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Walter Evans-Wentz published an early translation of a religious text from this region, which is one of the “hidden treasures” from this region revealed by tertöns. The [emphasize] religion of Bön (“BONE”) is indigenous to this (10[1])region. (-5[1])The passage of the soul through (10[1])“intermediate states,” (10[1])or bardos, is described in a non-Egyptian Book of the Dead from this region. Practitioners of a religious tradition from this region spin prayer wheels with mantras (10[1])written on them and use colored sand (10[1])to create (10[1])mandalas. The 14th leader of this region’s (10[1]-5[1])Gelug school, Tenzin Gyatso, (-5[1])currently lives in exile in Dharamsala, India. For 10 points, (10[1])name this region whose Buddhist leaders include (10[1])the Dalai Lama. ■END■ (10[3])

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