The Buddhism of Tibet: Or Lamaism, with Its Mystic Cults, Symbolism and Mythology, and in Its Relation to Indian Buddhism |
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abbot according Adi-Buddha Amitabha amongst animals Arhat Avalokita beads Bhotan birth blessing Bodhisat body Brahman Buddha Buddhist Caitya called celestial Buddhas century A.D. ceremony chant charms chief China Chinese colour CSOMA Dalai Lama De-pung death deities demons devils divine doctrine Dorje earth established church fiend figure five four Ge-lug-pa give given goddess gods Grand Lama Guru hand head heaven hell Hindu holy incarnation Indian Jātaka jewel Jinas Kar-gyu-pa king laity Lamaist Lāmas Lepcha Lhasa lord lotus Mahāyāna Maitreya mantra monastery Mongol monks Muni mystic Nāga Nāgārjuna Nan-sa Nepal Nin-ma offered Padma Padma-sambhava Pāli picture Potala prayer priests prince re-birth re-incarnate religion religious represented Rockhill rosary sacred saints Sakya Sanskrit seated sect seems Sikhim spells spirits symbols Tantrik Tārā Tashi-lhunpo Tathāgata temple Tibet Tibetan translated Tsan tutelary usually Vairocana Vajra worship yellow
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Page 281 - At the foot of the mountain on which the Lamasery stands, and not far from the principal Buddhist temple, is a great square enclosure, formed by brick walls. Upon entering this we were able to examine at leisure the marvellous tree, some of the branches of which had already manifested themselves above the wall. Our eyes were first directed with earnest curiosity to the leaves, and we were filled with an absolute consternation of astonishment at finding that, in point of fact, there were upon each...
Page 324 - But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
Page 135 - To support father and mother, To cherish wife and child, To follow a peaceful calling : This is the greatest blessing.
Page 100 - More particularly the sum of tendencies to act in a certain way, which we call character, is often to be traced through a long series of progenitors and collaterals. So we may justly say that this character, this moral and intellectual essence of a man does veritably pass over from one fleshly tabernacle to another, and does really transmigrate from generation to generation. In the new-born infant the character of the stock lies latent, and the ego is little more than a bundle of potentialities,...
Page 245 - Hastings' mission, when Dr Hamilton cured her of an illness. "The mother went with me into the apartment of Durjay Paumo, who was attired in a Gylong's [monk's] dress, her arms bare from the shoulders, and sitting cross-legged upon a low cushion. . . . She is about seven - and - twenty, with small Chinese features, delicate though not regular, fine eyes and teeth ; her complexion fair, but wan and sickly ; and an expression of languor and melancholy in her countenance, which, I believe, is occasioned...
Page 120 - If I were to take the results of my philosophy as the standard of truth, I would be obliged to concede to Buddhism the pre-eminence over the rest. In any case it must be a satisfaction to me to see my teaching in such close agreement with a religion which the majority of men upon the earth hold as their own ; for it numbers far more adherents than any other.
Page 164 - Ganzen c. 3900), written mostly by ancient Indian Pandits and some learned Tibetans in the first centuries after the introduction of Buddhism into Tibet, commencing with the seventh century of our era. The whole makes 225 volumes.
Page 10 - Tibet, referring to the point of divergence between the so-called Northern Buddhism and the Southern, says (pp. 10— 11): "It was the theistic Mahayana doctrine which substituted, for the agnostic idealism and simple morality of Buddha, a speculative theistic system with a mysticism of sophistic nihilism in the background.
Page 201 - It is altogether remarkable to see their dress bnt little differing from what they wear now. to three feet broad; it is thrown over the left shoulder and passed under the right arm, so as to leave bare the right arm. Perhaps the -custom of having the right arm uncovered may be explained from the rejection of the castes by...
Page 281 - ... all ; in one leaf they would be at the top of the leaf ; in another, in the middle ; in a third, at the base, or at the side ; the younger leaves represented the characters only in a partial state of formation.