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and kindness,'! which brings about the highest blessing of eman- 
cipation from rotatory ex xistence,? in = religious kings, who 
are miraculous manifestations of Jina,’ rule in succession, and 
where success (the ultimaté object) is shania from fortune of 
the merit of ee work—this dominion of Upper Nyang 4 (Nan), 
where all wishes are accomplished together, has Gyantse 
(tical apichuaa- thos -mo) for its capital. 
(ii) & ‘BAYT a Qg'y, BATAeTT faxfa, not to take what has not 
been given, 
(Gi) Aaryr Ss awary, ara fawrac faxfar, not to fornicate. 
(iv) Exee'y, Raa faxfa, not to tell a lie. 
(v) im qa g°4, asa facfa, not to use harsh language. 
(vi) Gay sir . ad afaaqgarg facfa, not to talk foolishness. 
(vii) Gar a's agi = way fazfa, not to calumniate, GE - 
(viii) lel NB Nat "By" q, gafhrar faxfa, not to be avaricious. 
(ix) as Way ay" a By N, arise faxfa, not to think upon doing 
(x) pea es fants faxfa, not to entertain heretic 
notions. Cf. Mahavynutpatti, section 87, and Dharmasamgraha, 
section lvi. 
om - 
! 3NN'Q*F (love and kindness) may also signify ‘ Maitreya, the coming 
Buddha.’ There is actually such a Buddha in Gyantse. Percival Landon 
writes:—“ Inside the central erimson-pillared hall (of the monastery at 
Gyantse) the nba conspicuous object is the great ene figure of Maitreya, 
the next Buddha to be re-incarnated (Lhasa, Vol. I., p. 210). 
oar. 
2 HOA" ae signifies “ re-birth,” while Gay’ Sune means “‘summum 
bonum.” The whole means: “the hich — 
1 ghest good caused by deliverance 
re-births. That rotatory aiuis ence and emancipation Sened it are inseparable, 
is the chief rae of the Sakyapa Sect as explained in Gser-chos-beug- 
— See Sarat Chandra Das’s article on Tibet, J.A.S.B., 1882, p. 127. 
§ Nelicious Kings who bon miraculous manifestations of Jina, called in 
Tibetan BQ" qg 5a" 28 QI" aN’ Sy, are Srong-tsan-gam-po, born A.D. 627, 
Kri-srong-de-tsan, born “A A.D. 728, Khri-ral or Ral-pa-chen, born rag 
The Lamas of the Sa akyapa Sect who, under authority — Kublai Khan 
ruled over Tibet, 1270-1340 a.p., are perhaps referred to her 
* The Province of Nyang is divided into two parts : aj qo a, Upes. 
Nyang, and (2) 9%" 9&'H5, Lower Nyang. The capital of the former is Gyantse 
while that of the latter is Sep se. 
Gyan all 
river It is situated about ees small hills which lie east and west and are 
united by a saddle, On the eastern hill is a large fort rea and on the 
western hill a Gompa in which t ‘hei 3 3 @ chorten — seh n chorten. 
See“ Report on the Explorations in rent Tibet, by A. K., p. 31. 
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