308 THE MONKHOOD. 



sngon-/igro, skyabs-^gro and las-sbyang, on the conclusion of whicli the 

 assembly disperses. As a sample of this part of the worship, I here 

 translate a short version of the sKyabs-Zigro (vulgarly '' Kyam-dO^^), or 



TEE EEFUGE FOEMULA. 



This service well illustrates the very depraved form of Buddhism 

 which is professed by the lamas. For here we 

 mult? ^ fi^^tl that the original Triple Refuge formula for 



Buddha, The Word and The Assembly has been 

 extended by the lamas to include within its bounds the vast host of 

 deities, demons and deified saints of Tibet as well as many of the 

 Indian Mahayana and Yogacharya saints. Its text is as follows : — 



"We — all beings — through the intercession of the Lama, go for 

 refuge to Buddha ! 



"We go for refuge to Buddha's Books (Dharma) ! 



"We go for refuge to The Assembly of the Lamas (Sanghha) ! 



" We go for refuge to the host of the Gods and their retinue of the 

 Yidam (tantalized ghosts), JMKhah-Z'gros (fairies), and the Defenders 

 of THE Religion who people the sky ! 



" We go for refuge to the victorious Lamas who have descended 

 from the Sky {i.e., all insiDired Lamas)! 



"We go for refuge to The Lama who is the holder of Wisdom and 

 the T antra ! (/.c. The holder of Padina Jungre as personified by 

 Wisdom and Tantra.) 



"We go for refuge to the All-Good Father-Mother, Samanta- 

 hhadra — Yab-yum Kun tu-5zang-po ! (The primordial Buddha-God.) 



"We go for refuge to the divinely adorned Mild and Angry 

 Loving Ones — Longs-sku-zhi-kln-o-rab-Abyam ! 



" We go for refuge to the 3Iaha Vajradhara Incarnation (of Shakya- 

 muni) — sprul-sku-Dorje-/ichhang-chhen ! 



" We go for refuge to The Diamond Sworded Guide ' Vajrasatwa ' 

 — sTon-pa-Dorje-Sems-pa ! 



"We go for refuge to the victorious Shakya Muni — ?'Gyal-wa 

 Shakya-Thub-pa ! 



"We go for refuge to the Fierce Vajrapani — Phyag-na-Dorj^- 

 ^tum-po! 



"We go for refuge to the Converted '^loiher Devi Marici — Yum- 

 Agyur-lha-mo tid-zer-chan ma ! 



"We go for refuge to the Learned Acharji Manjusri — sLob-e?pon 

 ^Jam c?pal 5shes-5snyen ! 



We go for refuge to the Pandita Sri Singha — Pan-chhen-Shri- 



Singha ! 



" We go for refuge to the Jina Jmjana /Si^ia — rGyal-wa-^yang-na- 

 su-da ! 



