Nor were medicaments nor yet offerings in sacrifice (4) of any avail to heal him of that sickness, though many Lamas were called to see him.
Lamas born of slave families become free in some degree as soon as they enter the sacerdotal life; they are no longer liable to enforced labour, and can travel without interference.
The probability is that the Lamas having ascertained the time at which the fever-fit would recur meet it by a counter excitement.
The Lamasthen ranged themselves in a circle with cymbals, shells, bells, tambourines, and other noisy instruments, the family squatting on the ground opposite the puppet.
On their arrival in the Diamond-kingdom, they gave each of them the sum with which they had been provided by their parents to two Lamas to conduct their education, and spent twelve years with them.
Lamas assembled there from all parts to build their cells, and thus by degrees was formed that flourishing Lamasery, the fame of which extends to the remotest confines of Tartary.
The Lamas informed us that in summer, towards the eighth moon, the tree produces large red flowers of an extremely beautiful character.
It is known as Rarvasit, the tree of knowledge and wisdom, the holy "Bo-Tree" of the lamas of Thibet.
But the chief of the Lamas soon appears, bowing, with his keys, and we follow him across the funereal park.
Young Lamasappear one after the other as noiselessly as shadows, and even Lama children, for they begin to instruct them quite young in the old rites no longer understood by any one.
The lamas have a tonsure like our priests, and are bound over to perpetual celibacy.
Second, that the discipline of the monasteries and of the different orders of lamas or priests bore the same resemblance to that of the Romish Church.
Sixth, that they had confessors licensed by the superior lamas or bishops, and so empowered to receive confessions, impose penances, and give absolution.
The lamashave local superiors, and a superior general.
He noticed, first, that the dress of the lamas corresponded with that handed down to us in ancient paintings as the dress of the Apostles.
According to them, the Lamas had all the money that came into the country, and no one but themselves was allowed to have any.
He went to his tent, and presently my cases of scientific instruments were brought outside and opened, the soldiers and Lamas displaying an amusing mixture of curiosity and caution over everything they touched.
The soldiers and Lamas drew aside, and I beheld Chanden Sing lying flat on his face, stripped from the waist downwards, in front of a row of Lamas and military men.
A Lama held his sword, while he turned up one sleeve of his coat to have his arms free, and the Lamas turned up the other for him.
The Lamas were still clamouring for my head, but the Pombo made a firm stand this time, and declined to go on with the execution.
From Lamas and soldiers who had been present at Mr. Landor's arrest and tortures I heard the following account.
The Pombo, in his yellow coat and trousers and four-cornered hat, sat on a kind of high-backed chair in the centre of the tent, and by his side stood the two Lamas who had first entered it with him.
Then I beheld my servant Chanden Sing lying down, stripped from the waist downwards, in the midst of a number of Lamas and soldiers.
It is not improbable that the Lamas derived some of these practices from the Nestorian Christians, who were settled in Tartary when Buddhism was introduced into Thibet.
Lamas strode in and out of the courtyard, and stared, swinging praying-wheels.
At the first lamaserai we visited the temple doors were closed, and the Lamas signified by gestures that no key could be found to open them.
But whether theLamas ever pray, God knows, I don't!
Several little boy Lamas sat on the doorstep playing with a dead rat, which they were pulling about by a string, one little crimson-clad boy screaming with delight at the dead creature's antics.
But they would not sell their praying-wheels, and the Lamas would not let me look at the amulets which they carry on their breasts in square cases, sometimes crusted with turquoises.
We had just been warned to take up our little dog because of the fierce dogs inside, and the little Lamas now laughed and cried out at the sight of a dog being carried.
We rode up to the gate, and the expression of the Lamas outside, who thought we were coming in, was enough for me.
But suddenly, as a loud voice, with the tone of authority, became audible in the distance, the smiles vanished, and the Lamas stood round quite expressionless with folded arms.
Hue infers that Bhuddism was borrowed from Christianity; on the other hand, many lamas declare that the reverse is the case.
The Lamasassert that the doctrine contained in these words is immense, and that the whole life of man is not sufficient to measure its depth and extent.
The principal feature of Urga is the lamissary or convent where a great manylamas or holy men reside.
Many of the lamas engage in the same pursuits as their followers, and are only relieved from toil to exercise the duties of their positions.
The lamas are numerous and their sacred character does not relieve or deprive them of terrestrial labor and trouble.
Toward the end of the seventeenth century a mission went from Siberia to Thibet, and its members returned as lamas and bringing the paraphernalia of the new religion which they at once declared to their people.
The religion is varied, and embraces adherents to all the branches of Chinese theology, together with Mongol lamas and a considerable sprinkling of Mahommedans.
