The Buddhism of Tibet: Or Lamaism, with Its Mystic Cults, Symbolism and Mythology, and in Its Relation to Indian Buddhism |
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... saints . d . BUILDINGS . Monasteries , temples , monuments , and shrines . e . PANTHEON AND MYTHOLOGY , including saints , images , fetishes , and other sacred objects and symbols . f . RITUAL AND SORCERY , comprising sacerdotal ...
... saints . d . BUILDINGS . Monasteries , temples , monuments , and shrines . e . PANTHEON AND MYTHOLOGY , including saints , images , fetishes , and other sacred objects and symbols . f . RITUAL AND SORCERY , comprising sacerdotal ...
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... Saint Padma - sambhava or " the Lotus- 1 He was succeeded in 650 by his grandson Mang - Sron - Mang - tsan under the regency of Sron Tsan's Buddhist minister , Gar ( mk'ar ) , known to the Chinese as Chüshih ( BUSHELL , loc . cit ...
... Saint Padma - sambhava or " the Lotus- 1 He was succeeded in 650 by his grandson Mang - Sron - Mang - tsan under the regency of Sron Tsan's Buddhist minister , Gar ( mk'ar ) , known to the Chinese as Chüshih ( BUSHELL , loc . cit ...
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... saints , to the sun , moon , stars , and planets , and begged them to be their witnesses . " In the latter half of the ninth century 5 under king Ralpachan , the grandson of Thi - Sron Detsan , the work of the translation of scriptures ...
... saints , to the sun , moon , stars , and planets , and begged them to be their witnesses . " In the latter half of the ninth century 5 under king Ralpachan , the grandson of Thi - Sron Detsan , the work of the translation of scriptures ...
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... saint of Sikhim , Lha - tsün Ch'em - bo , and the fictitious " hidden revelations " of the Tertöns , all of which are unreliable . And Lha - tsün rather overdoes it by asserting that the Guru visited Sikhim a hundred times . Sikhim ...
... saint of Sikhim , Lha - tsün Ch'em - bo , and the fictitious " hidden revelations " of the Tertöns , all of which are unreliable . And Lha - tsün rather overdoes it by asserting that the Guru visited Sikhim a hundred times . Sikhim ...
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... SAINT OF SIKHIM . Lha - tsün Ch'em - bo ' is a title meaning " The great Reverend God . " His ordinary religious name is Kun - zan nam - gyé , " or " The entirely victorious Essence of Goodness . " He is also known by the title of Lha ...
... SAINT OF SIKHIM . Lha - tsün Ch'em - bo ' is a title meaning " The great Reverend God . " His ordinary religious name is Kun - zan nam - gyé , " or " The entirely victorious Essence of Goodness . " He is also known by the title of Lha ...
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