Another wheel is moving to bring the precious body back to Tachientu. Why this particular wheel 1s moving Jand in this particular direction no tone seems to know; and if there is Jany trouble along the frontier between the Chinese and the Tibetans this particular wheel will be respon sible. 'The Lhasa Tibetans are determined that the body of the Panchen shall repose in the Land of the Lams and no place else. But they are manding, and this apparently is where the hitch is taking' place, that the body shall be handed over to them, jand the Panchen's following shall go about its own business. 'The Panchen's retinue, those who have been with him in his travels throughout China, Mongolia and Amdo, are now in danger of their lives. The Lhs government blames the Panchen'r "Gudra' for the rupture between the Dalaf and the Panchen. Tai Chi-tao fs using all the acumen of which he possessed to keep things going smoothly, but this is not easy. There fare still other, wheels moving over Which he has fo control and the high minister of state is almost at his wits end.
Distribution of Panchen's Wealth If the Panchen could have foreseen all the complications that would fol-Tow his demise he might have tried to. do something to continue _his sojourn in this weary world. Even among his own personal followers things. are not what they seem and tone of the big questions confronting Tai Chi-tao Is the equal distribution the big, lama's wealth and possessions. Unfortunately the Panchen in his wide and long travels all over fortune. this man. of peace and saw the tranquil look on his face were quite Prepared to lay their gems before him, But the Gehazis in Lamaland have still one eye on the world and the other on Nirvana.
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