Round 10: Tossup 19

Description acceptable. This historical process was led by a princess named “Ocean of Knowledge” who left an emperor to become one of five spiritual consorts of a leader who is addressed by a 7-line prayer. This process was aided by the victory of gradualists over suddenists at the Samye Debate. (15[1])Twelve buildings constructed in this process were used as nails driven into the body of a demoness lying beneath the land. As part of this process, hidden “treasure” texts called (*) terma (10[1])were written by “precious guru” Padmasambhava for future Nyingma school members to find. Indigenous traditions displaced by this 7th to 9th century process influenced the Bon religion. (10[1])This process began with Songtsen Gampo’s (10[1])patronage of sutra translations. For 10 points, what process brought a Vajrayana tradition to a region that names a Book of the Dead? ■END■

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