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The spread of the Red & Yellow schools of the bauddha-mata in Mongolia reveals some of the worst counter-religious aspects of the tAthAgatan movement. In some ways it acted no different from the west Asian counter- religions, clearly establishing the shared ugliness across these

movements. Lama Agvan dordchiev remarked that "...the conversion of various nations [to the nAstikamata] has to be different; while one will be converted by mere discipline, others are to be subdued by magic powers, i.e., terror." : Sounds familiar? To things recommended by the

Lamaistic documents in this regard are: "influence the ruler to interfere with the old religion through economic encouragement of the converts [to the nAstikamata]; "iconoclastic purges of the shamanist idols". The Lamas called on the descendants of Khasar, the brother of Chingiz

Khan, & the Chingizids who they had converted to make "Shamans & Shamanesses of the heretical, idolatrous faith were made to renounce the propagation of (their) deities & idols." The Lamas then sent out their disciples: "to enter the gers of all noblemen, dignitaries & commoners

collect their Ongghot images and burn them in giant pyres." Given the Mongol attraction for the old religion the functionaries of the Panchen Lams then resorted to substitution of the deities of the "bhairava-tantra" for those in the old, vilified religion.

Another approach they resorted to, was to initially retain the fire ritual hymns with some minimal lamaistic adaptation. Remarkably, the Japanese expedition to the Mongol Olon süme site recovered fragments of manuscripts of such incantations that remain poorly studied