1882.] 
Sarat Chandra Pas —Contributions on Tibet. 
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(“ JLa-na med-pa-lii theg-pa-ni, yDon-ma-hi-mgonpo cbhos-sku Kun-tu- 
JSsan-po lhun-grub lons-spyad rdjogs-palii-skur bskans pa-sa-dag-sa-la-gnas- 
pa-hi ydul-pya-la rtsol-med lhun-grub tu rgya-ckhan-Phyags-lbun-dan-bral- 
var-dus-bshir-dus-med-du-ston par-byed-chin.”) 
Numberless precepts and instructions, wide enough to bear comparison 
with the sky, were delivered, out of which a few were brought to Jambu 
dvipa by Gah-rab Dorje, S'ri-Siddha Mana-pura, Yimala, and Padma Sam- 
bhava. These Vidyadharas who had obtained perfection clearly elucidated 
the different theories of Ninma religion. There are nine classes of 
Ninma Lamas : — 
Gyal-wa-gon 35 are the Buddhas, such as S'akya Simha, Kuntu- 
Ssan-po, Dorje Semba, Amitabha. 
Big-dsin 36 are the learned saints that from their infancy cultivated 
their faculties, and grew learned by their own industry and assiduity. 
Afterwards they were inspired by Yese Khahdoma or the fairies of 
learning, 37 Padma Sambhava, STi Simha, Manapura, &c. and other Bodhi- 
sattvas. 
Gan-sag-nan 38 or the uninspired saints who carefully preserved the 
secrecy of their mysticism. 
Kah-bab-lun-tan 39 are the Lamas who obtained divine inspiration 
according to former predictions in dreams, and therefore did not consult 
any teacher as usual. 
Le-tho-ter 40 are the Lamas who, accidentally discovering some-hidden 
scriptural treasures, became learned without any help from teachers or 
anybody else. 
Monlam-tah-gya 41 are the Lamas who by dint of their prayers obtained 
sacred light. 
(3.) The five Dhyani Buddhas being- the personifications of the five Manas or 
divine perfections of Buddhahood are ideal personages. They were never born like 
S'akya Muni, as understood by many scholars of Buddhism. 
When it is said that such and such a Lama or Sramana was the incarnation of such 
and such a Buddha, it is meant that he acquired an emanation of a portion of divine 
perfection so personified. Therefore every Buddha is a combination of five Divine per¬ 
fections or five Dhyani Buddhas; for instance, the Tasi Lama is an incarnation of 
Amitabha, or the 4th Dhyani Buddha. 
35 rGyal-va-^Gons. 
36 Rig-hdsin-^rdah. 
37 These are like the nine Muses of the ancients. 
38 Gan-Ssag sNan. 
39 ^Kah-babs. 
40 Las-Akhro-^ter. 
41 sMonlamq/tan rgya. 
