IIIFカラー高解像度
国立情報学研究所 - ディジタル・シルクロード・プロジェクト
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| India and Tibet : vol.1 | |
| インドとチベット : vol.1 |
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316 IMPRESSIONS AT LHASA
creatures think they can escape from demons in the world
to come. But that they most sincerely believe in a life
hereafter no more positive evidence could be afforded. An
interesting detail is that their hell is not hot, but cold. If
it were hot, the inhabitants of frozen 'Tibet would all flock
there.
As might be naturally expected, such a people are
ready believers in the supposed supernatural powers of
certain men. We could hear nothing of the wonderful
Mahatmas, and the. Ti Rimpoche told Colonel Waddell he
was entirely ignorant of their existence. But, according
to Kawaguchi, oracles are held in high esteem. The
Ngpak-pas, or miracle-workers, the descendants of Lamas
who worked miracles, are supposed to possess hereditary
secrets, and are held in great awe as being magicians of
power. The people showed such practical faith in the
efficacy of the charms which the Lamas gave that they
rushed right up to our rifles, believing that our bullets
could not hit them.
Practically, then, the religion of the Tibetans is but
of a degraded form. Yet one does see gleams of real
good radiating through. The Tashi Lama whom Bogle
met was a man of real worth. His successor of the
present day produced a most favourable impression in
India, and excited the enthusiasm of Sven Hedin. Deep
down under the dirty crust there must be some hidden
source of strength in these Lamas, or they would not
exert the influence they do. Millions of men over
hundreds of years are not influenced entirely by chicanery
and fraud. And I think I caught a glimpse of that
inner power during a visit I paid to the Jo Khang
Temple.
This temple, or cathedral, as it has sometimes been
styled, has been fully described by Sarat Chandra Das,
Perceval Landon, and others. The latter especially has
given a remarkably vivid description of his impression.
It is, as Colonel Waddell has aptly styled it, the St.
Peter's of Lamadom, and is chiefly noteworthy as con-
taining the image of Buddha, made in India, but brought
to Lhasa from China by the Chinese Princess who
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