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Sarat Chandra Das —Contributions on Tibet. 
[No. 1, 
Tibetan Buddhists miraculously visited him at the time of his studying 
their metaphysical works. Of all these divine visitors Manjusri, the god 
of learning and wisdom, was his greatest friend. In fact he acquired 
great proficiency in all classes of science then known in India or Tibet. 
In the whole of Kanchan or the Himavat countrv, he was unrivalled 
amongst the learned. Gonpo-chhag-dug or the six-armed Bodhisattva 
(Yajrapani), Pehar Gyalpo, Vaisramana, the lord of death called Tam-chhen 
S'injese and other guardians of the world became his friends and helped 
him uninterruptedly in the work of Dharma and the preservation of 
moral discipline and purity among the clergy. 
Even from his boylfood Tsoh khapa used daily to commit sixteen 
pages of his text-books to memory. In Tibet he studied up to the thirty- 
sixth year of his age, when he mastered the Tibetan translation of the Sans¬ 
krit Buddhist scriptures and the sdstras, the greater and* smaller vehicles of 
law, the ancient and modern versions of Buddha’s precepts, and the 
philosophies of the various heretical and Buddhist schools. By these 
accomplishments he became matchless in learning in Tibet. After 
finishing his studies he devoted himself to writing various commentaries 
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and works, such as aphorisms, Lam-rim, Nag-rim, Tantras, Yinaya, 
Paramitas and logic. At the time of his commenting on the Tantrik work 
called Sambara-mula tantra, the god Sambara is said to have miraculously 
appeared before him and remarked—“ Tsoh khapa! even in India such 
excellent commentaries and synopses as yours were never made.” At the 
time of his commenting on the “ Kalachakra,” its reputed author, the 
celebrated Chandra Kirti, Emperor of S'ambhala, is said to have inspired 
him. The Yeshe-khadoma (the fairies of learning) are said to have 
miraculously transported him to S'ambhala before the presence of that 
deified emperor. 
At the age of thirty-seven he bethought himself of paying a visit to 
India and invoked Manju-sri to advise him on the matter. Manju-sri 
personally appeared before him and said, “ If by remaining in Tibet, through 
the medium of yoga, you invoke the Buddhas and Boclhisattvas, great good 
will accrue to living beings. If, for that particular purpose which can as well 
be attained by residence in Tibet, you visit India, your life will be shortened, 
consequently you will ultimately do less good to the world. I therefore 
exhort you to follow Nagarjuna and Chandra Kirti in doctrinal theories, and 
Atisa in meditative science, and Upaii in ritual and religious observances. 
O saintly Tsonkhapa ! let your school be diffused over the whole of Jambu- 
dvipa and let mankind abide by its teaching !” On hearing this, Tsongkhapa 
gave up the idea of visiting India. After thirteen years of meditation (yoga 
in solitude) he obtained samddhi, after which he saw several of his tutelary 
deities. Even the fairies of learning came in visible form to pay their 
respects. 
