316 THE MONKHOOD. 



II. 



Presentation of Offerings (Sacrificial). 



" "We hail Thee ! O Rever'd and Sublime Dolma I 

 Who art adored by all the kings and princes 

 Of the ten directions and of the present, past and future. 

 We pray Thee to accept these offerings 

 Of flowers, incense, perfumed lamps, 

 Precious food, the music of cymbals, 

 And the other offerings ! 



We sincerely beg Thee in all of Thy divine Forms^ 

 To partake of the food now offered ! 

 On confessing to Thee penitently their sins 

 The most sinful hearts, yea ! even the committers of the 

 Ten vices and the five boundless sins, 

 Will obtain forgiveness and roach 

 Perfection of soul — through Thee! 

 If we (human beings) have amassed any merit 

 In the three periods, the present, past and future. 

 We rejoice in this good fortune, when we consider 

 The unfortunate lot of the poor (lower) animals 

 Piteously engulphed in the ocean of misery. 

 On their behalf, we now beg to turn the wheel of religion I 

 We beseech Thee by whatever merit we've accumulated 

 To kindly regard all the animals. 

 And for ourselves ! 



When our merit has reached perfection 

 Let us not we pray Thee 

 Linger longerin this world ! " 



III. 



Hymns in praise of Dolma. 

 (In her Twenty -one Forms.^) 



" Adoration to Arya Tara ! 

 And Avalokita (her spiritual father), 

 Rich in power and the store-house of pity ! 



Hail ! rever'd and sublime Dolma ! 

 We adore Thee ! 



Each stanza refers to a difierent form of the goddess as noted in the foregoing text. 



