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Word: hutukhtus (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Chieh, otherwise known as Ngag-Wang Lobsang Thubden Gya-Tsho. From Buddhists who traveled up from India in the 7th Century, over torrential rivers and through snow-swept passes of the Himalayas, the Tibetans adopted their faith-Lamaism. A powerful hierarchy grew up, with lamas (monks), priests, metropolitans, abbots, hutukhtus (saints). With a graded priesthood and a liturgy which included vestments, chants and prayers, Lamaism came to resemble a caricatured Catholicism, remembered perhaps from the teachings of wandering heretic Nestorians. In the 15th Century, through a shift in its priesthood which brought in a "Yellow" or reformed sect, Lamaism acquired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: In the Potala | 1/1/1934 | See Source »

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