ANALYSIS OF THE MBO. 433 



The third treatise (from leaf 456 to 468, or the end) is entitled in Sans. 

 A'rya gaya shriiha ndma mahd yana su'tra. In Tibetan, C^) Hp'/iags-pa- 

 gayd-mgoJii-ri, the hill, " Gayd shris7ia" or a short treatise of high princi- 

 ples, on the theories and practices of Bodhisatwas. Sha'kya, not long after 

 his having become a Buddha, being with a thousand Gelongs and many Bod- 

 hisatwas in the Chaitya (Tib. M.ch'hod-i:ten) of Gayd, a place of worship on 

 the Gayd hill, is requested by jBTjam-dpal (Sans. Manju Sri) for the explica- 

 tion of the term Bodhisatwa, which is given ; and this forms the subject of 

 this treatise. 



( Ch'ha ) OR THE SIXTH VOLUME. 



There are in this volume three treatises. The first (from leaf 1 to 76) 

 is entitled in Sans. A'rya ghana vyulia ndma mahd ydna sutra. In Tib. 

 (21 ) ^p'hags-pa-Ygyan-stug-po-hJwd-pa - 's.lies - hya -va- fheg-pa - chlien -pohi -mdo. 

 Eng. A venerable sufra of high principles, called the thick, or dense, ornament 

 or system, structure. Between ^chom-ldan-hdas (Sha'kya) and several 

 Bodhisatwas there are discussions on many metaphysical subjects concerning 

 Buddha, his attributes, his mansion, and the soul in general — distinction be- 

 tween the body and the rational soul — what are the means of final emanci- 

 pation for those that have committed many immoral actions, leaves 11 — 13. 

 Ignorance is the cause of all the bands by which the soul is fettered, leaj" 37. 

 How to be liberated from those fetters. Right discrimination of things. The 

 whole is mostly in verse, and treats of the soul in general. 



The second treatise (from leaves 76 to 187) is entitled in Sanscrit, AYya 

 mdha Jearuna putidarilta ndma mahd ydna sutra. In Tibetan, ^-"^^ Hp'hags- 

 pa-smjing- xje-clihen-po-pad-ma-^har-po-%hes-hya-va-fheg-pa - ch'hen-pohi - mdo." 



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