The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-27
Glimpse OF BUDDHIST Ways
THE HOLIEST MAN
Sven Hedia's Audience with
the Head Of the Bud
hist Church.

In the morning l had my breakfast
and dressed myself as smartly as for
any bali at the Government House. Ac-
companied by the same persons who
had been in attendance on me at the
games, we again rode up to Tachi-
lumpo, and proceeded up the hill, as
the house in which Tachi Lama dwells
towers above the highest point Of this
town Of temples. 1t is a block of
white buildings with large projecting
windows and huge awnings.
We are ushered into the chief Sec
retary's room-a splendid reception
room full of idols in cases of real gold.
Red is the prevalent color Of the
room, From the window one sees the
numerous temple roofs and has a fine
view of the valley.
Thus we are sitting, chatting for
about an hour. Tea is handed round
in bowls with silver saucers. A iama
now came in and whispered to the old
man, who informed me that the Tachi
Lama was waiting for me; he had only
Just finished his prayers. In all the
corridors and passages there are
lamas standing, silent as monuments,
looking at us. Lobsang Tsering whis-
pers that we have now come to the
last anteroom, where l can arrange
myself ana put on the black shoes
We then mount the last steps ana ar
rive in the room outside the one
where his holiness will receive us.
None except Robert and Muhamed lisa
were allowed to proceed any further.
My present consisting of an expen-
siye medicine-case, is now taken
charge Of by a lama and is carried in.
l was asked whether I knew Tibetan.
AS my knowledge thereof is rather
meager, the interpreter had to accom-.
pany me- Otherwise his holiness
would have received me all by myself.
We enter; near the door / make a
deep bow, then q few more until l
come close up to Tashi Lama, who is
sitting on a small bench fixed to the
wall in a window recess, with small
table in front of him. He is dressed
as an ordinary lama, in red garments;
he mods to me kindly and gives me
both his hands, asking me to sit down
in an easy chair close to him. Half
of the room is rooted in; the other
half is like an open yard; the room is
striking contrast to that of the Sec
rotary, being extraordinarily simple;
not a single idol, no furniture, no
mats, only the cold stone floor.
Through the window his dreamy eyes
look out over this sinful world
towards the, to us invisible, Nirvana,
where his spirit in time will find rest.
He is Panther Rimpotie, or Tsonug
Kapas reincarnation. The great doc
tors soul has settled in Taehi
Lama's transient body. When
Tashi Lama dies, Tsongi Kapas soul
is transferred to his successor-a child
| being selected by the Conclave. The
present Tubden Tjoki Nina Gele
Namdpa is the sixth Tashi Lama, and
is at present the hottest person in the
whole lama world.
What did we talk about? He
asked me first if I had gone through
many hardships, and whether I had
felt the cold very much at Tjang-tang
then he expressed his regret at the bad
reception l had met with. The reason
was that I had come so quietly, and
nobody knew that / was the right per-
son who was expected. Now every
thing should be done for my comfort;
he had given instructions TO that eff
feet. He then asked about my coun-
TRIP, where it was situated, and about
| the population, then about the coun-
tries of Europe The Kings and EN-
perors interested him greatly. He
further inquired about the Japanese