The Discourse of Lama
The Discourse of Lama《喇嘛说[1]》is an article written by the Qianlong Emperor in the 57th year of the Qianlong era of the Qing dynasty (1792) to elaborate on the policy (Article One of The 29-Article Ordinance for the More Effective Governing of Tibet) of using lot-drawing process with Golden Urn to pick reincarnated lamas including the Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama. He explained why he thought it would be a fair system of choosing them, as opposed to choosing reincarnated lamas based on private designation, or based on one person's decision.[2] Also, it's to eliminate greedy family with multiple reincarnated rinpoches, lamas.[3]
The article was engraved on the stone tablet in the Lama Temple in Beijing. The height of the stone tablet is 598 cm.[4]
References[]
- ^ "喇嘛說 - 維基文庫，自由的圖書館". zh.wikisource.org.
- ^ 虽不能尽除其弊，而较之从前，各任私意指定者，大有间矣。..一人之授意者，或略公矣。
- ^ 去转生一族之私
- ^ "御制《喇嘛说》碑 - - 活佛转世数字馆". www.livingbuddha.cn.
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