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An Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama in Tibet - Prajna Quest

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;APPENDIX. 455and <strong>the</strong> great leaders, came forth <strong>to</strong> meet and <strong>to</strong> guard him on <strong>the</strong> high road ,and <strong>the</strong>y were wait<strong>in</strong>g his arrival with eager expectation ;and <strong>the</strong>y obta<strong>in</strong>edadmission <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> honours <strong>of</strong> audience <strong>in</strong> crowds, crowd after crowd, and ilieypresented <strong>the</strong>ir gifts, and <strong>the</strong>ir <strong>of</strong>fer<strong>in</strong>gs : and he laid his hand, conferr<strong>in</strong>gbless<strong>in</strong>gs, upon <strong>the</strong>ir heads, and made <strong>the</strong>m joyiul : and this was <strong>the</strong> establishedpractice all <strong>the</strong> way.Thus he travelled on through <strong>the</strong> journies and <strong>the</strong> stages; and <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong>Soobah <strong>of</strong> Seur PootauUah, which is a place exceed<strong>in</strong>gly deliglulul, <strong>the</strong>Khawkawn <strong>of</strong> Ch<strong>in</strong>a met him, and saw him <strong>in</strong> joy and satisfaction ;and iierema<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>the</strong>re with <strong>the</strong> K<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> Ch<strong>in</strong>a for <strong>the</strong> space <strong>of</strong> oiie month ; and <strong>the</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g prepared enterta<strong>in</strong>ments <strong>of</strong> various sorts, and made feasts after diversmanners.<strong>An</strong>d dur<strong>in</strong>g this time <strong>the</strong> Gose<strong>in</strong>, Poorungheer, made known those th<strong>in</strong>gs<strong>in</strong> which you had repeatedly <strong>in</strong>structed him ; all <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m he made known,and all which you had said and directed, was acceptable and pleas<strong>in</strong>g <strong>to</strong><strong>the</strong><strong>Lama</strong>; and he <strong>to</strong>ok measures, accord<strong>in</strong>g; with tlie wishes <strong>of</strong> your nobleheart.<strong>An</strong>d <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> dignified sages, who are renowned throucrhout <strong>the</strong> earth, both<strong>to</strong> those <strong>of</strong> Ch<strong>in</strong>a and <strong>to</strong> those <strong>of</strong> Kilraauk, and also <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> Khawkawn <strong>of</strong>Ch<strong>in</strong>a, he expla<strong>in</strong>ed your say<strong>in</strong>gs; and he <strong>in</strong>structed <strong>the</strong>m <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> th<strong>in</strong>gsrelat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>to</strong> astronomy, and <strong>to</strong> geography, and <strong>in</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r matters, and <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong>pr<strong>in</strong>ciples <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> religious <strong>in</strong>stitutions <strong>of</strong> which <strong>the</strong>y needed <strong>in</strong>formation ;and <strong>the</strong>y obta<strong>in</strong>ed explanations <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se ih<strong>in</strong>gs, and <strong>the</strong>y were fav'oured<strong>the</strong>reby ; and <strong>the</strong>y heard all which Was related <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong>m with <strong>the</strong> ear <strong>of</strong>attention.But at this time, because <strong>of</strong> our wickedness, die holy <strong>Lama</strong> accepted <strong>to</strong>himself severe distempers, and he retired from this perishable world <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong>eternal mansions ;leav<strong>in</strong>g us, his followers, overwhelmed with <strong>the</strong> sorrows<strong>of</strong> separation.For those th<strong>in</strong>gs which relate <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> speedy com<strong>in</strong>g <strong>to</strong> pass <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> transmicrration,<strong>the</strong> Khawkawn <strong>of</strong> Ch<strong>in</strong>a, and <strong>the</strong> <strong>Lama</strong> <strong>of</strong> Lassa, tliat is <strong>the</strong> Dalai<strong>Lama</strong>, and <strong>the</strong> holy <strong>in</strong>struc<strong>to</strong>r <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> k<strong>in</strong>g, Chaungeah <strong>Lama</strong>, and odiers,

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