THE TIBETANS.

Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12766, 7 February 1910, Page 1

THE TIBETANS.

Dr. Sven Hedin., the explorer, in his recent book tells of a personal intemeir with the Taslii Lama, tlic iiohcsfc man in Tibet, more sanctified even than the Dalai Lama. When a lash! Lama feels the approach of +1 iv 10 T must > m accordance with tUe Holy Law remain in a sitting posture with ius legs tucked under Jnm, and his hands, palms upward ™ k i S {ft s ° tilat to ™ay die in the same attitude as the meditating Bntldha When he has lost consciousness flown he is so paced that he grows rigid in the orthodox position The corpse is clothed in priestly vestments -an new and never worn -before, and then a tall mitre is placed on its head. 1 rayers for the dead are recited, and the corpse is placed as quickly as possible still in a sitting position hi -i meta vessel," which is & n'lkd w tii "alt and hermetically sealed. The selected T? new . L A am^ w o aerioas matg. TlospmtwW has flown, is hnfc r^carnate itself in the l of ; a »«rfy-boni boy, and the diffteuJty is to discover the right boy ?S« •» \* a *? mil !g.Lamaist conni tries, in which, inquiries are mido : \^ er +l child «* *»» xnale sex en- , dpwed with extraordinary spiritual gifts Jias appeared. Natural^ there ; jw oumerouß applications, and'bi the ond the new spiritual ruler is chosen lottt^ P««i«c method of a mS 7 '- R r - Hedm found monks ia the course of his iouraevi»gs m the interior of Tibet. 'Each man occupied a single room built over va spring which bubbled up in the centre. The hermit is walled u^ with uT, V Wy * tn -r o1 «»n"n«ni?atinß with the outside- world. Once in- , side ,he never again sees the light of . day nor hears the voice of manfiWl : ''wS ld S f ? Ju ' 1 ?, by I monks • tlmv te , * G +^ }ai] y da ™'^ wore - n«Fo *3 pUt heir ™<>nths to the tun- ( recluse. Hie hernut monks are under • • C C 7 puls i on *? sta^ iH their cells, > "} Bton c? «f one wisliing for freedom •£f i 7^ lr if d *° Se ,^ *l le sim a e»in after ; he had been walled in for sisty-mno , sears, and he died almost immediate- [ ly after gratifying his wish.