The Third Eve: The Autobiography of a Tibetan Lama by T. Lobsang Rampa

Author:T. Lobsang Rampa [Rampa, T. Lobsang]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9788834146613
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Published: 2022-02-03T12:47:40+00:00

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THE THIRD EYE

My mental stage was at least equivalent to an eighteen-year-old.

as always 1 had mixed with people much older than I, and I had to fend for myself.

CHAPTER TEN

TIBETAN BELIEFS

it may be of some interest to give here some details of our way of life. Our religion is a form of Buddhism, but there is no word which can be transliterated. We refer to it as “The Religion,” and to those of our faith as “Insiders.” Those of other beliefs are termed “Outsiders.” The nearest word, already known in the West, is Lamaism. It departs from Buddhism in that ours is a religion of hope and a belief in the future. Buddhism, to us, seems negative, a religion of despair. We certainly do not think that an all-seeing father is watching and guarding everyone, everywhere.

Many learned people have passed erudite comment on our religion. Many of them have condemned us because they were blinded by their own faith, and could see no other point of view.

Some have even called us “satanic” because our ways were alien to them. Most of these writers have based their opinions on hearsay or on the writings of others. Possibly a very few have studied our belief for a few days and have then felt competent to know all, to write books on the subject, and to interpret and make 105

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