NO. 4 KF.T.IGIOX li\ S/.i:ClU'Ai\ rK( )V1 X(l>- GKA 1 1 AM KJ 



'flic 'I'riK' Classic l\)r The Saviiii; of Mothers ll\ Di Tsaiii; Wane; P'lisah. 



Reverently calling the guds. 



Shi T'icn Fuh P'usah, 



Mi T'o Fuh P'usah, 



Ru Lai Fuh P'usah, 



Shih T'icn Nien Wang Da Di P'usah, 



Ih Ch'ih Gieu Lan P'usah. 



La mo Gieu K'u Gieu Lan P'usah who pronounces the following incantation : 

 " Do ch'iteh lan ngan do fah In lai t'aiui sliiicn i ho gieu lan iiin t'o sen." I now 

 will cultivate and preserve and alwaj's read gnd chant (this classic) in order that 

 1 may save my female relatives from that punishment which befalls them w^hen 

 after ten months of pregnancy they have given birth. I will constantly chant 

 with my mouth this classic for the rescuing of mothers. When Nien Wang in his 

 dwelling brings the women to him and reproves them for their sins, if one 

 chants the True Classic it interferes with the star of calamity. I pray that 

 my female relatives may early escape from the calamities, and I, the son, 

 receive the pimishment, which 1 should. I have already prayed and obtained 

 the saving from calamities by the goddess Kuan Shi Yin who by the pure 

 water from her vial washed away the body of evil sins from all people. The 

 female relatives do not understand the meaning of this, but let all kinds of sin 

 and evil be upon me. Every day I will chant this classic which frees from 

 calamity. May my mother escape from all earthly evils, and our family culti- 

 vate themselves in mercy and righteousness. 



A chant to be accompanied with the burning of incense. 



Ti Tsang P'usah, the merciful gods of the ten courts, the gods of the three 

 terraces, and of the eight thrones, the nine ministers, the rulers of hell and 

 Tsen O. If you invite the Buddhist priests to proclaim abroad this classic, 

 hell will change into heaven. 



La mo Di Tsang Wang P'usah mo ho sah (repeat three times). 



The Faith Of The Bloody Basin Classic Explained By The Great Tibetan 

 Orthodox Religion \\"hich Was Spoken By Buddha. 



Once upon a time the god Muh Lien went to Li Tseo Tsua Yang Shien, and 

 saw the hell of the bloody basin pool eighty-four (probably li) wide, in which 

 there were one hundred and twenty things, iron crossbeams, iron pillars, iron 

 cangues, and iron locks, and saw a nmltitudc of the non-Buddhist women of 

 the earth with unkempt hair all dishevelled, and long cangues and bound hands 

 being punished in hell. The keepers of hell and the king of demons three times 

 daily took bloody water and ordered the women to drink it. The sinners did 

 not dare to obey, therefore they were beaten with an iron club by the Lord of 

 Hell until they screamed. Muh Lien had compassion and asked the Ruler of 

 Hades saying, " I do not see the non-Buddhist women's husbands undergoing 

 this punishment. I only see many women suffering this bitter pain." The Ruler 

 of Hades replied to the Learned One, " This does not concern the husbands, 

 but it is simply that women in giving birth allow the bloody dew to tlefile the 

 gods in the earth. If the unclean garments are taken and washed in creeks or 

 rivers, the water carries the defdement and injures all the righteous men and 

 women of the faith who secure water and boil tea to ofifer to all the holy ones 

 (gods, saints, etc.). causing it to be unclean. The Great Genera] of Heaven 



