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ble Serab-senge. Being well acquainted with theology and meditative 
science he performed many religious ceremonies and observances for tho 
good of all living beings. At the age of thirty-six he returned to the Tsang 
province where his reputation as a great scholar in theology, disputa¬ 
tion and sacred literature was unrivalled. At the age of forty-three he 
constructed an exquisitely fine image of Buddha Maitreya in the vihara of 
Khudensa. At the age of fifty-six he was directed in a vision, by Paldan- 
Lhamo (the goddess S'liDevi), to establish a religious institution. Accord¬ 
ingly he founded the great monastery of Tasi-lhunpo and furnished it richly 
with images and books,—an act which greatly extended the Buddhist faith. 
In the latter part of his life, while labouring under pressure of spiritual busi¬ 
ness, he succeeded in constructing several thousands of images of Buddha, 
Maitreya, Tara, and the Bodhisattvas, besides working a gigantic piece of 
tapestry. His reverence for the congregation and devotion to the Triad was 
immense. He wrote five large volumes of commentaries on the Sutras and 
Mantras. He is said to have held communion with his tutelary deities, 
such as Bhairava, Tara, Sarasvati, Manju-Ghosha and STi Devi, from whom 
he occasionally received prophecies. The purity of his morals made him 
adored by gods and men. At the age of eighty-four, in the year 1478 A. D., 
on the morning: of the 12th month he was delivered from mundane existence. 
Amidst showers of flowers and music of cymbals and drums he was 
conducted before Maitreya the regent of Sukhavati, the paradise of the 
Buddhists. 
XI. 
Pan-chhen Lo-ssan-Chho-kyi gyal-tshan . 84 
The important town of Lhen, containing 600 families, is situated on 
the confines of Tsan-ron. It was in the house of a wealthy noble of 
this town, where formerly many illustrious Lamas were born, that in the 
year 1569 A. D., Chho-kyi Gyal-tshan was born. His father’s name was 
Pon-tshan-tsherin Paljor and that of his mother Tso-chan. The 
Abbot Tshem-ta named him Chho-gyal paldan-ssahpo. Even in his 
childhood he is said to have given many proofs of his wonderful memory : 
while only three years old he was found able to recite the Manju-STi 
nama nidbi. At the age of thirteen he was initiated into the holy order by 
Kha-dub-yese and given the name of Chho-kyi Gyal-tshan Under the 
tutorship of this Lama, he learnt the mystical worship called Guhya-samaja. 
At the age of fourteen he was placed at the head of Wen-gon monastery. 
He propitiated Yan-chen-ma, the goddess of learning, for seven days, at 
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