None the less the Publishers believe that the Third Eye is in its essence an authentic account of the upbringing and training of a Tibetan boy in his family and in a lamasery. We may feel that here and there he exceeds the bounds of Western credulity, though Western views on the subject here dealt with can hardly be decisive. Indeed, certain details, such as his father’s real position in the Tibetan hierarchy, have been intentionally disguised for this purpose.įor these reasons the Author must bear-and willingly bears-a sole responsibility for the statements made in his book. Regarding many aspects of his personal life he has shown a reticence that was sometimes baffling but everyone has a right to privacy and Lobsang Rampa maintains that some concealment is imposed on him for the safety of his family in Communist-occupied Tibet. The many personal conversations we have had with him have proved him to be a man of unusual powers and attainments. Lobsang Rampa has provided documentary evidence that he holds medical degrees of the University of Chungking and in those documents he is described as a Lama of the Potala Monastery of Lhasa.
Anyway, the Publishers asked themselves, was there any expert who had undergone the training of a Tibetan lama in its most developed forms ? Was there one who had been brought up in a Tibetan family? Some questioned the accuracy of one section, some of another what was doubted by one expert was accepted unquestioningly by another. Their opinions were so contradictory that no positive result emerged. to nearly twenty readers, all persons of intelligence and experience, some with special knowledge of the subject. In an attempt to obtain conformation of the Author’s statements the Publishers submitted the MS. The autobiography of a Tibetan lama is a unique record of experience and, as such, inevitably hard to corroborate.
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