As a further precaution it has a lamissary at Pekin, where it keeps two thousand Mongol lamas at its own expense.
Many lamas are indolent and manage in some way to make a living without work, but this is by no means the universal character of the holy men.
The prayers recited by the Lamas for the recovery of the sick are sometimes accompanied with very dismal and alarming rites.
The Thibetian books alone being reputed canonical, and admitted as such by the Buddhist Reformation, the Mongol Lamas pass their lives in studying a foreign idiom, without troubling themselves at all about their own language.
The houses in it are neat, sometimes even elegant; and you never see there, as in other places, Lamas covered with dirty rags.
If what you say be true, the only conclusion is that there are some Lamas who take passports with them and others who do not.
He is asked the name of the Lamasery of which he assumes to be the Great Lama; at what distance it is; what is the number of the Lamas residing in it.
They almost always give to the ashes of the Lamas a sepulture of this description.
We had occasion to travel for some time with Lamas of the Torgot; some of them arrived with us at Lha-Ssa.
However, all of them, disciples and masters, great Lamas and small, agreed in this, that their doctrine came from the West.
You deceive us,' said they; 'you are a Dchiahour, and we know that the Western Lamas can all divine more or less.
Before they are admitted to this employment, they are obliged to undergo a very rigorous examination, in presence of all the Lamas and of the principal civil authorities, of the country.
To this fee, fixed by the old custom of the Mongols, we added, as a supplement, a handful of tea leaves, for we desired that he should long remember and talk to his countrymen of the generosity of the Lamas of the Western sky.
Under Kublai's successors in China the Buddhist cause flourished greatly, and the Sakya Lamas extended their power both at home and abroad.
Thus was the foundation laid at one and the same time of the temporal sovereignty of the Lamas of Tibet, and of the suzerainty over Tibet of the emperors of China.
Footnote 33: The attachment of the khans, and the hatred of the mandarins, to the bonzes and lamas (Duhalde, Hist.
Long before, I had been told by some Pundits of Bengal that the Tibetan Lamas were well-acquainted with the Rig Veda.
Europeans must not forget that this enthusiast acted under protest of the Lamas during the time of his stay with them: and that, moreover, he had learned more about the doctrines of the heretical Dugpas than of the orthodox Gelugpas.
It was probably during the wandering career of the hordes under his leadership, that the lamas insinuated themselves into influence over the untutored shepherds.
The members of it returned as lamas and brought the paraphernalia of the new religion with them, built a temple, and set up Bhuddism.
There they were to discover a certain priest, to whom Noetzli was accredited by the lamas at Peking, and endeavour to get him to advise some of his Mongol brethren to give us camels.
Two thousand Mongol lamas are maintained here by the bounty of the Emperor.
The Grand Lama of this monastery is a Chaberon or living Bhudda, of whom there are several in Mongolia; and as such he is a sacred person, and a man of great authority among Mongols, whether lamas or laymen.
But thelamas are drawn from every tribe and household.
In the evening he got two other lamas to perform the prescribed incantation for the purpose of discovering the thief.
We were surprised that they should not be able to read their own language, and on inquiry found that lamas are not taught to read Mongol as a necessary branch of study.
As a matter of fact, the celibacy of the lamas is in very many instances a merely nominal thing.
Then they returned to Mongolia because the Yellow Lamas called them to light against the Kings of Tibet, Lamas of the 'red caps,' who were oppressing the people.
In the shrine had taken place a conversation between the Buddha on earth and the Buddha of heaven--thus the Lamas phrased it to us.
The Lamas were very frank and open with me, because the letter of the Hutuktu of Narabanchi won for me their confidence.
All of the Lamas fell to their knees as they recognized the man who had been long ago described in the sacred bulls of Dalai Lama, Tashi Lama and Bogdo Khan.
It is new, erected by theLamas when the Living Buddha became blind.
The Lamas seek to prevent me from going but who is the god here?
On both sides of the approach to the altar were the low red benches for the Lamas and choir.
These rites indicate the specially pious Lamas who must discover where the Spirit of the Buddha will be re-incarnated.
Groups of Lamas were perusing, studying and copying these books, preserving and spreading the ancient wisdom for their successors.
Some of the higher Lamas feasted us with hot mutton, tea and wild onions.
The soldiers and Lamasdrew aside, and I beheld Chanden Sing lying flat on his face, stripped from the waist down, in front of a row of Lamas and military men.
I have hardly ever enjoyed a meal more, though the Lamas stuffed the food down my throat with their unwashed fingers so fast that they nearly choked me.
Awe-inspiring masks are used by Lamas in their eccentric and mystic dances.
