Ganr Das Bysack — Notes on a Buddhist Monastery [No. 1 , 
“ Lama, who rules in this country with unlimited sway, though, on 
“account of his being yet in his minority, the charge and administration 
“ fc h e country, for the present, is committed to me ; should you persist 
“ in offering further molestation to the Deh Terria’s country, it will 
“ irritate both the Lama and all his subjects against you. Therefore, 
“ from a regard to our religion and customs, I request you will cease 
“ from all hostilities against him ; and in doing this, you will confer 
“ the greatest favour and friendship upon mo. I have reprimanded the 
“ Deh for his past conduct ; and I have admonished him to desist from 
“ his evil practices in future, and to be submissive to you in all things. 
“ I am persuaded that he will conform to the advice which I have 
“given him; and it will be necessary that you treat him with com- 
“ passion and clemency. As to my part, I am but a Fakeer ; and it is 
“ the custom of my sect, with the rosary in our hands, to pray for the 
“ welfare of mankind, and for the peace and happiness of the inhabi- 
“ tants of this country ; and I do now, with my head uncovered, 
“ entreat that you will cease from all hostilities against the Deh in 
“ future. It would be needless to add to the length of this lettor, as 
“ the bearer of it, who is a Gosein, 1 will represent to you all particulars ; 
“ and it is hoped that you will comply therewith. In this country the 
“ worship of the Almighty is the profession of all. We poor creatures 
“ are in nothing equal to you. Having, however, a few things in 
“ hand I send them to you as tokens of remembrance and hope for your 
“acceptance of them.” 8 
It will be seen from the letter that the Tashi Lama alludes therein to 
a Gosain who headed the deputation, and Turner thus speaks of him : 
“ Of the persons deputed on this occasion by the Lama, two only 
“ ventured to encounter the burning atmosphere of Bengal ; one a 
“native of Tibet, named Paima; the other a pilgrim from Hindostan 
“ whose namo I have already mentioned, Poorungheer Gosein.” 8 
The roquest of the Lama was very favourably received. Warren 
Hastings became eager to know more intimately the writer of this 
letter, which was conceived in a very friendly spirit and founded on 
Deb Raja, also Kusho Depa, while the spiritual head is called Lama Rinpoche or 
Dharma Raja. “ But the real power has long been in the hands of the military 
governors, or Penlos of east and west Bhutan, whose capitals are respectively at 
Tong-sar and Paro.” Markham, Narrative of the Mission of George Bogle to Tibet, etc., 
Introd., p. lv. 
1 This is Puran Gir. 
s Turner’s Account of an Embassy to the Court of Teshoo Lama in Tibet, Introd., 
pp. ix — xii. 
* Turner, ibid,, Introd., p. xiii. 
