A PART OF THE TIBETAN SACRED WORKS. 



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Contents of the Treatise on Emancipation. 

 Adoration of the All-knowing, or salutation to Buddha — Praise and impor- 

 tance of this Sutra.—The several blessings arising from the practice of 

 good morals. — Celebration of the confession (Gso-sbt/ong), on every 

 new and full moon.^ — Rehearsal of the established rules or precepts, pro- 

 nounced by the chief (or other officiating) priests. — Exhortation to the 

 priests to examine themselves and to confess their sins with a loud voice, if 

 they have any. — The compendium or sum of the Buddhistic doctrine in one 

 sidka thus, in Tibetan: 



^ TT ^'^'S.I'-5''if=;''^'g't T " No vice is to be committed, 



'S^'^'S^'S^'i'^^'^J-'i T Virtue must perfectly be practised,— 



iz;'ci'<V?f<V'V'if'=;^'S'^3^T Subdue entirely your thoughts. 



r This is the doctrine of Buddha." 



On leaf 30th. Commendation of the Bauddha faith, in the following 

 two Slokas: in Tibetan : (vol. 5, leaf 30.) 



In English : 



" Arise, commence a new course of life— turn to the religion of Buddha. Conquer the 

 host of the lord of death (the passions), that are like an elephant in this mud-house (the bodyj, 

 (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 misei-ies." 



An assertion follows that the Pratimoksha Siitra has been recommended 

 by each of the seven last Buddhas, who are styled here the seven Bauddha 

 champions (Tib. Dpah-vo, Sans. Vira, Eng. Champion or Hero.) The 

 names of those seven Buddhas, on the 30th leaf, are thus given in 

 Tibetan: 1, Unam-jyar-Gzigs, 2. Gtsug-tor-chan. 3, Tliams-chad-skyob, 

 4. ^Iklior-va-YLjig. 5. Gser-tliuh. 6. Hod-srung. 7. Shakya-tlmh-pa, 



