[Buddha-l] Lamas and such

[Dan Lusthaus]

> He did, in 1987. Probably written before that c. 1985? So someone 24 years 
> ago was still using that wording.

Steve, go to http://scholar.google.com and type "Lamaism 2004" (or any 
four-digit number between 2000 and 2009) and then wade through the pages of 
scholarly publications by respected scholars in respected journals who are 
using the word "Lamaism" (or related terms). Some are reprints or older 
scholarship, but the term has not completely gone out of vogue. If you do a 
different type of search of "Lamaism" on google scholar you will discover 
that it was used by scholars in a variety of fields quite heavily through 
the early 90s), when its use drops off somewhat  -- wonder why.  (30s 
through 70s was the period of heaviest use)

It has not gone completely out of usage, though.

Dan