THE REFUGE FORMULA. 311 



•' —OM—AE—SUNG !— 

 " Give us such blessing as will clear away the sins and pollution 

 of bad deeds ! 



" We beg you to soften the evils of bad causes ! 

 "We beg you to bless us with the prosperity of our body, i.e., health. 

 *' Bless us with mental guidance. 

 " Bless us with Buddhahood soon. 

 "Bless us by cutting us off from (worldly) illusions. 

 " Bless us by putting us into The Right Path. 

 *' Bless us by making us understand all religious things. 

 " Bless us to be useful to each other with kindliness. 

 " Bless us with the ability of doing good and delivering the 

 animal beings from misery. 



" Bless us to know ourselves thoroughly. 

 "Bless us to be mild from the depths of our heart. 

 "Bless us to be brave as Yourself. 

 " Bless us with the Tantras as Yourself ! 



"Now, we, the innumerable animal beings, conceive that we have 

 become pure in thought like Buddha, and we conceive that we are 

 working for the welfare of the other animal beings. We, now having 

 obtained the qualities of the collection of the gods and the roots of the 

 Tantras, and the zbi-wa, rgya-5-pa, dbang and Phrin-las, pray that all 

 the animal beings be possessed of haj^piness and be freed from misery. 

 ' Let us all animals be freed from lust, anger, and attachment to worldly 

 ' affairs, and let us perfectly understand the true nature of religion ! 



"Now, O! Father-Mother! The unadorned Dharma Kaya ISamanta 

 ' hhadm — Yab-yum Chhos-sku-Kun-5zang! The richly adorned Mild 

 ' and Angry Loving Ones — Longs-sku-zhi-khro-rab-Z^byams / The 

 ' incarnate sages of the Skull Rosary — sprul-sku-rigs-Adsin-thod- 

 '/^phreng-istsal! and the Mula Tantra Lama — Tsa-rgyui-Ma-ma ! 

 ' I now beg You to depart ! 



"0! Ghosts of heroes, c?Pa-o ! Female fiends, Dakkini Demo- 

 ' niacal Defenders of the faith, Chhos-skyongs ! The Holy Guardians 

 ' of the Commandments — Dam-chan4kah-i-isrung-ma ! And all those 

 ' that we invited to this place ! I beg You All now to depart ! 



" ! The powerful King of the Angry Deities, Kliro-wo-i-rgyal- 

 ' po-«tob-po-chhe ! The powerful Ishwara and the host of the Country 

 ' Guardian Gods — »ithu-5tobs-d5ang-phyug-yul-/«khor.srung ! And 

 ' all those others that were invited to this place with all their retinue ! 

 ' I beg You All now to depart ! 



" HAY QLOBY COME ! TasM-shok ! 



" LET VIRTUE COMB ! dGc-O I'^ 



[Here endeth The Refuge Service.] 



