The Buddhism of Tibet Or Lamaism |
Contents
SCRIPTURES AND LITERATURE | 155 |
THE ORDER OF LAMAS | 172 |
X | 226 |
MONASTERIES | 255 |
The GöKupea or KikuTamsa Tower at Tashilhunpo | 273 |
Monastery of UtaiShan | 279 |
A Lamaist Cairn | 286 |
TEMPLES AND CATHEDRALS 287304 | 287 |
F RITUAL AND SORCERY XVI WORSHIP AND RITUAL 420449 | 420 |
Dough Sacrificial Effigies of the Lāmas | 425 |
Arrangement of the Banquet to the whole Assembly of Gods | 429 |
The Eucharist of Lāmaism | 447 |
ASTROLOGY AND DIVINATION 450474 | 450 |
Astrological Figures | 453 |
Lotus Diceboard | 469 |
A Blackhat Sorcerer | 475 |
Altar domestic of a Ñinma Lāma | 295 |
Groundplan of Lhasa Cathedral | 302 |
SHRINES AND RELICS AND PILGRIMS 305323 | 305 |
Amitayus | 329 |
Şakya in Meditation | 335 |
Insignia and Weapons of the Gods | 341 |
Tārā the Green | 359 |
The Red Gold of Wealth | 370 |
The Lotusborn Babe | 381 |
E MYTHOLOGY AND GODS XIV PANTHEON AND IMAGES 324386 | 386 |
Garuda Yantra Charm | 387 |
The Eight Glorious Offerings | 393 |
Diagram showing the Composition of the Mandala | 399 |
Charm against Dogbite | 406 |
War of the Tiger and Dragon | 413 |
The Vast Luckflag | 419 |
Emblems to Bar the Demons | 485 |
Summoning the Hungry Demons | 492 |
ThunderDragons of the Sky | 500 |
G FESTIVALS AND PLAYS XIX FESTIVALS AND HOLIDAYS 501514 | 501 |
Some Actors in the Mystic Play | 515 |
Diagram of Royal Monastery at Tenggyeling | 522 |
Dance of the Death Demons in Hamis Monastery | 528 |
Some Masks | 536 |
Some Actors of the Play of Nansa | 565 |
H POPULAR LAMAISM XXI DOMESTIC AND POPULAR LAMAISM 566573 | 566 |
Amulets | 571 |
Chronological Table 575578 | 575 |
Bibliography 578583 | 578 |
585598 | 585 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abbot according Adi-Buddha Amitabha amongst animals Arhat assembly Avalokita beads Bhotan birth blessing Bodhisat body Brahman Buddha Buddhist Caitya called celestial Buddhas century A.D. ceremony chanted chief China Chinese colour Csoma Dalai Lama De-pung death deity demons devils divine doctrine Dorje emperor established church figure five four Ge-lug-pa give given gods Grand Lama Guru hand head heaven hell holy hūm incarnation Indian Jinas Kar-gyu-pa Kham-tshan king laity Lama's Lamaist Lāmas Lepcha Lhasa lotus magic-circle Mahāyāna mantra monastery Mongol Mongolian 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 Rockhill rosary sacred saints Sakya Sanskrit scriptures sect seems Sikhim spirit Sutra symbols Tantrik Tārā Tashi Tashi-lhunpo Tathāgata temple temporal Tibet Tibetan translated Tsan tutelary usually Vairocana Vajra Vinaya worship yellow
Popular passages
Page 282 - ... different from those which they replace. We examined everything with the closest attention, in order to detect some trace of trickery; but we could discern nothing of the sort, and the perspiration absolutely trickled down our faces under the influence of the sensations which this most amazing spectacle created. More profound intellects than ours may, perhaps, be able to supply a vatisfactory explanation of the mysteries of this wonderful tree ; but as to us, we altogether give it up.
Page 579 - THE LIGHT OF ASIA ; or, THE GREAT RENUNCIATION (Mahabhinishkramana). Being the Life and Teaching of Gautama, Prince of India, and Founder of Buddhism (as told in verse by an Indian Buddhist). By Edwin Arnold, MA, CSI , &c.
Page 101 - 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
Page 122 - ... it must be remembered that Buddha, by a swinging kind of positive and negative mysticism, at times denies a place to the ego altogether. But, unlike Berkeley's Idealism, this recognition of the relativity and limitations of knowledge, and the consequent disappearance of the world as a reality, led directly to Nihilism, by seeming to exclude the knowledge, and by implication the existence, not only of a Creator, but of an absolute being.
Page 235 - ... a well-educated, princely child. His face was, I thought, poetically and affectingly beautiful. He was of a gay and cheerful disposition; his beautiful mouth perpetually unbending into a graceful smile, which illuminated his whole countenance. Sometimes, particularly when he had looked at me, his smile almost approached to a gentle laugh. No doubt my grim beard and spectacles somewhat excited his risibility, though I have afterwards, at the New Year's festival, seen him smile and unbend freely...
Page 282 - Thibetian characters, all of a green colour, some darker, some lighter than the leaf itself. Our first impression was a suspicion of fraud on the part of the Lamas ; but, after a minute examination of every detail, we could not discover the least deception. The characters all appeared to us portions of the leaf itself, equally with its veins and nerves ; the position was not the same...
Page 282 - ... examination of every detail, we could not discover the least deception. The characters all appeared to us portions of the leaf itself, equally with its veins and nerves ; the position was not the same in 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.
Page 574 - They have fallen under the double ban of menacing demons and despotic priests. So it will be a happy day, indeed, for Tibet when its sturdy overcredulous people are freed from the intolerable tyranny of the Lamas, and delivered from the devils whose ferocity and exacting worship weigh like a nightmare upon all.
Page 165 - Vajraphurba and sKu-gsuh-t'ugs yon-tan 'p'rin las. THE COMMENTARIES (Tllti-OYUIt). The Buddhist commentators, like those of the Talmud, overlay a line or two with an enormous excrescence of exegesis. The Tibetan commentary or Tdn-gyur is a great cyclopedic compilation of all sorts of literary works, written mostly by ancient Indian scholars and some learned Tibetans in the first few centuries after the introduction of Buddhism into Tibet, commencing with the seventh century of our era. The whole...
Page 121 - 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.