There is, again, a classical conception behind an eclipse. Dra-gan, fabulous planet, is supposed to exereise malignant influences on the destinies of mankind, and is known by being at enmity with the sun and the moon, and on whom he is continually wreaking vengeance. Eclipses caused by Dra-gan_swallowing According to Tibetan geography there fare four great continents, in the cen-which stands Mount Sumeru, tre of the world. On. the the Gold Continent, on the the Unharmonious Con-
'And the condition of China and the world is confirming their belief. From our point of vantage, 9,000 ft. above the sea, China rolls below us to the distant' coast. And what does the Tibelan sce as he looks down on this struggling mass of humanity? He sees communism and lawlessness and brigandage and official oppress sion and corruption and disorder and ebeos, and naturally he concludes we must have reached that period in the world's history covered by the 'Tibetan word jig-den which means, the receptacle of all that is perishable, that is, the external world, the universe, or that which shall perish and be destroyed. 'The Jama, from the Root of the World, ook' north into Russia, south into India, east into China, ahd west into Africa, and he sees things and states and governments rumbling and crumbling beneath his feet, and the fact that things don't move faster, is because the moon, through his efforts continues to shine. The lama's sun and the moon, thus causing an eclipse, Guzho, my' Tibetan teacher, Bives this as the most probable ex-little theory about eclipses and their Soe e rst fay ce Soe ili 2 ce Shore Same aa cee Bee Sat tha SSS i glee jig-den or world is made up of eight Gifferent objects which are as follows: Gain, Toss, fame, notoriety, slander, praise, end fare five other things in the lama's world that will go when the "break up" comes, namely, renunciation, asceticism, turning the wheel, preach-
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