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In India, in ancient times, there was a tradition to arrange reriodic disputes whose school is better. And it was quite a dangerous thing, because the loser himself, the teacher and all the pupils became disciples of the winner. And since the Hinayana followers repeatedly lost those who practiced more advanced teachings, they locked themselves in just for island, and all of the original Hinayana Buddhism was driven out of India by more advanced Mahayana and Tantra-Vajrayana teachings brought to Tibet Padmasambava, Asankaya, Tsonkapa, and others.
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