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NOTICE OF
factor of the world VAIROCHIANA. To the holy AKSHOBHYA. To the illustrious RATNODBHAVA, the best of Saints. To AMITÁDHA, the Lord of the Munis. To the holy AMOGHA SIDDHA, the remover of the ills of the Kali age. To LOCHANÁ, to MÁMAKI, and to Tárá, named PÁNÞURÁ. I adore SÁRYA SINHA, the ruler of all, propitious, the asylum of clemency, the all-wise, the lotus-eyed, the comprehensive Buddha."
The Deśaná, a sort of confession, is next performed. “Whatever sin may have been committed by me, child and fool that I am, whether originating in natural weakness, or done in conscious wickedness, I confess all, thus standing in the presence of the Lords of the world, joining my hands, afflicted with sorrow and fear, and prostrating myself repeateilly before them. May the holy Sayes conceive the past as with the past, and the evil I have done shall never be repeated."
This is to be said by the disciple before the Guru, placing his right knee in the Mandala on the ground; He then continnes: “I, such a one, having uttered my confession, take refuge with Buddha from this time forward, until the ferment of ignorance shall have subsided; for he is my protector, the Lord of exalted glory, of an imperishable and irresumable form, merciful, omniscient, all - seeing, and free from the dread of all terrors; I do this in the presence of men."
To this the Guru is to reply repeatedly: “Well done, well done, my son; perform the Niryútana.”
The worshipper accordingly takes rice, flowers, and