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0303 Tibet and Turkestan : vol.1
チベットとトルキスタン : vol.1
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tion for the great lamas was, however, spreading,
and as early as 1475 the head of the Galdan Monas-
tery (near Lhasa) seems to have been able to rule
nearly the whole country, but his authority in civil
matters was exercised through a regent, called
variously Depa or Jaypa; and this method of com-
promising, with the theory that an incarnation
should have no concern with things earthly, has
been followed ever since. So wide was the reputa-
tion for sanctity of the Tibetan Incarnations that
rude tribes of the Far North bent to their authority,
in spiritual matters, while brooking on earth no for-
eign sway which could not write its title in blood.
One of the great Tartar chiefs, Altan, desirous of
knowing more intimately the sacred teachings, and
perhaps thinking to add lustre to his savage Court,
secured a lama of special power and veneration to
visit him. This was in 1576, and this lama, Sodman
Gynatso, seems to have been the first to bear spe-
cifically the title of Dalai (Great), which now distin-
guishes the ruler of Tibet. This establishment of
a body of spiritual followers of Lamaism in distant
territory was soon followed by important conse-
quences, and is to-day the source of a current of
events which promises to radically change the politi-
cal orientation of the country. Feeling that their
conversion gave them a proper interest in the con-
duct of pontifical affairs, the Mongols came down
about the year 1644 A.D. to intervene in the troubled
affairs of the land, which was that of their newly
adopted shrines. A powerful lama of the time, un-
appreciative of their burning zeal, bought their
departure with a price. This the Mongol leader