Gods and devils of mankind : the whole dark picture strikingly contrasted with the beauty and purity of revealed religion / by Frank S. Dobbins ; assisted by Hon. S. Wells Williams (1897)
Dobbins, Frank S. (Frank Stockton), 1855-1916 · [S.l.] · leaf 601
monks go bare-headed, though those of highrank wear caps; their headsare shaved, and they are dress-ed in a yellow robe and highleathern boots, with the men-dicants food-bowl and theprayer-wheel in their hands.They are collected in vast mon-asteries scattered over thecountry, the largest and… … MONASTERY OF HEMIS IN THEHIMALAYAS. LAMAISM, THE BUDDHISM OF THIBET. <5oi Thibet. As there is little wood in the country, the peoplerarely burn their dead. The dead bodies are usually car-ried to a high mountain, to be devoured by beasts andbirds. The monks bodies are, however, burned, and…
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