New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 2, 1925, Page 27

C L4 FE\HE Pan Chan Lama of Tashihunpe is com- F ing to town, So there's a stir #n Peking: For the Pan Chan Lama ls a reincarnation of a Buddha. Not only does Peking intend to pay homage to the head of the religion that forms the basis of most worship in China, But Peking intends to play politics as well. Tashibunpo is fn Tibet, a territory cally part of the Chinese republic but practically in a precarivus condition as regards to control. theoret! It is the Pan Chan Lama—so called for shoit officially known @s the Pan-chan-rin-po-ct or “Jewel Among the Great Scholars,” who swa great part of Tibet's destinies, jower with another relncarnation of a Buddh the Dalia Lama, whose fall name is Ah-wang pu-tsang-to-pu-tan-chia-ta-cht-chal-wang-chu-c and He shares t} le-lang-chich, And it Tibet is to be welded into the repu tine fiiendskip of the Lamas must be secuved. Tie second in its sole Pan Chan Lama's heme at Tashihunpo is n grandeur to the Potala pal ace of Balai Lama at Lha o Delai Lama is r ot the two, he having greater temporal power but the Pan Chanp Lama is held worthy of higher Tei ce becapse bis office und functionz uve less contaninated by wordly cares, SWAYS TERRITORY Pan Chan Lawma's word is law, sands of monks who live in m 1y care, and his influence is felt far mds of b Thus the Chine: laceil \ernmer est ju hLis visit nother %n Chan Lama upon a tine: to be specific, in 1779 Laia must make a visit to Peking or scnd 4 repres This wort v Cl entative, which ¥ wae regally entertaine Empor Lung. In the midst of the festivities none-too s! considered cer sufter during his siay. ellorts have been n to ap, entertainment. But pecaus is always almost empt e ).000 doing s i down to § 4 noble g the cubiuet ma clurtng that twice 200,000 honored to <pend for such un guest—if the w REPAIR TEMPLES Great pregaritions are being n dreds of which i Tivetan B In the Yeliow Temple likewise, t Tibeta priests residing in the Lamd T n effect, the Peking e ddhist hie efs princes tribal ch! dtariés with business in Pek stir. This building of the Pan Chan a magnificent mart e \ DRAWN en an | nd ehind this temple is ted by the \‘p- Wperor in memory « upfortunate Lama centuries the L 3 wil rform fantastic s will chant %k on the Lama and ut now genuine Pan na on the way und with purposes politi economic to b 1. the government is It Is Into ystem of government in th have become homc OLD FAITH st expounded by the Gotar s before CF Gotama s the Buddha by Europeans. rerely a title meaning Gotama was the first of a number many of whom scholars say have been given title of fundamental in Buddhism and ‘an Chan Lama, as ar Kis e reincarnation of the Boddhis Lama I8 regarded as the incarnation spitit of one of the teacher Tsongkhaba's the same time the incarnation 1 REFORMED FAITH after the birth of Gotama hold on Tibet. Srong Tsan and organiged the nation. nary was Thimu Sambhota, ked upon as an Incarnation of as is the Pan Chan Lama edsand waned from century to ongkapa was born. He be. i ht to dr at had crept [ YEZLOW. JZEMZPL. revolution and in the 15th century the government of China recognized the reforms as ag the older order and recognized two of the lea bishops of the church as the overlords of the coun try. Th Lama and the Pan Chan Lama. ps were then known as the Dalal successors have held power to the present it 1s the successor of the L r that is now to visit Peking. The Dalal Lama is known as Gyalpo Rinpotshe, Chan Lama Pantshen Rinpotshe, “the glorious/teacher.” “the glorious king,"” and the Pan The Lamas have been regarded. almost from the very first of their temporal pow of Buddhas. , @s incarnations Therefore, upon_their death, a nice problem de velops to find their successor. The hunt body for t of a dead ruler in might stump an occidental mind oriental. LOOK FOR MARKS hed for & new-ix resemblar (Copyright, 1924, by NEA Se \ ‘ iy 'fl%flr‘,_t\‘wzp—“‘ EXALTED MONK WHO WIZL WELCOME RAN CHAN ZAMA TO the zovernment, Rut it was provided that none 11d make this trlp unless he has ad Ipox. This s been most popular since the the Loma may send a delegate. Lama to make the visit. t visit the visit is to be repeated 2 to Peking In the time of the empire, tf) and ha of whom 1khta bad to present a hada (; o another gift In These children are is Just “han Lama mitted to certain te | Wit to.n ohably pay his trib the garments of t ute to the republie and reccive a gift from the with & number ot s dren that fill 108 the first Lamas, Buddhism rupted in Tibet, has been great- 1snally quite a nu parents before the MANY DIGNITARIES 1Y great monaste the Chinese government e w nto Budidhism hes been grafted large quantl- Taol can hardly be distin. shed from that helief. Pven deities