Extracts from Tibetan Works. 45 
brosial ete kindly grant me! (meaning religious instruction 
or wi ee 
SHAKYA tebe this letter, and sent to the princess a 
picture of Buddha on cotton ¢ oth, with some verses wri 
above and below tg image, containing the terms upon iain 
refuge is obtained with Buddha, Dharma; and Sangha; and a 
few fundamental articles of the faith ; together with two stanzas 
prem crime of Buddhism. Ina letter to the king of Singala, 
A prescribes with what solemnity this Totes should be 
coarved. the letter perused, and made known in Cey 
e stanzas are these. See Dulva, vol. 5 eae 30. 
AZ NAAT aragcas’ | 
a aeebiea tal 
ACA AN ALFA AL | 
asracarayarsy asd 
a ge 
ARTA BFA STG | 
IA ARAL age" AAA | 
AS OTS FATES | 
a assay yoy I 
“* Arise, commence a new course of life. Turn to the religion 
of Buddha. ‘Conyeet the host of the lord of death (the passions), 
that are like an elephant in this muddy house (the body), (or 
conquer your passions, like as an elephant subdues every thing 
under his feet in a muddy lake). Whoever has lived a pure 
or chaste life, according to the precepts of this Dulva, shall be 
free from transmigration, and shall put an end to all his miseries.”’ 
The compendium, or.sum of the Buddhistic doctrine in one 
sléka, runs thus : 
STIS ACA TS | ** No vice is to be committed, 
= : "pix: Virtue must perfectly be prac- 
aes oe 
xc aypaiasra Wicsr yaa | Subdue entirely your thoughts. 
AR FACS NAGS NG | This is the doctrine of Buddha.” 
