Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-29

white man who ever met anu cOn-
yersed with the Hindoo Dalai Lama,
the inearnated Rodhe-sattya or avatar.
says the Chicago Record. In order to
do this DR.. llensholdt penetrated the
capital Of Ihibet. Lhassa, under tho
disguise 81 a high-caste Brahmin. and /,
at the risk OF his life, entered Bohta- la,
the golden temple, In which the sue
cessive lamas have lived for untold
centuries. Since lst5, when two dis
tinglished Frsnch missionaries spent
some time ia Lhassa, no man VI West
ern birth has set foot inside Of tho
sacred city Of the iiind0Os and re-
turned 70 tell the story
when | went TO india there Il
rich German accent In his voice II
was d thorough naterialist, gsrssd IA
the science 81 the West was always
seeking 20 find out how things were
done not why. a. the ilindo0s 10. {
wus confident that my srience would
entirely uuravrl every mystery 30
which had ever heard Hut when
got into the work % unrayriiug / 4Oon
found that ms snbjeet was much
larger than my scleuev that hal
undertaken ~ comprehend wisdom
thousand, % years older and MANY
times greater than mime
My attention wa, tltss attracted ~
the marvellous exhibition gi the ordI-
NARY street iakirs, AMI / heard thar the
tricks although ! Do not liks the
word Of the adopts NTFr st.li mora
\ wonderful Wlysa | saw thr much ds.
4crlbad mango trre exhibition ansf tho
rppo and basket frAr- determined al
suow more " the power Whieh tbe
Hindn yogls and rishis fossesed Ia
vain ! offered them money thrir ss,,
crr, vas NOT Or safe q aay PRIZES. IL
fact. they cared Little for anything
could offer thru
Accordingly, as ,o1u AZ VA thor.
oughly acquainted With Tho languA W.
4 went % serinagur I'll rhg VAL. ~
iaHhmrr", and liycd with Hvr hermit
adopts for about -is month";. 49,
their daily lives and watched .hrut
during their marvellous periods 81 AZ.
stractsun and yet / was rU nearer III.
strange secret than wa. before a.,
eastnuatly [ thought cuuM catch
I gltmpses tehiud the curtain a. il
were. but it was just a. thr ndsptn
said, they could not ,eft nh hos tbv,
reached their wisdom While hsr.
vas convinced % their pcrtec, con.
sctsuttna-n"sa in.kecping their sscrot.
and II their devotion 10 4 work whleh
Western people cannot understand
My taste % the occult hers, drfrr
mined me 70 make an attempt n reach
lhassa, the capital 81 Thihrt Ara th~
center 81 Buddhism. know H. p.r.
~ Hundreds 81 men who had tris,d
" , al never been heard from ngntn
~ fact. Colonel PrcIryrl.ky d Rttsstnn
nad made four desperate satllss Win
az armed force, but had never bcen
aole 20 roach his destination. All
American named Rorkhir had alao
tried y, but had never rot nearrr .
than 500 miles 10 l.hassa.
II stained my face aud hands N I
rleh brown color. and looming ths \
dress q y high-ca-tc Hisnd0n. AZ fprth I
on my way nOrthward pvnr tn II.fnn.
laya mountains was Recommended 4
by Hiudoo servant. Whom q.
reached the highlands for Thltct /. 4
more than 1000 feet above 4ea leyel
49, experienced mulch difficulty N
breathing ~ times, aud was. m
course. IN constant danger ofi.,fng MI.
covered. Several times nv hluc c,,.
got me into difficult situations Af,er
y tong journey We reached l.ha-sn a
beautiful old city built Oh a .e,.jrs ~
terraces, on the highest point ~ which
CLEANS the golden dome IN Brota.tn
the home Of The Dalai Lama IIare
spent several weeks discussing Hindoo
philosophy with the adopts a. 4 hin.
doc pilgrim "
''One day ! received sudden ,1e4.
sage that the Dalai Lama wanted !,
see me. Ordinarily iho Dalai Lama Il,
seen only twice year bv fhe falthf,,i
and how came - b. gort for Jnny
know. y = part ~ NE mysterious
thought transferenee common among
the Hindoos.
The Lama Il always child ~ Tan.
der years. never more than Ia ycars
old As soon as hc dies Buddba nasscs
70 the body Of another child ma !.
thus always present with his naomi.
when the child Is first possessed ofthe
y boail-sattya he predicts tho day Of
y was ushercd into tho great build.
ing and at last bcheld the Dalai tamn
seated on a,high pile II cushions. M
was q child about years old. strong
ana healthy looking. AZ approached
MN nc looked ct mo with tho pent,liar
iar-away expression which hnd aeon
IN q lesser degree in some Of the more
aged adopts. ! felt at once that no
knew aIl my thoughts his cyea
seemed TO pierce mo through ana
through After had stood for some
tlms what was my surprise 10 boar
MIN address mo in German. INV own
V, Tongue and colloquial German al that,
ho Lama speaks every tongue. I
answered and we discussed ali kinda
of subjects. '''''''
Usually he did not wait for mo 10
speak. but answered my tbnuoht Just