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perfection (as tliou souglitest for) and having defeated Kama also, run now tby 

 religious course, turn the wheel of the Law. There are many who wish to hear thy moral in- 

 struction. Many thousands of animal beings are waiting here. We beg, therefore, that thou 

 wilt be pleased to run thy religious race, and to instruct them at large, and to deliver them 

 out of the orb of transmigrations, &c. &c. 



8. "Leaf 264. Then came the gods of QSl^'^QJ, ra^j-praZ, and said : 



** There is none like thee, in morality, meditation, and wisdom ; where is then thy superior ? 

 To thee, O Tathdgata! who art wise in the means of piety and emancipation, be reverence. 

 We bow down with our heads at thy feet. 



" We have seen the great preparations made by the god of the holy tree — such sacrificial 

 offerings, made by the gods and men, belong only to thee (there is none other worthy of them.) 

 Thou art not disappointed in having taken the religious character, and in having lived a rigid 

 life ; since, having overcome the deceitful troops (of Kama) thou hast found the supreme per- 

 fection. Thou hast shed light on the ten corners of the world. Thou hast enlightened, with the 

 lamp of understanding, all the three worlds. Thou art become a dispeller of darkness. To thee, 

 who givest to man an eye like that of the supreme intelligence, no praise can be sufficiently 

 said, even through the course of a whole Kalpa. Ocean of perfections ! Tathagata ! the most 

 celebrated in the world ! We prostrate ourselves with our heads at thy feet; we adore thee." 



9. Then came Indra with the other gods of the Trayastrinsha heaven, and said : 



*' Muni! \\\io art undisturbed, spotless, who remainest always in a graceful sitting pos- 

 ture like the mountain Rirap (S. Meru, — or Olympus.) Who art renowned in the ten corners of 

 the world, on account of thy shining wisdom and brilliant moral merits; reverence be to thee. 



" Muni! thou hadst offered in old times, pure sacrifices to many hundred Buddhas; by the 

 merits of those offerings thou becamedst victorious over the hosts of Kama, at the foot of the 

 Holy Tree. Thou art the source of morality, of law, of meditation, of ingenuity, and the 

 standard of wisdom. Thou art the overcomer of old age and of death. Thou art the true 

 physician, the giver of eyes to the world. Muni! thou hast put away the three blemishes or 

 spots. Thy senses are quiet, thy mind is at rest. 



" Shakya! the chief of men ! the spiritual king of all walking beings (men) ! We repair 

 to thee for protection (or we take refuge with thee.) By thy diligent application thou hast 

 acquired the infinite good practices of the eminent saints ( Bodhisatwas) thou hadst the powers 

 of wisdom, method, affection, and prosperity, at thy first becoming a Bodhisatwa; now sitting 

 at Bodhimdnda (Holy essence, or the essence of wisdom) thy ten powers are complete. 



<' The gods were in much fear and anxiety, seeing the infinite hosts that were surrounding 

 thee, saying among themselves : will not that prince of the priests, who is sitting Sii Bodhimdnda 



(i^'^'^'^^'^ J be overpowered? 



