Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-03-24

the temple. Before il stands a flag
staff 100 feet high. adorned with yak's
hair and horns. The building is said
to be rooted with gold. The only
light is furnished by transparent
oilcloth in the roof. The temple con-
| tains fifteen plates of massive silver
adorned with jewels. The temple
holds the gigantic image of BudGhs
! the largest image in the world 1t is
140 feet high and rises up TO the roof
of the structure. 1t is gilded all
over and covered with precious
stones. Flowers are daily showered
! upon it.
Lassa is in the same latitude as
| New Orleans, but being 1890 feet
above the level of the sea, its climate
! is colder. The houses are heated by
braziers, and windows with glass
panes are found only in few palaces
of the high priests; in all CT the other
houses the panes are of paper either
oiled or plain. At night the houses
are lighted by torches or by print
tive lamps in the antique Roman style,
fed with a vegetable oil.
Residence of the DaIai-lama.
The city is about one mile wide and
two miles long. 1t is largely composed
of temples and converts. The popula-
ton is estimated at from $4,000 TO
10000, and of this number about 5000
are monks.
In the center of the sacred city rises
the principal temple. called the Great
lion. This temple is three stories
high and has four golden roofs. 1t
contains large number of statues of
Buddha. On the top OF the Mount If
lron," hill that rises above the
gilded roofs, stands the buildings of
! the largest convent in Lassa, where
the monks devote themselves to the
study of medicine.
On hill that rises 800 feet higher
is the residence of the Dalai-Lama
called the potala. In aspect it rs
something between the acropolis at
Athens and Mount st. Michel in
Normandy. 1t is an agglomeration
| of temples. palaces and structures
that suggest barracks The whole rs
| surrounded by walls. The zigzag
roads lined by stone walls are the
| means of communication with the diff
ferent buildings.
The Dalai-Lama is a young man
not more than 80 years old. His
name is Tubdangyamtso and he is %
| finest Tibetan type-that is to say al
/ Enr-nnnan &c
! very like that of the Buddhist high
priests, except that it is entirely yel-
low. He sits cross-legged on plat
form six feet high. dressed in the col.
! ors of priesthood. red and yellow
His arms are bare. and he holds a
| rod from the end of which hangs i
tassel of silk. white. red yellow
| green and blue.
| A yellow mitre covers his head anC
! he is dressed in yellow mantle
| Only persons of great rank and i'm
portance are permitted to ascend tn,
4 platform and receive the actual toucl
of the grand Lama's hand. '"Tht
4 grand Lama is able to grant anytnin
that the pilgrim may pray for Thu
pilgrim does not utter his prayer, blu
the grand Lama understands it by su
i pernatural intuition" The throne
upon which the grand Lama sits il
also an altar.
Lassa is to that form of Buddhism
known as Lamaism what Mecca is &c
! Mohammedanism Thither never
ending stream of pious pilgrims flows
from one years end to another, from
China, Corea and even the wild
wastes of Mongolia. The Dalai-Lama
is believed to be the incarnation of
a! Avalakiteshwara the head of the