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... Grand Lama , I have spent several years in studying the actualities of Lamaism as explained by its priests , at ... Lamas in regard to their seemingly chaotic rites and symbolism , I felt compelled to purchase a Lāmaist temple with its ...
... Grand Lama , I have spent several years in studying the actualities of Lamaism as explained by its priests , at ... Lamas in regard to their seemingly chaotic rites and symbolism , I felt compelled to purchase a Lāmaist temple with its ...
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... Grand Lama , joint God and King of many mil- lions , is still the most impenetrable country in the world . Behind its icy barriers , reared round it by Nature herself , and almost un- surmountable , its priests guard its passes ...
... Grand Lama , joint God and King of many mil- lions , is still the most impenetrable country in the world . Behind its icy barriers , reared round it by Nature herself , and almost un- surmountable , its priests guard its passes ...
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... Grand Lāma , as well as representatives of the Christian and several other faiths , and he ultimately fixed upon ... Lama of Saskya , or the UNDER SASKYA HIERARCHY . 37.
... Grand Lāma , as well as representatives of the Christian and several other faiths , and he ultimately fixed upon ... Lama of Saskya , or the UNDER SASKYA HIERARCHY . 37.
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... Lama of Saskya , or the Sakya Pandita , as head of the Lamaist church , and conferred upon him temporary power as ... Grand Lama was Tson - K'a - pa's nephew , Geden - dub , with his succession based on the idea of re - incarnation , a ...
... Lama of Saskya , or the Sakya Pandita , as head of the Lamaist church , and conferred upon him temporary power as ... Grand Lama was Tson - K'a - pa's nephew , Geden - dub , with his succession based on the idea of re - incarnation , a ...
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... Grand Lama , developed into the fiction of re - incarnated reflexes of the divine Bodhisat Avalokita , as detailed in the chapter on the Hierarchy . In 1640 , the Ge - lug - pa leapt into temporal power under the fifth Grand Lama , the ...
... Grand Lama , developed into the fiction of re - incarnated reflexes of the divine Bodhisat Avalokita , as detailed in the chapter on the Hierarchy . In 1640 , the Ge - lug - pa leapt into temporal power under the fifth Grand Lama , the ...
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