Tibetan Concern Regarding Delayed Appearance of The Fourteenth Re-incarnation Cly Tiarran Tachientu, Dee. 25:
The Lana of the Lamas is a wide, open, barren country, every largely inhabitated by nomads and lamas. The Tibetan merchant may be a nomad, sometimes he is a lama and frequently he 1s one who has given up Lamaism and acts as commercial attache to some large and important Tamasery. "The Tibetan army, has been evolved by the Young Party merely to give the impression that Tibet in her preparation for war is not lagging behind other nations.
But the question disturbing this peaceful land at present is not one!
Gedun Druba, who followed Dzongka Bs, the great reformer and first of the line, died in 1475, and was followed by Godun Jamtso. Gedun Jamtso died in 1843 and was succeed ed by Sonam, who died in 1589 to be followed by Yondan in 1889. On his death Ngawang, the notorious Aft Dalai Lama made himself both priest and king in 1017. Each took office the year in which his predeces-mig tampered unscrupulously with Tibetan history, posing as a god jearnate, and was acknowledged all sects as q re-incarnation. of Jen Reh Zee, and each successive Dalai has thus' been acknowledged, After Neawang had consolidated his position he. initiated. the re-incarnation theory and was made frst king of Tibet by the Mongol prince, Justi, and this was confirmed by the Chinese Emperor in 1650, Ngawang, died in 1082 and was. followed 'Tsanyang, who in turn was succeeded by Galzang in 1708, On Galzany's death in 1758 Jambal "eae into office, He died' In 1805 and_ was followed by Lundog in the same year.
Lundog died in 1810 and was followed by Tsultrim in 1610—this is the only record we have of a period of three years elapsing between the @eath of a Dalai and the discovery fof his resinearnation in some tittle child. Tsultrim died in" 1837, and twas folloived by the "most wise" 11th Dalai the same year. Kedrub died {in 1055 and was followed by Trinleh the following year, who died in 1874 and was-followed in 1876 by the Into Dalai, the 13th,
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