a quote of Tibet lamaism# EnglishChat - 鸟语花香
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They have their belief, these poor Tibet people, that
Providence sends down always an Incarnation of Himself into
every generation.
At bottom some belief in a kind of pope! At bottom still
better, a belief that there is a Greatest Man; that he is
discoverable; that, once discovered, we ought to treat him
with an obedience which knows no bounds.
This is the truth of Grand Lamaism;
the "discoverability" is the only error here.
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Scottish essayist, historian. On
Heroes, He
Providence sends down always an Incarnation of Himself into
every generation.
At bottom some belief in a kind of pope! At bottom still
better, a belief that there is a Greatest Man; that he is
discoverable; that, once discovered, we ought to treat him
with an obedience which knows no bounds.
This is the truth of Grand Lamaism;
the "discoverability" is the only error here.
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Scottish essayist, historian. On
Heroes, He