[Footnote *: Before his armies entered Thibet, he sent an
embassy to Bogdosottnam Dsimmo, a Lama high priest, with a
letter to this effect: "I have chosen thee as high priest
for myself and my empire. Repair then to me, and promote
the present and future happiness of man: I will be thy
supporter and protector: let us establish a system of
religion, and unite it with the monarchy," &c. The high
priest accepted the invitation; and the Mongol history
literally terms this step the period of the first respect
for religion; because the monarch, by his public profession,
made it the religion of the state. Klaproth. "Travels in
Caucasus," ch. 7, Eng. Trans. p. 92. Neither Dshingis nor
his son and successor Oegodah had, on account of their
continual wars, much leisure for the propagation of the
religion of the Lama. By religion they understand a
distinct, independent, sacred moral code, which has but one
origin, one source, and one object. This notion they
universally propagate, and even believe that the brutes, and
all created beings, have a religion adapted to their sphere
of action. The different forms of the various religions
they ascribe to the difference of individuals, nations, and
legislators. Never do you hear of their inveighing against
any creed, even against the obviously absurd Schaman
paganism, or of their persecuting others on that account.
They themselves, on the other hand, endure every hardship,
and even persecutions, with perfect resignation, and
indulgently excuse the follies of others, nay, consider them
as a motive for increased arder in prayer, ch. ix. p. 109. -
M.]
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