Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-07-15 | Page 9 | Tibetan Buddhism in State of Witchcraft, Explorer Reports

Tibetan B Buddhism iii State f f Witchcraft Explorer Reports NEW YORK July 11 1 AP The Buddhist center ot of 1 Jew York received re- re ceh d a communication tOday from Nicholas h head ot of the Ito Ro- erl h American e expedition p his In search ot of the Jegen legendary Y cradle city of the human race In the Gobi Gohl desert declaring declaring de- de claring that t Buddhism had degenerated d dictatorship over tile the world 40 o kin appalling depth or of fraud demonology and witchcraft The expedition n recently escaped from five months captivity In Tibet TI- TI bet het during five ot of Its Mongolian Mon Mon- gollan golian and the T Tibetan guides ul es and ninety caravan camels camels' perished Th The communication announced that th the had cl rare sacred volum olum s. s ot n Buddhism and t they were being sent to the Buddhist cent center r for tor by persons Interested in tho r or of M MONASTERIES IN RUINS The Pile explorer is 18 the founder of the museum In New NewYork reports that Buddhist t tm nas- nas York m telles and temples throughout hout TIbet are afO In ruins The rIle people he said were were In n. n mood to revolt against th the of the Lama present head or of the church YIo He declared that he had found conscious re erp reverence ce of In Tibet held by n a strikingly Small number ot of people The first bench Into Tibet occurred In 1923 1123 The com com- recalls that conditions at that time prior to the light flight of the Tashi Lama and the accession slon sion to power ot of the Dalai Lama were more mOle satisfactory lIe believes there Is no longer round g-round for the general belief bellet throughout the western worM world that special spiritual qualities exist In Tibet Therefore all persons seriously de devoted to teaching he he says should explain to the broad masses that the understanding of this high teaching has nothIng In common with Bor sorcery ry and and superstition tion which which have e been substituted cunningly l to horrify weak eak minds FORESEES C COMPLICATIONS He gees es grave com com- resulting resulting- from om l-om the unwavering unwaverIng un- un waverIng belief ot of Tibetans TIbetan despite the tact fact that they are on n. n low step tep of flava savagery er that they are heirs to Buddha As a result he says the Tibetans hate the Chinese aM Aid all other central and are afraid ot of Russians and nd English En- En glish The economic degeneration ot of the I country has proceeded hand in fn hand I with the crumbling crumbling- ot of Buddhism In big villages he says Fays there I is n not t even even one store Butter Dutter eggs I su sugar mill milk and ordinary vegetables are unheard of 01 In twilight people como come begging you ou to sell the them something hut but to openly they dare not beIng afraid of penetrate tag Ing officIals It was vas pointed out that an rate knowledge e of conditions was wasI obtained chiefly through the aid ot of sor George Geoge a son or of orthe I the explorer who Is an instructor In AsIatic languages lang at Harvard