Identifier: inforbiddenlanda03land (find matches)
Title: In the forbidden land, an account of a journey into Tibet
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Landor, Arnold Henry Savage. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: New York and London, Harper & brothers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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STONE WITH SACRED INSCRIPTION indefinitely, the words, Omne manipadme hun or sim-ply Mani, mani, being repeated as long as rotation iskept up. The more ancient wheels have the prayers written byhand instead of printed, and are contained in a smallblack bag. Charms, such as rings of malachite, jade,bone, or silver, are often attached to the weight and chainby which the rotary movement is given to the wheel.These praying - machines are found in every Tibetanfamily, and nearly every Lama possesses one. Theykeep them jealously, and it is very difficult to get the realones. I was particularly fortunate, and during my jour--3 287 IN THE FORBIDDEN LAND ney in Tibet I was able to purchase as many as twelve,two of which were extremely old. Besides the rosary, which the Lamas always use in asimilar way to the Roman Cathohcs, they have a brass
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PRAYER-WHEELS, ANCIENT AND MODERN. SHOWING ROLLS OFPRAYERS REMOVED FROM INSIDE instrument which they twist between the palms of theirhands while saying prayers, and this is used exclusivelyby Lamas. It is from two and a half to three inches inlength, and is rounded so as to be easily held in thehollow of the two hands. In Tibet, as in other Buddhist countries, there are nun-neries besides Lamaseries. The nuns, unattractive in 2SS ( NUNNERIES themselves mostly, and looked down upon, shave theirheads and practise witchcraft and magic, just as the La-mas do. In some of these nunneries strict clausura isenforced, but in most of them the Lamas are allowedfree access, with the usual result that the nuns becomethe concubines of the Lamas. Even apart from this, thewomen of the nunneries are quite as immoral as theirbrethren of the Lamaseries, and at their best they are buta low type of humanity. The Lamas who, at certain periods of the year, are al-lowed an unusual amount of freedom with wome

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