A number of Lamas were still anxious to have us beheaded, whereas the Pombo and the others had the previous night almost made up their minds to send us back to the frontier.
As I stood silent, and held my head high before him, two or three Lamas rushed at me and ordered me to kneel.
I, who, on the other hand, was more interested in getting information than in giving it, turned the conversation on the Lamas themselves.
Watched intently by all the Lamas and soldiers, I sat with affected calm before this scene of cruelty, until, angry at my indifference, order was given to the soldiers that I should be dragged away.
The Pombo, in his yellow coat and trousers and his queer pointed hat, sat on a magnificent pony in front of the crowd of Lamas and soldiers.
Two powerful Lamasentered the tent with the Pombo.
Besides the rosary, which is used as with the Roman Catholics, one prayer for each bead, the Lamas have a brass instrument which they twist between the palms of their hands while saying prayers.
The white Lamasand the black Lamas, the Julinba, are the craftsmen in the monasteries.
I was once more dragged out into the open by the Lamas and soldiers.
The only Lamas who, at certain periods of the year, are legally allowed an unusual amount of freedom with women, are those who practise the art of making musical instruments and eating-vessels out of human bones.
The Lamas are adepts at hypnotic experiments, by which means they contrive to let the subjects under their influence see many things which are not there in reality.
In the evening the Lamasvisited us, with presents of rice, fowls, eggs, etc.
Two shockingly dirty Lamas received me and conducted me to the temple, which had very thick walls, but was undistinguishable from the other buildings.
The Tassiding temples and convents were founded upwards of 300 years ago, by the Lamaswho accompanied the first Rajah to Sikkim; and they have been continuously served by Lamas of great sanctity, many of whom have been educated at Lhassa.
As, however, the Sikkim Lamas are burned, the relics are generally procured from Tibet, where the corpses are cut in pieces and thrown to the kites, or into the water.
His agents were beginning to find out their mistake, and summoned to council the principal Lamas and Kajees of the country, who, to a man, repudiated the proceedings, and refused to attend.
The eating of the paper on which a charm has been written is considered by the Tibetan to be the easiest and most certain method of curing a malady, and the spells which the Lamas use in this way are called "za-yig," or edible letters.
In Tibet, for example, when all ordinary remedies have failed, theLamas make a dummy to represent the sick person, and they adorn the image with trinkets.
By ceremonies and prayers the sickness of the patient is laid upon the dummy, after which it is taken out and burned, the Lamas appropriating the ornaments as a reward.
This ankle is beginning to hurt, and I won't mind having one of the lamas with medical skill take a look at it.
The lamas who had remained faithful to the teachings of Buddha labored to build a new monastery, and as the years passed they heard mutterings in the earth.
Also, the lamas won't permit the two of them to remain after their wounds are healed.
He reported that some of the lamas had seen men with goatskin water bags late in the day, men that they knew to come from outside the valley, traveling from the general direction of the Cave of the Black Buddha.
The lamas broke into cries of approval at the sight of Chahda.
He said he would send one of the lamas to be our guide and to help us find your friend.
Leave such tales to lamas and the ignorant fools that believe their teaching.
In its journeyings it is assailed and terrified by demons, who can only be defeated by the prayers of pious lamas to Chenresi the Great Pitier.
The Buddhism of Bhutan and Tibet to-day has but one article of faith--"Acquire merit by feeding and paying the lamas and they will win salvation for you.
The stranger lamaswere invited to join; but Frank refused and dragged away the convivial Tashi, who was anxious to accept the invitation.
The Tartars are divided into two grand classes--lamas and laymen.
Brothers,' answered the missionaries, 'we are not lamasof Buddha, and do not believe in horoscopes.
The lamas held a guttural consultation and then announced that before the bed could be accepted it must be tested.
At full speed we dashed down the hill, the plunging horses scattering lamas right and left.
It is best to take no chances with religious superstitions, for the lamas do not wait to argue when they are once aroused.
He had been well-nigh killed before the lamas brought him down to Urga and was still unconscious when they dumped him unceremoniously into one of the prison coffins.
But the lamas who patrol "God's Mountain" had heard the shot and drove him into a great rock-strewn gorge where they lost his trail.
As soon as the motion picture machine was in position, about five hundred lamas gathered about us.
By playing upon their superstitions, the black Mongol had so inflamed the lamas that they were ready for anything.
Its white-walled temple bordered with red and the compound enclosing the living quarters of the lamas show with startling distinctness on the open plain.
Vast as the supply seemed, it would take all this, and more, to warm the houses of the lamas during the bitter winter months when the ground is covered with snow.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lamas" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
