The Buddhism of Tibet: Or Lamaism, with Its Mystic Cults, Symbolism and Mythology, and in Its Relation to Indian Buddhism |
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... received of thee . " 1 O understand the origin of Lamaism and its place in the Buddhist system , we must recall the leading features of primitive Buddhism , and glance at its growth , to see the points at which the strange creeds and ...
... received of thee . " 1 O understand the origin of Lamaism and its place in the Buddhist system , we must recall the leading features of primitive Buddhism , and glance at its growth , to see the points at which the strange creeds and ...
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... received it from the Celestial Buddha Vairocana through the divine Bod- hisat Vajrasattva at " the iron tower " in Southern India . In the tenth century A.D. , 2 the Tantrik phase developed in Northern India , Kashmir , and Nepal , into ...
... received it from the Celestial Buddha Vairocana through the divine Bod- hisat Vajrasattva at " the iron tower " in Southern India . In the tenth century A.D. , 2 the Tantrik phase developed in Northern India , Kashmir , and Nepal , into ...
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... received as dower with the Nepalese princess , according to the Gyal - rabs , the images of Akshobhya Buddha , Maitreya and a sandal - wood image of Tara ; and from his Chinese wife a figure of Sakya Muni as a young prince . To shrine ...
... received as dower with the Nepalese princess , according to the Gyal - rabs , the images of Akshobhya Buddha , Maitreya and a sandal - wood image of Tara ; and from his Chinese wife a figure of Sakya Muni as a young prince . To shrine ...
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... received a mighty accession of strength at the hands of the great Chinese emperor , Khubilai Khān . Tibet had been conquered by his ancestor , Jenghiz Khan , ' about 1206 A.D. , and Khubilai was thus brought into contact with Lamaism ...
... received a mighty accession of strength at the hands of the great Chinese emperor , Khubilai Khān . Tibet had been conquered by his ancestor , Jenghiz Khan , ' about 1206 A.D. , and Khubilai was thus brought into contact with Lamaism ...
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... received all the young men who were averse to labour at their proper calling , etc. , etc. Since 1838 the Russian government has succeeded , through the head Lama Jambo Namka , in preventing in some measure these abuses , and severer ...
... received all the young men who were averse to labour at their proper calling , etc. , etc. Since 1838 the Russian government has succeeded , through the head Lama Jambo Namka , in preventing in some measure these abuses , and severer ...
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