ANALYSIS OF THE MDO. 463 



a Bodhisatwa ; or instruction on several things, according to the Buddhistic 

 principles, especially on the ten transcendental or perfect virtues ; as charity, 

 morality, patience, &;c. — the three degrees of perfection — the virtues required 

 for ai-riving at each of them. Many moral instructions, both in prose and 

 verse, teaching how to reach the degree of perfection of a Bodhisatwa. 



3. Sans. A'rydvivarta chahra. Tib. Hp'hags-pa-p'hyir-mi-ldog-pahi- 

 hk'hor-lo. From lea/ 367 — 458. Instruction on walking in the path of vir- 

 tue. Sha'kya addressing Kun-dgah-vo, tells him the duties of a Bodhisatwa. 

 There are here many instructions in the doctrines of Buddha, according to the 

 three different degrees of perfection in the principals of Sha'kya's disciples. 

 At the end it is stated by Sha'kya, that this sutra contains the essence of 

 that which the other Buddhas have taught before him ; as also the transcen- 

 dental virtues. 



4. Sans. Samddhi chakra. Tib. (^2) Ting-ge-hdsin-gyi-hh'hor-lo. From 

 leaf 458 — 460. Sha'kya's ecstasies — his discourses with Manju Ski' on some 

 metaphysical points. 



5. Sans. Parinata chakra. Tib. (^^^ Yongs-su-hsno-vahi-hk'hor-lo. From 

 leaf 460 — 465 On the bestowing of a Buddha's benediction on any one, 

 that, in consequence of his religious and moral merits, he may at last find 

 the supreme perfection. In general, all the five works in this volume 

 contain speculation on the theory and practice of the Bodhisatwas, or imagi- 

 nary saints. 



(WaJ or the twentieth volume. 



There are nineteen separate works in this volume. The titles of them in 

 Sanscrit and Tibetan, together with some short notices on their contents, are 

 as follow : — 



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