In the forbidden land, an account of a journey into Tibet . ifficulty and discom- fort, in carrying away two of these heavy, inscribed stones,which are still in my possession, and of which reproduc-tions are given in this volume. Weird and picturesque places, such as the highestpoints on mountain passes, gigantic boulders, rocks nearthe sources of rivers, or any spot where a mani wall ex-ists, are the places most generally selected by these artiststo engrave the magic formula alluding to the reincarna-tion of Buddha from a lotus flower. The famous prayer-wheels, those mechanical contriv-ances
In the forbidden land, an account of a journey into Tibet . ifficulty and discom- fort, in carrying away two of these heavy, inscribed stones,which are still in my possession, and of which reproduc-tions are given in this volume. Weird and picturesque places, such as the highestpoints on mountain passes, gigantic boulders, rocks nearthe sources of rivers, or any spot where a mani wall ex-ists, are the places most generally selected by these artiststo engrave the magic formula alluding to the reincarna-tion of Buddha from a lotus flower. The famous prayer-wheels, those mechanical contriv-ances by which the Tibetans pray to their God by means 285 IN THE FORBIDDEN LAND of water, wind, and hand power, are also manufactured byLama artists. The larger ones, moved by water, are con-structed by the side of, or over, a stream, and the hugecylinders on which the entire Tibetan prayer-book is in-scribed are revolved by the flowing water. The wheelsmoved by wind-power are similar to those used by theShokas, which I have already described, but the Tibetans.
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