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modern Buddhist legends, and instinctively recalls the
belief of Lamaism that the end of the present age will
be marked by the surrender of Buddhism into the hands
of the “ Piling ” or western foreigner.
In a recess of each of three sides of the central hall
are great seated images of the Buddha. Sakya-muni
Main entrance to the Palkhor choide temple.
himself is surrounded in the dark northern chapel by
half-seen gigantic standing statues of Egyptian massiveness
and Simplicity, almost touching each other as they
line the walls, and looming out of the obscurity with
dignity and no small dramatic effect.* To the left of
the vestibule is an odd chamber of horrors. It is
* A similar arrangement is to be seen in the sanctuary of the “ Jo ” in the cathedral
of Lhasa.
