient foundation traditions; living institution
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMyanmar (Burma)

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Atlas 2796Institution-specific

Kyaiktiyo Golden Rock pilgrimage complex

Southeast Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Myanmar (Burma)
Period / origin: longstanding living pilgrimage
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMyanmar (Burma)

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Atlas 2797Institution-specific

Mahamuni Buddha Temple institution

Southeast Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Myanmar (Burma)
Period / origin: 18th-century Mandalay institution; older image traditions
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMyanmar (Burma)

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Atlas 2798Institution-specific

Ananda Temple institution at Bagan

Southeast Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Myanmar (Burma)
Period / origin: 12th-century foundation; present heritage and religious use
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMyanmar (Burma)

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Atlas 3705Scholarly / historical only

Kuthodaw Pali Canon inscription-shrine corpus

Buddhist Traditions Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: Myanmar (Burma)
Period / origin: Nineteenth-century inscription project associated by the cited UNESCO record with the Fifth Great Synod; registered in 2013
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMyanmar (Burma)

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Atlas 3807Scholarly / historical only

King Bayinnaung Buddhist merit-inscription tradition

Southeast Asian Traditions Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: Myanmar (Burma)
Period / origin: Sixteenth-century bell-inscription corpus; UNESCO dates the donation to 1557 and records 2017 Memory of the World registration
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMyanmar (Burma)

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Atlas 4308Community-bound / restricted

Ko Gyi Kyaw Nat Festival of Pakhan

Southeast Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Myanmar (Burma)
Period / origin: Longstanding; living annual festival
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMyanmar (Burma)

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