Travels in Ladâk, Tartary, and Kashmir . /. BUDDHIST MONASTERY, CYA, LADAK. Tartary^ and Kashmir. 165 is, 0 the jewel in the lotus! Amen! mean-ing 0 Boodh! who hast been absorbed and in-corporated in the Divine essence like the jewel-shaped mark in the lotus flower. These slabs of slate and stone are sold by theLamahs or priests to the pious, in the samemanner as indulgences are in the Church ofEome; and mighty indeed is their fancied eflS-cacy, insuring success in aU his enterprises tothe believing purchaser, who, on receiving hisslab of stone, lays it with all due ceremony onthe mani neares
Travels in Ladâk, Tartary, and Kashmir . /. BUDDHIST MONASTERY, CYA, LADAK. Tartary^ and Kashmir. 165 is, 0 the jewel in the lotus! Amen! mean-ing 0 Boodh! who hast been absorbed and in-corporated in the Divine essence like the jewel-shaped mark in the lotus flower. These slabs of slate and stone are sold by theLamahs or priests to the pious, in the samemanner as indulgences are in the Church ofEome; and mighty indeed is their fancied eflS-cacy, insuring success in aU his enterprises tothe believing purchaser, who, on receiving hisslab of stone, lays it with all due ceremony onthe mani nearest his village or house. Thevillage mani, therefore, rapidly increases in ex-tent, and from its size a very fair estimate ofthe prevalence of religious feeling amongstthe inhabitants may be calculated. The star ofBoodh is setting, to judge from the antiquatedappearance and dilapidated state of most of theedifices raised in his honour. The Tchoktens or offering receptacle, andthe Dungten or bone-holder—for they are ofthe same shape—are py
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