240 Mi: B. H. Hodgson's Sketch rf Buddhism. 



Visvabh6, in Amipawd Desa, in the house of a Kshatriya : in the TrekU 

 uu"-a, two persons became Buddhas ; one Karkutchand, in Kshcmdvati 

 Na"-ar, in the house of a Brahman ; tlie other Kanaka Muni, in S'ubhdvati 

 Nagar, in the house of a Brahma?! .- and in the Dtrapar-yuga, one person 

 named Kasyapa, in Vdrdnasi Nagar, in the house of a Brahman : and in the 

 Kali-yuga, Sakya, then called Sarvartha Siddha (see note 25), in the house 

 of Sudhodana Raja, a Sdkyavansi, in the city of Kapdlvastu, which is near 

 Gan"-dsdgar, became Buddhas. Besides these seven, there are many illustrious 

 persons ; but none equal to these. The particular history of these seven, 

 and of other Buddhas, is written in the Lalita Vistara. (See note 25.) 



Question XI. 

 How many Avatdras of Buddhas have there been, according to the Lamas ? 



Answer. 

 They agree with us in the worship of the seven Buddhns, the diflerence 

 in our notions being extremely small ; but the Lamas go further than this, 

 and contend that themselves are Avatdras. I have heard from my father, 

 that, in his time, there were five Lamas esteemed divine : the names of three 

 of them I have forgotten, but the remaining two are called Shamurpa and 

 Karmapa. 



Question XIL 



Do the Lamas worship the Avatdras recognized by the Newdrs ? 



Answer. 



The Lamas are orthodox Buddhamdrgis, and even carry their orthodoxy 

 to a greater extent than we do. Lisomuch, that it is said, that Sankara 

 A'CHARYA, S'iva-Mdrg't, having destroyed the worship of Buddha and the 

 scriptures containing its doctrine in Hindust'Iian, came to Nipal, where 

 also he effected much mischief; and then proceeded to Bliute. There he 

 had a conference with the grand Lama. The Lama, who never bathes, 

 and after natural evacuations does not use topical ablution, disgusted him 

 to that degree, that he commenced reviling the Lama. The Lama replied, 

 " I keep my inside pure, although my outside be impure ; while you care- 

 fully purify yourself without, but are filthy within :" and at the same time 

 he drew out his whole entrails, and shewed them to Sankara ; and then 

 replaced them again. He then demanded an answer of S'ankara. S'an- 

 KARA, by virtue of his y6ga, ascended into the heavens ; the Lama 



