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Variously called Lama Tanchu, or Lama Dhondup, or Ehrlingh ("Divine Child"), the new Dalai Lama last fortnight took his official name: Jampel Ngag-Wang Lobsang Yishey Tenzing Gyamtso, deriving from the names of earlier Dalai Lamas and meaning "Tender Glory, Mighty in Speech, Excellent Intellect, Absolute Wisdom, Holding to the Doctrine, Ocean-Wide." To most Tibetans he will be known, like his predecessors, as Gyamtso Rimpoche ("Glorious King"). So glorious is he supposed to be, in fact, that the monks of his palace-fortress, the Potala, will do a thriving business selling barley pills containing his excreta-a specific...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Kokonor Kid | 2/26/1940 | See Source »

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