Word: dilowa
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Dates: during 1949-1949
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Lord of Pastures. They took him to Naribanchin, taught him Tibetan (the Latin of Buddhism), the scriptures, and the procedures of his new office. As the 19th successive reincarnation of 6th Century Buddhist Saint Dilowa, they gave him that name. When he was 18, the Dilowa Hutukhtu assumed command of the Naribanchin lamasery and two others in Chinese Inner Mongolia...
...years, the Dilowa Hutukhtu lived at Naribanchin, absolute ruler of 900 lamas, and lord of miles of farm and pasture lands. Dressed in silken robes of yellow and red, he spent his days in study and prayer. Only for the year's great festivals, such as the bemasked Devil Dance, did he vary his happy and quiet routine...
Then, in 1931, the routine was suddenly shattered. The "autonomous" government of Outer Mongolia, which was coming more & more under Soviet influence, outlawed Buddhism as the national religion, confiscated the lamasery lands. The Dilowa Hutukhtu withdrew first to Inner Mongolia, then to North China, finally (during the Japanese war) to Chungking. Cut off from his monasteries and obliged to live on a stipend from the Chinese government, he dreamed of retiring to Tibet. But last week, the long-wandering Dilowa Hutukhtu had changed his place of exile once again. He became a resident of Baltimore, U.S.A...
Point of Departure. Last week the Dilowa Hutukhtu, urbane, erect and 66, was a Lattimore house guest in Baltimore's Ruxton suburb. He speaks Tibetan, Chinese, and everyday Mongol, reads the literary classical Mongol, which has changed little since the days of Genghis Khan. But since he understands no English, he will do no teaching yet. For the time being, he will be a research adviser on Mongolian culture and religion...