Lalin
a Spanish town about 26 miles N. of Pontevedra. Some interest- N. of Pontevedra. Some interesting old buildings are located in the city, including an old Roman temple and the ruins of the monastery of Carboiro.
Pop. about 17,500.
LA LINEA, a Spanish city near the English fortress of Gibraltar. Inhabited by laborers who make their living working for the garrison at Gibraltar and selling foodstuffs to them and to the naval vessels stationed there. Pop. about about 35,000.
LALITA-VISTARA (lal'i-ta-vis'tarä), the name of one of the most celebrated works of Buddhistic literature.
It belongs to the N. Buddhists, existing only in a debased Sanskrit version. It contains a narrative of the life and doctrine of the Buddha Sakya-muni, treating of " Dharma," or religious law.
Church and State Establishment of Tibet-standing in the same relation to churches stand to primitive Christianity.
Buddhism proper as the Western State Buddhism was introduced into Tibet in A. D. 622 by Srong Tsan Kampo, who founded the present capital, now known down to about 850 is called the "First as Lhasa. From the death of this king Introduction of Religion." More than a century of civil war followed, and in 971 there took place the "Second Introduction of Religion" into Tibet. For more 300 years Buddhism grew in power and wealth, and Kublai Khan embraced Tsongkapa, the Tibetan monastic the doctrine of the Lamas. In 1390, . In 1390, former, appeared in Lhasa, and at his death, in 1419, he left three immense monasteries with 30,000 monks. The two things on which he insisted were (1) the observance of celibacy, and (2) simplicity in dress. About the middle of the 15th century, the Emperor of China acknowledged the leaders-the Dalai Lama and the Pantshen Lama-as titular overlords of the Church and tributary rerulers of Tibet. They were abbots of the monasteries at Gedun Dubpa near Krashis Lunpo in Further Tibet, and their successors still exercise the same rights. Both are looked upon as incarnations-living in heaven, and appearing on earth in an apparitional body. The political authority of the Dalai Lama is confined to Tibet, but he is head of the Buddhist Church throughout Mongolia and China.
LA MANCHA. See MANCHA, LA.