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 607
sentence HAND. is, Oh ! the jewel of the lotus.Amen. But the Thibetan Buddhists have attached myste-rious meanings to each of the six syllables of the sentence.These meanings grew out of the legendary history of theintroduction of Buddhism into Thibet; but even this isall but forgotten, and the… … LAMA ISM, THE BUDDHISM OF THIBET. 607 THE INCARNATION OF BUDDHA IN THE GRAND LAMA. The Thibetans believe that the soul of Buddha dwellsin the body of their high-priest or Grand Lama; that, atthe time of hisdeath, the soulpasses into thebody of anotherperson, who is tobe the Grand La-ma until his…
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