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under my sway. I am victorious. For your satisfaction and also in order 
that all men may see the superior might of Dharma, you may try another 
feat. Je-tsun therefore sat on the cavern called Padma-Phug, 8 on the 
western Jon of Tesi. When the Bonpo reached the eastern side, Je-tsun 
from the west, stretching his legs, trod on the cell of the Bonpo, where he 
left a foot-mark, and said,—“ if you can do the like, come and do it.” Naro 
attempted from the east to reach it with his leg by stretching it to the west 
but it did not go half the way. Seeing this, the Asuras (Demons) from th e 
skies broke into loud laughter. The Bonpo, who was a little ashamed, again 
wanted to try another feat and advanced to perform the Bon-kor. Je-tsun 
himself having proceeded with his Chho-kor, they met to the south of Tesi, 
when a heavy shower of rain fell. At this, Je-tsun, wanting a place of 
shelter, asked him whether he could construct the walls or the superstructure 
of the house, which he meant to erect for shelter. 
Naro .—I shall undertake to construct the roof. 
Je-tsun now commanded the Phapon to come to the spot and leave a 
portion of his body to serve him as a wall Phapon consented, and lo ! 
there was erected a huge fabric without a roof. Naro-Bon-chhun several 
times attempted to put a stone roof over the wall, but every time he 
failed. 
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Naro .—You call me a juggler, but it is you who every time I have 
seen play the part of a juggler. I am not satisfied with these your miracles. 
Both you and I, on the 15th of this month, shall run a race up to the top of 
Tesi. Be it settled that whichever of us shall reach the top of Kan-Tesi 
quicker, will get possession of it. It will then be seen which of us pos¬ 
sesses the chief perfection. 
Je-tsun agreed to the proposal, but remarked,—“ what pity ! you 
mistake the light of Bon-bum for the chief perfection. He who possesses 
it should be able to see his own face. In order to be able to do 
s o, one must embrace the system of meditation prescribed in our 
religion”. 
Naro .—What good and evil lie in your mind and in mine, what the 
difference is between the Bon and Buddhist religions, whether your previous 
prodigies are mere illusions or proceed from propitiation,—I cannot make 
out. Now let us be sure of seeing which of us can be on the top of Tesi 
earlier. 
The proposal was accepted by Je-tsun. In the meantime Naro-Bon- 
chhun diligently offered prayer to his tutelary deity, while Je-tsun 
steadily applied himself to the exercise of his ascetic rites. 
8 Lotus Cavern. 
