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In the fall of [[1928]], Amdō Geshe 安東格西 arrived at the temple where they were staying, and taught them more. He escorted them on a bowing pilgrimage. On September 17, 1929, Master Zhájiā 札迦大師 passed away. Dàyǒng died five days later, on September 22, [[1929]]. Two or three members of the group had already died. Others abandoned the group. At this point, Fǎzūn [[法尊]] took charge. | In the fall of [[1928]], Amdō Geshe 安東格西 arrived at the temple where they were staying, and taught them more. He escorted them on a bowing pilgrimage. On September 17, 1929, Master Zhájiā 札迦大師 passed away. Dàyǒng died five days later, on September 22, [[1929]]. Two or three members of the group had already died. Others abandoned the group. At this point, Fǎzūn [[法尊]] took charge. | ||
| - | In the spring of [[1931]], Lǎngchán 朗禪 and Chángguāng 常光 made it to Lhasa, while Fǎzūn and Huìshēn [[慧深]] stayed in Qamdo to receive consecration. They arrived in Lhasa in October. Of the original troupe of more than 20 members, only four had attained their goal. | + | In the spring of [[1931]], Lǎngchán 朗禪 and Chángguāng 常光 made it to Lhasa, while Fǎzūn and Huìshēn [[慧深]] stayed in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qamdo_Prefecture Qamdo] to receive consecration. They arrived in Lhasa in October. Of the original troupe of more than 20 members, only four had attained their goal. |
An ill-fated group of Han monks who tried to go to Tibet to study Tibetan Buddhism.
In April, 1925, Dàyǒng 大勇 changed the name of his Tibetan Language College 藏文學院 to the Residing-in-Tibet Dharma Studies Group. With funding from Tāng Zhùxín 湯鑄新 and Hú Zǐhù 胡子笏, they set out for Tibet. In the fall of 1925, the group, which included over 20 people, reached Xīkang 西康 from Sìchuān 四川. They remained there until the spring of 1927, during which time they studied Tibetan and Translated Tsong Khapa's 菩提道次第略論.
In 1927, they reached Garzê 甘孜 province with a military escort, but while there, the Tibetan officials misunderstood they aims of the group, and believing that theirs was a governmental group, refused to allow them entry into Tibet. The group stayed at 札迦寺, where they continued their studies.
In the fall of 1928, Amdō Geshe 安東格西 arrived at the temple where they were staying, and taught them more. He escorted them on a bowing pilgrimage. On September 17, 1929, Master Zhájiā 札迦大師 passed away. Dàyǒng died five days later, on September 22, 1929. Two or three members of the group had already died. Others abandoned the group. At this point, Fǎzūn 法尊 took charge.
In the spring of 1931, Lǎngchán 朗禪 and Chángguāng 常光 made it to Lhasa, while Fǎzūn and Huìshēn 慧深 stayed in Qamdo to receive consecration. They arrived in Lhasa in October. Of the original troupe of more than 20 members, only four had attained their goal.
Participants who did not go all the way to Lhasa (either due to death, or because they turned back)
References:
Shì Dōngchū 釋東初. Zhōngguó fójiào jìndàii shǐ 中國佛教近代史 (A History of Early Contemporary Chinese Buddhism), in Dōngchū lǎorén quánjí 東初老人全集 (Complete Collection of Old Man Dongchu), vols. 1-2. (Taibei: Dongchu, 1974), 2:442-454.
Yú Língbō 于凌波, ed. Xiàndài fójiào rénwù cídiǎn 現代佛教人物辭典 (A Dictionary of Modern Buddhist Persons), 2 vols. (Taipei: Foguang, 2004), 1:684b-685b.