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(Phoongree.) You have once, twice and three times entreated of 

 me in prayer, and you may hope that your sins will be forgiven to 

 you ; and that you will hereafter meet with Eye-yee-mud-deah, and 

 attain to a Nibbhan. 



C. Ogadhzah ! Ogadhzah ! once, twice, and three times I vow that 

 I will not commit those five mortal sins which are spoken of in the 

 holy writings, and which I am forbidden to commit. 



P. You have declared that you will not this day commit those sins. 

 Is that which you have said true ? 



C. I will do according to that which I have said. 



P. Do you believe in the Phraa Gautama ? do you believe in his 

 holy writings, and do you acknowledge his ministers ? 



C. All these do I believe and acknowledge. 



P. If you do believe in these*, take not the life of any living being 

 this day ; neither steal ; neither commit adultery ; neither bear false 

 witness ; and do not make use of intoxicating liquors. 



C. All these sins will I carefully avoid. 



Gshen Phraa\ ! Accept of these offerings, I pray thee, and pardon 

 the sins that I have committed in this life ; pardon also the sins of the 

 deceased for whom these offerings are also presented ; and grant that 

 during this life, or in the future migrations of my soul I may not suffer 

 harm from the five enemiesj of mankind, If I shall be born again as 

 man, let me, I pray thee, be placed in a condition far superior to that 

 enjoyed by my fellow creatures ; if as a spirit, let me be as Suh-gyah 

 (Sagyd or IndraJ, in the world of , spirits. 



Accept of these offerings, I pray thee ; they are made not for my 

 good alone, but for the future benefit of my parents and relatives, as 

 •well as for my spiritual teachers and the rulers of the land. They are 

 made also for those who suffer torment in Ngah-yeh§ ; for the spirit 

 in the world above and for all living beings. I call Muth-soon-dye*h\\ 

 to witness that these offerings are made not for my individual good 

 alone, but for the benefit of all that have the breath of life. 



(Water is here poured upon the ground through one of the pieces 

 of cloth that had been presented to the Phraa. The water percolates 

 through the earth, and is supposed to reach the abode of Muth-soon- 



* These are the five mortal sins. 



t Lord ! Master 1 &c. 



X The five enemies of mankind are, 1, Fire ; 2, Water ; 3, The Rulers of the 

 Land ; 4, Robbers ; 5, Wild Beasts. 



§ Hell, (q. Purgatory ?) 



|| Muth-soon-dyeh (Vasundare) is the " Recording Angel" who resides in the 

 earth. ; hears, and marks down every thing that is said, 



