ABSTRACT
Feuds once started were difficult to settle, though there were traditional methods of achieving reconciliation if both parties were willing. Often, however, conflicts could last for years. The lama introduced above who accused Pemalingpa in 1481 of interfering with his attempts to control the weather is found two years later writing a letter to the people of Saphuk encouraging them to refuse to transport Pemalingpa's baggage on his return from a second visit to Tibet. According to Pemalingpa, the lama was simply jealous. It was only with difficulty that the Saphuk people were finally persuaded to recruit fifty of their number to carry the loads, which contained the numerous gifts received by Pemalingpa on his travels in Tibet.120 The lama perhaps had good cause to be jealous.
