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Eh ala 46 . Sometimes holding the dorje and bell and at other times with 
joined palms, he used to sit in a pensive mood, as if to read or write. He 
was never known to delight in or amuse himself with ordinary and 
vain sports like other vulgar boys. When only three years old, he was 
found continually engaged in worshipping a bright and handsome image 
of Buddha. The fame of this wonderful child reached Tasi-lhunpo, 
when the Don-Ner Lo-ssan Tson-du was assured by many of the re¬ 
appearance of the soul of the late Panchhen in the person of the said child. 
Accordingly, he equipped himself with some of the personal properties 
of the late Panchhen Rinpoclihe, such as the rosary, dorje, and bell, the 
articles used in consulting gods, mixed with several imitation sets, and 
arrived at Tasi-tse. On being subjected to the ordeal of finding out the 
real properties, the princely child easily and unerringly picked out all 
that belonged to the late Panchhen, and moreover called Don-Ner by 
bis name though he had never heard it before. This excellent manner of 
acquitting himself established beyond doubt the identity of his soul with that 
of the late Panchhen. The princely child, now four years old, was therefore 
brought to Tasi-lhunpo with great pomp and procession. The Dalai 
Lama Kalssan Gya-tsho gave him the name of Lo-ssan Paldan Ye-se. 
On this occasion the Emperor of China, most of the Mongolian princes, 
the Taranatha Lama of Khalkha, the government of Lhasa with its 
dependent chiefs, and the three great monasteries of Sera, Dapun and 
Gahdan sent him innumerable presents of various sorts. About this time 
a shower of flowers fell from the sky, which glittered with many a rain¬ 
bow and conical halo of light. The atmosphere was laden with sweet 
fragrance. On a background of variegated clouds, the shapes of a lion, a 
tiger, an elephant, a horse and a man under a canopy of radiance, surrounded 
by innumerable flags, were manifest to the eyes of alb During the sixth 
year of his age he was carefully instructed in aphorisms and mysticism by 
his chief spiritual minister Lo-ssan Yon-dsin, 47 from whom he received 
the vows of monkhood when only seven years old. In the 10th lunar 
month of the same year he took his seat on the chair in the grand 
worship hall. On this occasion also, the Emperor of China, the Dalai 
Lama, the king of Tibet Miwan Sonam-tob and the different Mongol 
princes sent him presents, which amounted to more than 30,000 pieces 
of horse-hoof shaped silver, 5,000 gold sans , 10,000 pieces of satin, and 20 
porters’ loads of precious stones, such as turquoises, corals, cat’s-eyes, 
46 In ordinary Hindi meaning “good”, “very good”. 
47 His full name is Dorje-dsin-pa, Lo-ssan-sod-pa, yon-dsin. The Vajra-dhara 
or the holder of the Thunderbolt. 
