BUDDHISM OF TIBET

LAMAISM Lamaism original: "Lamaism". A term formerly used by Western scholars to describe the form of Buddhism practiced in Tibet and the Himalayas, named after the "Lamas" or high-ranking spiritual teachers.

WITH ITS MYSTIC CULTS, SYMBOLISM AND MYTHOLOGY,

AND IN ITS RELATION TO INDIAN BUDDHISM.

F.L.S. Fellow of the Linnean Society, F.R.G.S. Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society,

MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, ETC.,

SURGEON-MAJOR IN HER MAJESTY'S BENGAL ARMY.

LONDON:

W. H. ALLEN & COMPANY, LIMITED,

13, WATERLOO PLACE, S.W.

1895.