The next ambition in the philosophy of Lamaism is a sure and certain entrance into the pure and holy Elysium, where Buddha resides and where Buddhism prevails: this is also the place of non-existence Nirvana. These three desires cover, in a general and popular view of Lamaism, the ambition of every Lama in Tibet. A few, a very few become Incarnations. This attainment assures a safe passage past the Place of Tormente," and a certain entrance into the Paradise of Buddh¥s. Het'e you see the Lama at a distance. Here you see the priest in his sacred perambulations, slowly, persistently, religiously, circumambulating some holy pile of stones. He turns his prayer wheel, he counts his beads, he utters his phrases, he aspires after nothing, attains it, and reaches Nirvana.
This is Lamaism_ in its very simplest form. To become a Buddhist, an Incarnation; to escape the 18 regions of hell; to obtain perfect annihilation of existence, demands something more exacting than circumambulating a sacred pile of stones.
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