FROM THE TIBETAN AUTHORITIES. SU 



" All things gathered together in this world by all creatures, must be relinquished. The man, 

 who had no equal in the world, Tathagata, who has found great powers and clear eyes, such a 

 Teacher also, at last, has died." 



As soon as Sdngs-gyds Chomdandas was delivered from pain, the life possessing Magags- 

 PA ^^'5,c;"^a)'q'a!{'QS]S]^v/''tj ; (S. A'yusmdn Aniruddha) said in verse : 



" He who with a firm mind was a protector, he that had found steadiness and tranquillity, 

 the letting out and taking in of breath (respiration) being stopped, the clear eyed, at last, is dead. 

 When the Teacher, who was excellent in every kind, was delivered from pain, I was very much 

 troubled ; my hair stood on end. He was without fear ; he was above the senses (or the objects 

 of sense) his mind was evolved. Such a light is now extinguished." 



As soon as Sdngs-gyds Chomdandas was delivered from pain, some Ge'longs rolled on the 

 ground ; some clasping their arms, uttered great ejaculations ; some being depressed by sorrow, 

 sat still ; some depending on religion, said : Chomdandas, who instructed us in many things, 

 that were pleasing, agreeable, and delightful to the hearts of all, is now separated, annihilated, 

 destroyed, and divided from us. 



Then the life possessing Magags-pa said to the life possessing Kun-gavo. " Kun-gavo 

 (S. A'nanda) if by degrees and by soft means you will not appease the Gelongs, the gods that live 

 for many hundred kalpas, will reproach, revile, and say contemptuously : there are many priests 

 ( Gelongs) that took the religious character according to the excellent precepts of the Diilva, 

 but that are without judgment and reflection." 



Kun-gavo asked of Magags-pa : 'Do you know how many gods there are present ?' 'Kun- 

 gavo, in all the space that is from the city of Kusha to the river Yig-ddn, (^gEi"^3i) from the 

 grove of the pair of iS'aZ-trees to the Chaitya (js^^x^^ M.chhod-vten, adorned with a head 

 ornament by the Champions) 12 miles, (each of ^jOOO fathoms) in circumference, there is not 

 -a single spot left which is not occupied and filled by wise gods of great power ; there is not left 

 so much place by the inferior gods where you could fix a staff. Some of these gods roll on the 

 ground ; some grasping their arms utter ejaculations ; some, being oppressed by great sorrow, 

 sit still; some depending on religion (or on the nature of things) thus say: Chomdan- 

 DAS, who instructed us in many things, which were pleasing, agreeable, and delightful to the hearts 

 of all, is now separated, annihilated, destroyed, and divided from us.' 



In that evening the life possessing Magags-pa, after having expressed some moral reflec- 

 tions, sat down in the manner of a venerable wise man keeping silence. 



Then, the night being over, the life possessing Magags-pa thus said to the life possessing 

 Kun-gavo : 



KuN-GAvo, go you, and tell thus to the Champions, the inhabitants of Kusha : " Inhabi- 

 tants, (citizens), this evening, at mid-night, the Teacher has been delivered from pain, with respect 



