UNIQUE CEREMONY.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 3 July 1925, Page 10

UNIQUE CEREMONY.

LAMA RECEIVES MEMBERS OF ALL R ELI (DONS.

A unique religions ceremony Took place 1 ecently on a picturesque island in the imperial Palace grounds, when the Panchan Lama, or living Buddha, received in audience 8)0 representatives of the world’s most important religions. The eont.ib. tion from the Protestant Church consisted of the by a choir of selections from Stainer’s Crucifixion, whi e the Panchan Lama .%*: on a golden throne surrounded by lamas ii yellow ides. Speeches were made in se.era! la-ngna.es emphasising the desirability of con oid and co-opera-tion among leligions and nations.. This is the first time tnat a living Buddha has visited Pekin for over a hundred tears. (The Pnnchan Lama, also known as the Pan-Chhen. or Tesho-Lama, or Bogdo-Lama, is one of the two Lama Popes, the other being the Dalai-Lama. or ocean nriest, who resides at Lhassa. Theoretically, both pope s are equal in rank and authority.in matters spiritual and temporal, but in reality as the De lai-Lama holds sway in a much larger terFtorv ) e is regarded as the more powerful).