ANALYSIS OF THE MDO. 46I 



wit or ingenuity, mode, prayer, fortitude, and wisdom. The nature and ex- 

 tent of each of them, with four subdivisions, is explained, as well as how and 

 when they are perfectly fulfilled or accomplished. At the end of this sutra it is 

 stated by Sha'kya, that this sutra may be called also, a mine of precious good 

 qualities, or a light of wisdom. On account of the moral doctrine it contains, 

 it is a favourite work among the Tibetans. Translated by Bande'-rin-ch'hen- 

 jifTs'HO, and Ch'hos-nyid-ts'hul-k'hrims, (no Pandit is mentioned here). 



2. Sans. Mahd Megha. Tib. (^^^ Sprin-chlien-po. The great cloud. 

 From leaf 175 — 331. Sha'kya on the mountain called the "Bj/a-rgod-p'hung- 

 pohi-ri,'' near Rdjagriha. Among the several classes of hearers, there is an 

 immense number of Bodhisatwas, with the epithet of " great cloud," {Sprin- 

 ch'hen) — also many young men of the Lichabi race are enumerated. This 

 sutra was delivered by Sha'kya, at the request of a Bodhisatwa {Sprin- 

 ch'hen-^nying-po) who makes a long encomium on Sha'kya's person, and his 

 several accomplishments. There are several subjects : the principal are the 

 greatness of Tathdgatd s or Buddha's qualities or perfections — the excellence 

 of his doctrine — several Buddhas, their provinces, and tlieir great exertions-— 

 Bodhisatwas — the different degrees of their perfections—the manner of their 

 conduct. Instruction on several articles of the Buddha faith. 



3. Sans. DasJia-dig Bodhisatwa sdmudra sannipati mahodasa vikri'dita. 

 Tib. P'hyogs-hchuhi-byang-ch'hui-sems-dipah-vgya-mts'ho-hdus-pahi-digah- 

 ston-ch'hen-po-la-hYtse-va. The sports or amusements, in a great festival, of 

 an ocean of Bodhisatwas assembled from the ten corners of the world, (from 

 letifSSl — 378); or speculations on several topics of the Buddhistic system, as 

 Sunyatd — causal concatenation — several regions or Buddha mansions of the 

 world. Delivered by jBchom-/.dan-//das (Sha'kya) at the request of Kun- 

 tu-jbzang-po (Sans. Samanta-Bhadra) a Bodhisatwa. 



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