422 ANALYSIS OF THE MDO, 



Fifteenth Chapter, leaves 148 — 174. " His exit, or appearance in the world," 

 (in a religious character). Notwithstanding all the vigilance of his father and 

 of his relations, he finds means for leaving the royal residence. At midnight 

 mounting his horse called the " Praise- worthy" (Bsnags-ldan) he rides for 

 six miles ; then dismounting, he sends back, by the servant, the horse and all 

 the ornaments he had; and directs him to tell his parents not to be grieved on 

 his departure ; for when he shall have found the supreme wisdom, he will 

 return and console them. Great lamentation in the court of Zas-gtsang. 

 With his own sword he cuts off the hair of his head, changes his fine linen 

 clothes for a common one of dark red colour, and commences his peri- 

 grination. In the first place he goes to Rdjagriha, in Magadha. 



Sixteenth Chapter, leaves 174 — 178. " Gzugs-chan-^'NYing-po's visit" 

 (made to Sha'kya). The king Vimbasa'ra (in Tib. Qmigs-chan-mying-po) 

 having seen him from his palace, is much pleased with his manners — is in- 

 formed of him by his domestics ; visits him, has a long conversation with 

 him, and offers him means for living according to his pleasure. He will not 

 accept of such things. On the request of the king, he tells who he is — " of the 

 Shdhja race, that inhabit " Ser-^Jeya-g^Jii,"' (Sans. Capilavastu) in Kosala, 

 in the vicinity of the Kaildsha, or of the Himalaya in general, (on the bank 

 of the Bhdgh'athi river. He is of the royal family, the son of the king 

 "Zas-gtsang," Sans. Shuddhodana, (lea/\7S) and that he has renounced 

 the world, and seeks only to find the supreme wisdom. 



Seventeenth Chapter, leaves 178 — 192. " The hardships" or austerities 

 which Sha'kya underwent during the course of six years. LeaJ' 183-4. 

 All sorts of religionists, of which Jambndwipa was full at the time of 

 Sha'kya, mortify their bodies in different manners. In his opinion all 

 those had a wrong idea of arriving at liberty or emancipation by such prac- 

 tices. Leaf 1^5. He commences his ascetic life. The manner in which he 

 gives himself to meditation, and the several hardships he voluntarily submits 

 himself to during six years. 



