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a large quantity of gold and silver. At the age of fifty-three he initiated and 
subsequently ordained to the priesthood the successor incarnate of Yonton- 
Gya -tsho. It was during this period that he deputed Se-chhen-chho-je 
to the court of Thai-tsun-bogto-khan, 86 the first of the Manchu Emper¬ 
ors of China, praying him to assume the protectorship of Tibet. The Em¬ 
peror gladly accepted the offer and sent him return presents of great value 
and rarity. Counting from the Emperor Shunchi, his son and successor, 
all the Emperors adhered to the Gelugpa church. This wise step which 
was calculated to save Tibet from the hands of the fierce and bloodthirsty 
Mongols, proved a failure ; for, a few years after, the warlike Gusri-khan, 
the son and successor of Thmgir-tho invaded Tibet, dethroned all the petty 
princes of Tibet, of Tsan and U , and brought all its eighteen provinces 
under his single sway. He greatly admired the vast learning and moral 
purity of Chho-kyi Gyal-tshan, whom he afterwards appointed his spiritual 
guide. Chho-kyi Gyal-tshan immediately before his death received an 
embassy from the Emperor of China which brought him a letter written 
in gold and many precious and choice presents. It was the noble and 
generous conqueror Gusri-khan who made a present of the sovereignty of 
Tibet to the fifth Gyal-wa Lo-ssan Gya-tsho, thenceforth called Dalai Lama. 
Besides delivering Tibet from many political vicissitudes and clerical 
crises, he did a great many acts of social and religious utility. He wrote 
five volumes of sacred aphorisms, and introduced the Kham-tshan. 87 He 
classified the monks into orders. He received into monkhood more than 
50,000 novices, and performed the ceremony of final ordination over 
nearly 100,000 monks. His charities amounted to 8 lakhs of gold sans, 
or 18 millions of rupees. 38 Among his spiritual sons, the 1st and the 2nd 
Dalai Lamas were the most eminent; and among his lay-pupils, mostly 
princes and nobles of the country, Gusri-khan was the most renowned. 
At the age of ninety-three, at 12 a. m., on the lOtli of the 2nd lunar month, 
in the year 16G2 A. D., he passed away from this world, after a glorious and 
most successful career, one of Tibet’s most illustrious personages. The 
Chhyag-Jo 39 of Tasi-lhunpo and the rich patrons of religion in Tibet 
conjointly subscribed 600,000 Its. (10,000 sans) to erect a gilt copper- 
roofed tomb over his remains. 
XII. 
Lo-ssan Ye-se-pal-ssan-po. 
This Lama was born of a high and noble family of Thab-gyalin a village 
of some importance in the province of Tsaii. His father’s name was 
36 The Emperor Shu-chi. 38 A gold sah is equal to Its. 60. 
87 System of national Hostels. 3J Treasures. 
