Atlas of Religious and Esoteric LineagesFive thousand lineages · worldwide

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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.

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Created and maintained by Ayara and Kyle Jonathan B@KJB_and_AYARA

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Atlas 0582Open / public

Praṇāmī Sampradāya

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Religious tradition

Public geography
India, Nepal
Period / origin
17th century onward
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesIndia, Nepal

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Atlas 0590Community-bound / restricted

Kirat Mundhum tradition

South Asian Traditions Lineage / school

Public geography
Nepal
Period / origin
Oral antiquity; documented in modern ethnography
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesNepal

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Atlas 0591Community-bound / restricted

Tamang Bombo traditions

Buddhist Traditions Practice / discipline

Public geography
Nepal
Period / origin
Oral antiquity; modern ethnographic documentation
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesNepal

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Atlas 0869Initiatory

Dudjom Tersar

Buddhist Traditions Lineage / school

Public geography
Bhutan, Nepal
Period / origin
19th–20th centuries–present
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesBhutan, Nepal

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Atlas 0872Initiatory

Cakrasaṃvara Tantra cycle

Buddhist Traditions Lineage / school

Public geography
India, Nepal
Period / origin
first millennium CE–present
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesIndia, Nepal

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Atlas 0873Initiatory

Hevajra Tantra cycle

Buddhist Traditions Lineage / school

Public geography
India, Nepal
Period / origin
first millennium CE–present
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesIndia, Nepal

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Atlas 0882Institution-specific

Triten Norbutse Bön monastic institution

Bön & Himalayan Traditions Order / organization

Public geography
Nepal
Period / origin
20th century–present
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesNepal

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Atlas 1163Varies by lineage

Madariyya Sufi order

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Order / organization

Public geography
Bangladesh, India, Nepal
Period / origin
Late medieval period–present in varied shrine and lineage settings
Evidence status
Related-entry source

Candidate countriesBangladesh, India, Nepal

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Atlas 1288Institution-specific

Bön monastic Geshe curriculum

Bön & Himalayan Traditions Practice / discipline

Public geography
India, Nepal
Period / origin
20th-century exile institutionalization with earlier scholastic precedents–present
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesIndia, Nepal

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Atlas 1294Community-bound / restricted

Dolpo Bön religious communities

Bön & Himalayan Traditions Religious tradition

Public geography
Nepal
Period / origin
Long-standing regional communities; documented historically and ethnographically; living
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesNepal

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Atlas 1295Community-bound / restricted

Gurung Pachyu–Khlepri–Bonpo priesthood complex

Bön & Himalayan Traditions Umbrella tradition

Public geography
Nepal
Period / origin
Historically and ethnographically documented oral traditions; living
Evidence status
Composite record

Candidate countriesNepal

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Atlas 1296Community-bound / restricted

Limbu Phedangma–Samba–Yeba ritual-specialist complex

Bön & Himalayan Traditions Umbrella tradition

Public geography
Nepal
Period / origin
Long-standing oral Mundhum traditions; living
Evidence status
Composite record

Candidate countriesNepal

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Atlas 1297Community-bound / restricted

Rai Nakchhong priest tradition

Bön & Himalayan Traditions Lineage / school

Public geography
Nepal
Period / origin
Long-standing oral traditions; living
Evidence status
Composite record

Candidate countriesNepal

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Atlas 1298Community-bound / restricted

Tamang Tamba oral-specialist tradition

Bön & Himalayan Traditions Lineage / school

Public geography
Nepal
Period / origin
Long-standing oral tradition; living
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesNepal

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Atlas 1299Community-bound / restricted

Sherpa lha-wa mediumship tradition

Bön & Himalayan Traditions Practice / discipline

Public geography
Nepal
Period / origin
Long-standing regional traditions; living
Evidence status
Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesNepal

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Atlas 2204Institution-specific

Tergar Meditation Community

Buddhist Traditions Order / organization

Public geography
Nepal
Period / origin
21st century–present
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesNepal

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Atlas 2743Community-bound / restricted

Samling Bön Monastery of Dolpo

Bön & Himalayan Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography
Nepal
Period / origin
listed Bön monastery; current operation requires local recheck
Evidence status
Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesNepal

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Atlas 2744Community-bound / restricted

Yanggon Thongdrol Phuntsog Ling Bön monastery

Bön & Himalayan Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography
Nepal
Period / origin
listed Bön monastery; current operation requires local recheck
Evidence status
Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesNepal

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Atlas 2745Community-bound / restricted

Thasung Tsholing Bön monastery

Bön & Himalayan Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography
Nepal
Period / origin
listed Bön monastery; current operation requires local recheck
Evidence status
Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesNepal

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Atlas 2746Community-bound / restricted

Yungdrung Shugtsal Ling Bön monastery

Bön & Himalayan Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography
Nepal
Period / origin
listed Bön monastery; current operation requires local recheck
Evidence status
Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesNepal

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Atlas 2747Community-bound / restricted

Dhargye Phuntsok Bön Monastery of Dolpo

Bön & Himalayan Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography
Nepal
Period / origin
listed Bön monastery; current operation requires local recheck
Evidence status
Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesNepal

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Atlas 2748Community-bound / restricted

Yungdrung Drodhul Ling Bön monastery

Bön & Himalayan Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography
Nepal
Period / origin
listed Bön monastery; current operation requires local recheck
Evidence status
Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesNepal

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Atlas 2749Community-bound / restricted

Dorpatan Bön Monastery

Bön & Himalayan Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography
Nepal
Period / origin
listed Bön monastery; current operation requires local recheck
Evidence status
Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesNepal

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Atlas 2750Community-bound / restricted

Monri Zursum Bön Monastery

Bön & Himalayan Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography
Nepal
Period / origin
listed Bön monastery; current operation requires local recheck
Evidence status
Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesNepal

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