Travels of a pioneer of commerce in pigtail and petticoats; or, An overland journey from China towards India . ^ little mule. Iron Duchess, saddled, and accom-panied the Lama to his Lamasery, passing on our roadthither numbers of little mounds, composed of flat pieces ofslate, on which was inscribed the Thibetan prayer of Ommani padmc THIBETAN PRAYER : OM MANI PADME HUM. It was a large square edifice, built of rough stone, withrows of square windows, admitting light to the numerousrooms or cells. In fact, the place more resembled a prison inits outward appearance than anything else. We e
Travels of a pioneer of commerce in pigtail and petticoats; or, An overland journey from China towards India . ^ little mule. Iron Duchess, saddled, and accom-panied the Lama to his Lamasery, passing on our roadthither numbers of little mounds, composed of flat pieces ofslate, on which was inscribed the Thibetan prayer of Ommani padmc THIBETAN PRAYER : OM MANI PADME HUM. It was a large square edifice, built of rough stone, withrows of square windows, admitting light to the numerousrooms or cells. In fact, the place more resembled a prison inits outward appearance than anything else. We entered Cn. VII.] PEAYER-CYLINDEES. 209 through a large gate of massive woodwork, which opened intoa dark archway, secured at the further end by similar each side of the archway was a frame containing fourwooden cylinders, about four feet high and a foot in diameter;each was fixed on a central pivot, and revolved with greatrapidity as the Lama set them, one after the other, in motionas he passed, muttering a prayer, and telling his beads withthe other hand. On each of the cylinders prayers werepainted in large gold letters in the Thibetan character. Similarcylinders are found in the entrances of all lamaseries, andevery Lama as he enters and leaves the building turns thecylinders and tells his beads. Having passed through
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