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of land situated on the hill of Dok-poiri! with a view to erect on it a 
great monastery. In the rocks of that hill he observed many religi- 
ous symbols such as the sacred mystic syllables ‘Om mani-padme 
him, om vajra pani him,” etc., and seeing that there was some scar- 
city of water, he touched with his hand the water of a little foun- 
tain that trickled down. On further examination the fountain 
having its whorls from right? to left was believed to have been 
used by the Buddha himself. from a rock-cayern in the neigh- 
bourhood he unearthed a mask believed to have been used by the 
Lamas during King Thisrong-den tsan’s® time. It had the miracu- 
lous power of dispelling all the evil spirits of the place. On t 
monks increased every year. sng in furnished the monastery 
with numerous religious books, objects andsymbols. In the64th year 
of his age he erected the T’sang-khang® the principal chapel in the 
monastery. This was followed by the Gon-khang,® the chapel of 
the hideous looking gods of mysticism. Then were constructed the 
ya , and overhanging it all round, porticos 
resting on 70 pillars. The T'sang-khang or chapel of worship was 
provided with a large image of the Buddha, three superb mansions 
of the gods of the Tushita heaven made of precious stones, with 
Bhairava, Mafiju Ori, the deities presiding over the destinies of all 
living beings of the world and with the huge images of the four 
Uokapila. He also enriched the library with many rare books of 
Buddhism. At Gahdan there are now only two colleges for reli- 
8ious instruction to 3,300 monks, viz:— 
(1) Gar-tse Tya-tshang,’ where metaphysics are taught. 
(2) Chyang-tse,3 where esoteric Buddhism and mysticism 
are taught. 
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