have been wed for Ta h the masses ten on slips and placed in d the future Lama is then drawn out. m to v e Lamaism more popu- Even at that, the religlon Two other names are drawn ar next two children re ted except at t atsm, 3 es of death, sort of a consolation g the name for the Chinese form of s said by critics to have greatly harmed Huge mc nds of priests hav is then tu the monks and educated to his e mation asteries containing thou- REGENT RULES best blood of drawn the youth is spent in perf from Industrinl pursuits es, while a rege t us x I Pan Chan Lama sides the the Dalal Lama, re are other dignities of varying esting to note that few have rea nk In the organizations Each Lama. as well as the H te whict These offices e grown in number with the n size of the church and the need for £ 18 and pay ;¢ Meutcnants in its organization. class of dignitaries the Lamas he rease vice, Inc.) No. Uz Demo Worship Pervades PEHQION in China is not, as A one may suppose, divided Into different beliefs, Rather, authorities say, there {8 but one religion outside of the mc . astical profession of Buddhism. That Is a general beliet in good and bad spirits that control the universe. This underiying bellef finda its ep pression In ancestor worship, which has been termed the core of Chinese beliet, Confuclanism, a moral code rather than a religion; Taolsm, & prd form of demon worshlp, and Buddhism, Each one of these doctrines has embodied in it bits of each other. Ancestor worship I8 expressed through Taotsm and Buddhism. Cone fusclus’ has Influenced ancestor worship, Taolem and Buddh. And Buddhism and Taolsm have been warped so that each fn- itive philosophy ism. clude much of the other. There are also some twenty mile llon Mohammedans fn China. Thele beliefs, In & somewhat purer form than the rest of China's, have been modified by the devil-wore philosophy of the race. although YHINESE have not been confined (,4 to the purely orlental bellefs, A Jewish colony was established in The 1 evidences the bullding of a synugoguy Lucre in 1183, It was rebuilt in 1488 and the colony still exists Kalfengu in Honan years ago. earliest rect There are but few In the colony to- and, although many of the tre s have been lost, an effort being made to purify tha belief. v e 1M1 Tibetans are perhaps the only peéple in the world except Jews and Christians who do hot claim to be decended from a diety. According to thelr traditions, a monkey crossed the Himalays into the then uninhabited plains and mar- ried a she-devil of the hills, Shrenrezig, & god, took the patr He fed their offspring & magical food. On this dlet the children began to walk eract, lost their hair and tall and learned te speak, Gradually they becarge humans. under his special care. This legend 1s interesting because recent sclentific theorles declare that the Himaluyas were the birthplace of the human race, These same scl entists, antedating the legend, Qe clare that man and monkey had & common ancestor, e e ’[‘\\'Ilfl-} the Dalal Lama Jost his throne, The first time occurred when the British marched into Tibet and first opened that country to the outside world. He fled in fear. The Pan Chan Lama took his place. Ho later returned, only to be forced to flee @gain In the face of a Chinese march in 1908, The present Dalal Lama was not selected by tho usual method else where desesibed. r his parents and himself were seen in a vislon by the chief Lama of the Galden Monastery, The Lama told bis vision to his brothers and then went to the spot he described. There they found the child under the conditions predicted. He was submitted to all the tests except the lot sting, &nd he successfully He was thereupon pre clalmed the Incarnation of Buddha end proclaimed Dalel Lama., He {s the 13th to hold the office. A legend says that his Buddhs was to be reincarnated but 13 times, What will happen upon his death fs uncertaln. Some think the legend will be re- vised, othars that the yoanger Pan Chan Lama will usurp his power and others that the Chinese government will use It as an excuse to supress Lama government In his territory. The last depeadent upon the power of the republie, which Is very slight at the present time. It 1s also possible that the Incarna tiom of another Buddba may be im- duced to take charge of the destines of his fellowers. One-seventh of the people in Tibet are smid to be monks. It has been estimated that there are 500,000 fol lowing the profession. These are boused {n 1026 monasteries. Tibet was at one time a verdant, prosperous country. Climatio conditions have changed, Bowever, rendering much of the land barren, This and the loss of mane power by means of the Lama system has Impoverished the country, leaw Ing many Inhabitants to live In Alth and wretchedness, passed all. conjecture I