Word: lamas
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Thomases had a fairly uneventful trip on their muleback way from India to Lhasa, but in Lhasa things got more exciting. They had the rare enough distinction of being presented to the Dalai Lama, and while the spiritual head of millions of Lamaistic Buddhists had very little to say, the travelers had a good chance to talk with some of his advisers...
...India last week, an official of the Dalai Lama's court described the bloodless conquest of Tibet by the Chinese Communists. His story could be read as a sort of parable of how Communism vanquishes the isolated, the timid and the unwary...
After a despairing conference with his advisers, Tibet's ruler, the 16-year-old Dalai Lama, made a hasty flight from his capital. Ahead of him went a thousand-mule train carrying 75 tons of the palace treasures. Before leaving, the Lama's government notified Chinese Communist headquarters that it was defenseless and ready to sue for peace. The new rulers of Tibet radioed back instructions to all government officers to stay...
...Dalai Lama reached Yatung, near the Indian border, where he secluded himself for prayer and meditation. Seventeen days later the court official reached India, "to seek," he said, "a peace...
Dean Stockwell is Kim, the Little Friend of All the World. When he is saucy and conniving, he is almost convincing. But when he is serious, as in the mawkish Wheel-of-Life discussions with his Lama, he becomes a male Margaret O'Brien. In addition to his point-scoring activities, Errol Flynn also swings through a few harems as a red-bearded horse trader seeking recreation...