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ABOUT A LETTER OF THE SOVIET BUDDHISTS TO THE THIRTEENTH DALAI LAMA
Incidentally, Soviet power has provided more than broad religious freedom.
Having taking into account that those who took vows of getsul'? and gelong'’ are
not allowed to take arms, [the government has] decided to spare them from military
service.
Let the Lord of Buddhists, the greatest of the Victorious Ones, the omniscient,
great, exalted Vajradhara Dalai Lama deign to examine these facts.
In addition, we would like to inform you about the decision to appoint and to send
[to Tibet] deputies representing the majority of monks [abiding] in more than fourty
monasteries so as to personally present before you, the Great Compassionate One,
the true condition of Buddhism in our country.
The Chairman of the Third Meeting of the Buryat Mongol Buddhists
Tsanyid kenpo'* Agvang Lobsang [Dorzhiev]
Deputy Chairman
Secretary
The year of Earth-Dragon [1928], month, date."
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2 Tib. dge tshul.
Tib. dge slong.
Tib. mtshan nyid mkhan po.
Not given.
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