ABSTRACT
The Grand Lama temples at Peking and a few other towns in China are in the hands of Tibetan and Mongolian priests, not Chinese Buddhists, who profess a less impure form of the faith. The "Red Palace" contains all the great temples, throne-rooms, and relic-shrines of former Grand Lamas, and on its roof stand the golden Chinese pavilions which form its glittering landmark. Amitabha is supposed to be incarnated in the person of Panch'en Rim-po-ch'e, a sort of supplementary Dalai Lama who lives at Tashi-lhumpo, in Southern Tibet. Opening from the beautiful corridors is the Chapel Royal, for Potala is a monastery as well as a palace, and clad in ordinary Lama's robes conducts here the church services. On the flat roof above the temples and relic-shrines is the promenade of the Grand Lama, where, surrounded by his satellites, he takes his exercise amidst one of the finest panoramas in the world.
