machine, having been once set a going, moves on, in one uniform and
incessant roundI whilst enthusiasm-is sufficiently kept alive by the-
frequent recurrence of public festivals, in which all are seeiK^>.4ake>ai
share.-eelehfating them nvftlctlfe; most extravagant pageantry and*'ostentatious
parade.
The sober and reflecting character of- the Tibetians, exhibits a diffi
ferent picture Among them, all is. system and order. The mind readllp
obeys the superiority it has been accustomed to acknowledge. A
sovereign Lama, immaculate, immortal, omnipreseh^landiomniscfenfe,
is placed at the summit of their fabric. He is esteemed the vicegerent
ofthe.only God, the mediator between mortals and the Supreme.. They-
view him only in the most amiable light, as perpetually absorbed'ln
fqligious duty; and, when called to bestow attention op mortal .beings,
as employed only in the benign office of distributing comfort and com
solation by his blessing, and in exercising the first^fnU attribnfeSi
forgiveness and mercy. -He is also the centre of all civil government,
whfch derives from his authority all its influence and power. At the
same time that he is the. soul which animates their vpfmle] «ptem, n
regular gradation, from the most venerated Lama, through'the whole
. Order of Gylongs to the young noviciate, is observed with .rigid
severity.
The inferior gradations from the president of a monastery, who is
always styled Lama, in addition to the name of the station-to which
he belongs, are Gy long, Tohba, and Tuppa.
Oh thé Establishment of the monastery of Teshoo Loomboo, were
reckoned, at that period, no less than three thousand seven hundred
Gylongs, for the performance of, daily seryiceeju-<th^ Goomba, ,,o.r
temple. '-Four Lamas-^-G'lioserrifromi amongst; ,• them, superintend and
direct their Tela gieu«;|^einQhj:f§^f^v
One is annually elected fi onr. among ilhej/],) longs, whose.d&ty^^r
tlie time-being, is that ofratifprding.tp the due, prq'jen aripnjri, reguk^.
rity and; order; he inspects the. distribuftq||g| g|^yKignS ^has, a right
at all times,,to -enter thp apartments pfitliq-praqst^L; present
ligious assemblies andqjrpeepsiori$.;Jand.is gim^d;, as a\b jcl'ge, o^oli}^,
with a wand in oneiharidj.-and a^a|i,bra/,ier (i^ljjinumgMtiicrise,
dent by three chains from the extremity,oft.y, s t a l f o t h e r , . "V’Vtith
these insignia of his office, he is at E^ty^tpmask anylaps^j^i^ten-
tion bj slightly burmng the parts, pi .by a blow M l4lie,tenorspfj^ii^
office <and his station? devolve, at the.expirationfof^yjar^qn^a^qtlier
of the Gylongs ;* during hijj^olifuaiic^jig ap t^r^,^ jj^ylgd
Kegwi.
h Youth intended'for the serviem of the rnpnastery, gr^reGeiyedsintjO,
the establishment, at tlioage of eight or ten years.y diey arejthe^ called
Tuppa; and are occupied irii.reeei,V«xg tlie.mstqiGtipn.su ud i-ml^n,
age,-and? the duties for which thejg are dqSiggejL,. A MS
usually admitted of the order of
class; and if, after passing through a-careful; e^a^nadpn^.they agg
found.sufficiently qualified, from tfiat ql Tohba they are adtpittedjinfo
the order of Gylong, between thp.agg.of twentyf-on%an^ twenty-fo^f.
They then becolheieligible, according to'the weight of^iei^iqleres^, ||r
strength of their pretensions, to tli^superintendence; eudqyt^i
monastery, of whi^i,; there are multitudes^spre^ad all iflfyetf yjjlffi, Vfith