ANALYSIS OF THE SHER-CHIN. 399 



1. Avidyd, 2. mnsMra, 3. vijndna, 4. ndmarupa, 5. sliaddyaUma, 6. spar- 

 sha, 7. vedand, 8. rislind, 9. apddana, 10. hJiava, ll.Jdti, IQ.Jardmarani. 

 Every thing, but especially the human soul, depends for its existence on this 

 causal concatenation. There are several commentaries on this subject in the 

 JSstan-hgyur. 



7. (50) P'ha-rol-tu-p'hi/m-pa-drug-ni. The six Transcendental Things (or 

 cardinal Virtues) are, 1. charity, 2. morality, 3. patience, 4. industry, or 

 earnest application, 5. meditation, 6. ingenuity or wisdom. In Tibetan, 



shyin-pa, 2.^^^^ tsliid-lcUrims, 3.<^^'^^ hzod-pa, 4.*^^^^ hrtson-hgi^us, 5.^°^^ hsam- 

 gtan, QS^^^ sMs-rah. In Sanscrit, 1. ddna, 2. sMla, 3. hshdnt'i, 4. mryya, 

 5. dhydna, 6. prajnd. To the above enumerated, sometimes four others are 

 added ; as, 1. method or manner, 2. wish or prayer, 3. fortitude, and 4. fore- 

 knowledge or knowledge. In Tibetan, fhahs, 2.^^^'> smon-lam, 3.'^^'^^ stobs, 

 4 (60) yQ.sJies. Sanscrit, updya, pranidhdna, bala, and dhydna. 



8. ^^^^ Stong-pa-nyid. Sans. SMnyatd. Eng. Voidness, emptiness ; an ab- 

 stract notion. There are 18 distinctions of the Sliunyatd. 



Such are the contents of the Prajnd pdramitd. — There is no historical 

 matter. All is speculation, with a profusion of abstract terms and definitions. 

 The knowledge of th^se is necessary for the understanding of the Buddhistic 

 system, especially of the Madhydmihd philosophy. But I am unable to give 

 here any further outline of the Prajnd pdramitd, except the enumeration of 

 such abstract terms, as above. As this would be tedious to the reader, and of 

 little interest in the way of information, I beg leave to waive further illustration. 



All the doctrine contained in these 21 volumes is attributed to ^chom- 

 iDAN//DAS (Sha'kya). He delivered his instruction on the Prajnd pdramitd 

 (as is stated by Tibetan writers, 16 years after having become Buddha, or in 

 his fifty -first year) when he was on the mountain (near Rdjagriha, in Magadha) 



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