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DEMONOLATRY IN SIKHIM LAMAISM.
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and arranged in a certain order, and the mantras or spells of The Vast Sky-like Treasury,' or Om-u-hung-bajra-sparnakham are repeated. Then is chanted the following prayer :
"I beg you, o, all guardians and evil spirits of the under-noted places), to attend to this invitation, vis., ye dwellers in the far extending ocean of the Upper-Ngari Khorsum (stödmngah-ri-skor-gsom), the Intermediate, the Central-Western, the Four Divisions of Tibet (bardbus gtsang-ru-bzhi), Amdo Kham and Gango of Eastern Tibet and Bhôtân (smad-mdo-khamssgang-drag),14 India (the white plain), China (the black plain), Li-bal,15 Mongolia (the yellow plain), Upper and Lower Turkistan, and all the kingdoms of this continent (hJambu-gling), the other three great continents and the eight islands. Also ye spirits of all retired nooks, deserts, rocky places, caves, cemeteries, fire-hearths, fortresses, streams, oceans, ponds, fountains, forests, roads, empty and uninhabited places, farms and other important places! Also all ye who always attend the congregation of priests, parties of women, festivals of births, singing parties and the learners of arts! Also all ye dwellers in hell, from the highest to the lowest region !
I beg yon, O, ye guardians of the different kinds of rgyüd, to attend this invitation. I beg you, O, Pho-lha, Mo-lha, Zhang-lha, Srog-lha, and Yul-lha, to attend this invitation. I beg you, o, Gra-lha of noble and ancient generations, to attend this invitation. I beg you, O, all ye gods of the white party which gives refage, to attend this invitation.
I beg you, O, all ye demons of the black party which is averse to the true path, to attend this invitation
I beg you, O, all ye goblins and demons, from the highest order to the lowest, counting from Tsan-dehn to Shin-hdre (life-taking demon), gSön-hdre (the demon-eater of living animals), and all ye inferior classes of divinities, to attend this invitation; vie., lha (gods), någa, bdüd, btsan, yamantaka (gshin-rje), mamo, gzah (planets), rgyal-po dmu, the-u-rang, sa-bdag, gnyan, srin-po, and all ye injurers of the regions.
O! I give to you all these offerings of red blood, of sweet tea, of clean water, of intoxicating drink, and of white butter. I make these offerings to you all. Pray accept them.
Those who prefer beer, please take beer! Those who prefer tea, please take tea! Those who prefer blood, please take blood! Those who prefer water, please take water! Those who prefer milk, please take milk ! Pray accept these food offerings and do as no further injury! Pray do not injure the human beings of the apper regions ! Pray do not injure the lower animals of the lower regions ! Pray do not injure the crops of the fields ! Pray do not injure the moisture of the plants ! Pray do not injare the essence of wealth! Pray do not injure the good qualities of the kingdom ! Pray do not injure wealth and riches ! Pray do not injure good repute and influence ! Pray do not injure the life and soul!
16 1..., the Lower D8 (or Amdő), Kham, and 'The Six Ridgos.' 15 Li-yal, or Khoten.
Those are provinces of Eastern Tibet.
