The Buddhism of Tibet, or Lamaism : with its mystic cults, symbolism and mythology, and in its relation to Indian Buddhism

c c':cca>W-,^'.;.^SUjpniugrra/xty^ ^*<*«s$ %*/>PRINCETON,^ N.J.Purchased by the Mary Cheves Dulles Fund.SectionllI'm CHARIST hi 1:1 DDHISM:N«v%THEBUDDHISM OF TIBETLAMAISMWITH ITS MYSTIC CULTS, SYMBOLISM AND MYTHOLOGY,AND IN ITS RELATION TO INDIAN BUDDHISM.L. AUSTINE "WADDELL, M.R..F.L.S. , F.R.G.S.,MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, ETC.SURGEON-MAJOR H.M. BENGAL ARMY.LONDONW. H. ALLEN & CO., LIMITED,13, WATERLOO PLACE, S.W.1895.[All rights reserved.]l> I 1MI III'.W\ MAN W SONS)PBUi rase,\M> BBDHTLL.LONDOMTOWILLIAM TENNANT GAIRDNER, M.D., LL.D.. F.R.S.,in admiration of his noble character,philosophic teaching, wide culture, andm any labours devoted with exemplary fidelity tothe interpretation of nature and the service of man.this bookrespectfully dedicatedis.by The Author.PEEFACE.apology is needed for the production at the pre-NOsent time of a work on the Buddhism of Tibet,"or Lamaism " as it has been called, after its priests.Notwithstanding increased atteution which in recenttheyears has been directed to Buddhism by the speculationsof Schopenhauer Hartmann, and the widely feltanddesire for fuller information as to the conditions andsources of Eastern religion, there exists no Europeanbook giving guardedmuch insight into the jealouslyreligion of Tibet, where Buddhism wreathed in romancehas now chief stronghold.itsThe only treatise on the subject in English, is EmillSchlagintweit's ...