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Then ensues the Stotrc^ or praise ; " I ever offer my salutation with my 

 head declined -, To the holy benefactor of the world Vairochana. To the 

 holy Akshobhya. To the illustrious Retnodbhava, the best of all Saints. 

 To Amitabha, the Lord of the Munis, To the holy Amogha Siddha, the 

 remover of the ills of the Kali age. To Lochana, To Mamak!, and To TXr\, 

 named Pandura. I adore SXkya Sinha, the ruler of all, propitious, the 

 asylum of clemency, the all-wise, the lotus-eyed, the comprehensive Buddha.** 



The Demna^ a sort of confession, is next performed. " Whatever sin 

 may have been committed by me, child, and fool that I am, whether 

 originating in natural weakness, or done in conscious wickedness, I confess all, 

 thus standing in the presence of the Lords of the world, joining my hands, 

 afflicted with sorrow and fear, and prostrating myself repeatedly before them. 

 May the holy Sages conceive the past as with the past, and the evil I have 

 done shall never be repeated.'* 



This is to be said by the disciple before the Guru placing his right 

 knee in the Mandala on the ground j He then continues : " I, such a one, 

 having uttered my confession, take refuge with Buddha from this time for- 

 ward, until the ferment of ignorance shall have subsided j for he is my pro- 

 tector, the Lord of exalted glory, of an imperishable and irresumable form, 

 merciful, omniscient, all-seeing, and free from the dread of all terrors; I do 

 this in the presence of men." 



To this the Guru is to reply repeatedly : " Well done, well done, my 

 son J perform the Nir^ydtana** 



The worshipper accordingly takes rice, flowers, and water, and performs 

 the rite, or sprinkles them on the Mandala, with this text : " This is the 

 Lord Arhat, the comprehensive Buddha, replete with divine knowledge, 

 Sugata, knowing the universe, the supreme, the curber of the wild steeds of 



