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Jtfsri vikurvdna ; 3. Buddha kshetra nirdesa. The two first relate to 

 the actions and past lives of Manju' Sri', a Bodhisatwa of some repute, 

 who is the chief interlocutor in them with Sakya. The third is an ac- 

 count of the virtues of the place of Buddha's abode. These tracts con- 

 tain various metaphysical discussions on the nature of life and spirit. 



The third volume contains two works. The abridged title of the 

 first may be Bhagavan jnyana retna, the jewel of the holy wisdom of 

 Buddha. In this the omniscience of Sakya is eulogised and illus- 

 trated, first by his disciple Gang-po, in a course of instruction given 

 to a pious householder at a fabulous city called ' Excellent Virtue,' and 

 afterwards by the Ndgas. Sakya himself gives proofs of his power, as 

 well as explanations of his doctrines, to both his new and old disciples. 



The second work Sarva Buddha jnyana dloka alankdra, the orna- 

 ment of the light of knowledge of all the Buddhas, originated in a 

 question put by Manju' Sri' to Sakya, as to the meaning of the phrase, 

 There is no beginning nor end to a Tat hag at a ; or in other words, a 

 Buddha is subject to neither life nor death. Sakya in reply maintains 

 argumentatively the superiority and imperishableness of all the Bud- 

 dhas. 



The fourth volume comprises five different works of comparatively 

 small extent and little importance ; the two first are explanations of the 

 doctrines delivered by Sakya to his disciples. The third contains a dia- 

 logue between Sa'kya and a little child found in a deserted house, and 

 whom Sakya instructs in the usual topics. In the fourth, a Bodhi- 

 satwa describes the different regions of the Buddhas; and the last, 

 entitled ' the eight Mandalasf contains little more than a recommenda- 

 tion to make these Mandalas or diagrams, as the means of securing 

 prosperity ; a rite which belongs to the mystical rather than the meta- 

 physical class of Bauddha notions. 



The fifth volume comprises three different works. In the first, the 

 Sandhi nirmochana, or resolution of combinations, an assemblage of 

 Bodhisatwas is described ; several of whom propose subjects to Sakya, 

 on which he expatiates. 



Thus in the ninth chapter, Sakya at the request of AvAlokiteswara 

 explains the ten bhumis or stages of perfectibility of a Bodhisatwa 

 and Buddha; and in the 10th, Sakya expounds to Manju'Sri' the mean- 

 ing of the term Dherma Jcdya, the body or substance of righteousness. 

 The second treatise, the L ank avatar a ^ contains the doctrines taught by 

 Sakya to a prince of Lanka ; and the third explains the meaning of 

 the term Bodhisatwa given by Sakya to Manju' Ski' on the hill Gay a 

 Sirsha, whence it is called the Gay a Sirsha Mahd-ydna Sutra. 



