ANALYSIS OF THE MDO. 431 

 (13) Jip'Jiags-2m-de-hzhin-gshegs-pa-mams-hyi-%hmg-g^^^^^ 



hyi-xnam-grangs. Enumeration of things, or religious articles expressive 

 of the qualities or perfections of the Buddha province of the venerable 

 Tathdgaias. Here one of the Bodhisatwas, addressing the others in an 

 exclamatory manner, tells them the names of several Buddha provinces, 

 and that successively in each province one day is equal to one kalpa 

 of the former province. This is the substance of the whole ; and the next 

 work, of four leaves, entitled in Tibetan (only) ^^^^^ " Tikyil-h]e'hor-^rgy ad-pa,'' 

 the eight circles (or Mati dalas), contains little more than the statement that 

 whoever wishes to come at prosperity, or happiness, should describe these 

 eight circles. 



( Cha ) OR THE FIFTH VOLUME. 



There are in this volume three different treatises, under three distinct 

 heads. The first, (from leaf 1 to 81) is entitled in Sanscrit, A'rya sandhi 

 nirmochana nmtia mahd ydna sutra. In Tibetan, (^^^ Hj^hags-pa-dgongs-pa- 

 nes-paf^-\\grel-va-%hes-bya-va-fheg-pa-cJilien-pohi-mdo. Explication of one's 

 mind or thought, (or the true resolution of several propositions). Shakya 

 is represented to be in a (fancied) superb immense palace, made of all sorts 

 of precious stones. There are assembled many Bodhisatwas of the first 

 rank, and of the greatest accomplishments. The subjects of their discussions 

 are some metaphysical subtilities {leaf 4) as — Which is the thing that is in- 

 expressible, indivisible, and simple ; and what is a simple, and what a com- 

 pound thing? Afterwards ten of them, successively, propose some questions 

 to Sha'kya, and request the explanation of them. There is a distinct 

 chapter for each Bodhisatwa. In the ninth chapter, Sha'kya is requested 

 by Avalokiteswara (in Tib. (^^) " Spya7i-ras-g%igs-dvang-p'hyug") for some 

 explanation with respect to the ten hhumis (or degrees of perfections) of Bodhi- 



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