ABSTRACT
I Now begin the description of the Sect or Religion of Thibet. Though the Thibettans are pagans and idolaters, the doctrine they believe is very different from that of the other pagans of Asia (meaning India). Their Religion, it is true, came originally from the ancient country of Hindustan, now usually called Mogol, but there, in the lapse of time, the old religion fell into disuse and was ousted by new fables. On the other hand, the Thibettans, intelligent, and endowed with a gift for speculation, abolished much that was unintelligible in the tenets, and only retained what appeared to comprise truth and goodness. The result is that the religious beliefs of the two countries are widely dissimilar.
