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tionofthedivine
spiritinahumanbodyisastateofmiseryandtheconsequenceof
frailtiesandsinscommittedduringformerexistences.Buttheyholdthat
somefewindividualshaveappearedonthisearthfromtimetotimenot
underthenecessityofterrestrialexistencebutwhovoluntarilydescen-
dedtotheearthtopromotethewelfareofmankind.Theseindividuals
havegraduallyassumedthecharacterofreappearancesofBuddhahim-
selfinwhichcapacitythelineiscontinuedtillthepresentdayinthe
severalLamasofThibetChinaandothercountrieswhereBuddhism
prevails.InconsequenceofthevictoriesofGengisKhanandhissuc-
cessorstheLamaresidinginThibetwasraisedtothedignityofchief
pontiffofthesect.Aseteprovincewasassignedtohimashisownterrit-
oryandbesideshisspiritualdignityhebecametoalimitedextentatem-
poral monarch. He is styled the Dalai Lama.
ThefirstChristianmissionarieswhoproceededtoThibetweresur-
prisedtofindthereintheheartofAsiaapontificalcourtandseveraloth-
erecclesiasticalinstitutionsresemblingthoseoftheRomanCatholic
church.Theyfoundconventsforpriestsandnuns;alsoprocessionsand
formsofreligiousworshipattendedwithmuchpompandsplendor;
andmanywereinducedbythesesimilaritiestoconsiderLamaismasa
sortofdegeneratedChristianity.ItisnotimprobablethattheLamasde-
rivedsomeof [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]
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