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The Pulse of Asia : vol.1 |
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dusty benches, mere planks six inches above the ground,
on which the lamas sit to read the holy books. In general
there was an appearance of dust and untidiness. Some of
the lamas seemed to be men of ability, and all were friendly,
but the majority appeared coarse, lazy, avaricious, and
sensual. In spite of previous reading as to the resemblance
between Buddhism and the Roman Catholic form of Chris-
tianity as it is seen in the less enlightened countries of
Europe, I was surprised at the closeness of that resem-
blance. It appeared not only in the monastic system, well
known to be almost identical, but in the form of worship,
the lights, the images and pictures, the intricate ritual, the
absolute dependence of the people upon the priests, the reli-
ance of the latter upon spectacular effects, and the faith of
all in charms and set forms of prayers.
It is difficult to say whether the Ladakhi is superstitious
because of his religion, or whether his religion is supersti-
tious because of something in his environment. Certain
it is that few people are more superstitious, or make their
superstition more evident in their religion. In addition to
the frequent lamaseries, we found in almost every village
scores of "chortans," pagoda-shaped structures of mud
and stones, erected partly as receptacles for the ashes of
the dead, and partly as works of religious merit. The
approaches to villages were marked by "manis," which
the Buddhist religiously passes on the left, so that his right
hand may always be toward them. They were long heaps
of rubble, shaped like sheds, with a width of twenty feet, a
height of five or six, and a length of from fifty to a thou-
sand. Each "mani" was covered with hundreds of flat
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