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Her Manual of Worship is alleged internally to have been composed 



by the first of the seven mythical Dhyani Buddhas, 



WOTship.^"'""*^ °^ "^^^•' Vipashyi. The appendix, however, is signed 



by Gedun Dub, the Grand Lama, who built Tashi- 



Ihunpo monastery circa 1445 A.D., so that it is possible he composed 



this version. 



The Manual is here translated : — 



" Exhortation to Dolma's worship. 



"If we worship this high and pure-souled goddess when we 

 " retire in the dusk and get up in the morning, then all our fears and 



" worldly anxieties will 'give way,' and our sins be forgiven. SHE 



" The conqueror of myriad hosts, will strengthen us. She will do more 

 •' than this ! She will reach us directly to the end of our transmigra- 

 "tion to Buddha and Nirvana! 



" She will expel the direst poisons and relieve us from all anxieties 

 " as to food and drink, and all our wants will be satisfied ; and all devils 

 "and plagues and poisons will be annihilated utterly; and the burdens 

 " of all animals will be lightened ! If you chant her hymn two or three 

 "or six or seven times, your desire for a son will be realized! Or, 

 "should you wish wealth, you will obtain it, and all other wishes will 

 "be gratified and every sort of demon will be wholly overcome!" 



Her Worship, 



Her worship is divided into seven stages, viz. — 



(1) Invocation — Calling her to come. 



(2) Presentation of offerings of sacred food, water, flowers 



and rice, and occasionally a mandala or magic circle 

 offering. 



(3) Hymn in her praise. 



(4) Repetition of her spell or mantra. 



>g< Prayers for benefits present and to come. 



(7) Benediction. 



I. 



Invocation. 



" Hail ! ! emeraldine Dolma ! 

 Who art the Saviour of all beings ! 



I pray Thee descend from Thy heavenly mansion, at Potala, 

 Together with all Thy retinue of gods, titans, and deliverers I 

 I humbly prostrate myself at Thy lotus feet I 

 Deliver us from all distress ! 

 Hail to Thee, Our Holy Mother ! " 



