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0386 India and Tibet : vol.1
インドとチベット : vol.1
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observation of the Ti Rimpoche that it would "be better
to have even two or three precious diamonds than a heap
of stones." The Tibetan priesthood, he thought, contained
plenty of rubbish, with very few diamonds.

To account for this, he says that the main purpose of
Tibetans in entering the priesthood is "only to procure
the largest amount of fortune, as well as the highest
possible fame." To seek religious truth and to work for
the deliverance of men was not at all what, according to
this Japanese, they wished to do. They simply desired,
he says, to escape from the painful struggle of life, and
"enjoy lazy and comfortable days on earth as well as in
heaven." There is nothing deep that he could see in their
religious life and study ; service went in their eyes for
nothing.

Medicine, logic, engineering, and religious philosophy
were introduced into Tibet centuries ago from India ; but
nowadays, says Kawaguchi, there are almost no Tibetans
who are proficient in even one of these subjects.

Of the morality of the Lamas Kawaguchi gives no
very pleasant account. Most of these celibate priest-
nobles kept women somewhere, and the lower warrior-
priests really seem, he says, to be the descendants of
Sodom and Gomorrah. Some of the festivals were simply
bestial orgies.

These "warrior-priests" of the Sera Monastery, which
is one of those I visited, are a peculiar institution. Their
daily task is varied. It is to play flutes, lyres, harps,
flageolets, and to beat drums ; to prepare offerings for the
deities ; to carry yak-dung for fuel ; to practise throwing
stones at a target ; and to act as a bodyguard. Kawaguchi
made friends with them by doctoring, and found them
very true to their duties, and though they might look
very rough, they were more truthful than the noble and
other priests, who, though trustworthy at first sight, were
in reality deceitful in seeking their own benefit and
happiness, and under their warm woollen garments hid a
mean and crafty behaviour.

The ordinary student in these monasteries had certainly
to work hard. Kawaguchi worked till he got "a swelling