Lalit Vistara

Author(s): Rajendralala Mitra
Publisher: Asiatic Society

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HAPIER 1.
considered the immediate vreos (Adi Busulha being the ultimata. HOUTC) of the tive elements of matter, and coi the five organs, and listen faculties of sensation. The moching vill these materials into the shape of an actual world is not, however, the business of the live Buldhas, but is devolved by the upon lesser manations from thom solves, denominated Budbisattvas, who are thus the tertinry and notive
Fonts of the caration and government of the world, by virtue of powers derived immediately from the live Buddbals, ultimately from thome ngrene Buldha. This system live Buutelhas provides for the origin of the material work, and for that of immaterial oxistences, a sixth Buldha is de-lared to be manuted disinely from Ad Buldha, and to this sixth Buddha, lajia sattva by nunc, in 24ned the inmediate organizacion of mind, am its powers of thought and reling.**Thumber of universally alinittu diriuciyde ocenied Bodhisattvas an tive, mmcy, katrpími. Vajrapáni. Samantabbalra, Pwlmnpági, au Vivapini. 'They art hy turns oach serving as the creator and governor of the universe for a certain number of ngon, the fourth, or Paulin:pini, ben tlo ruler of the present Kalpn.
Human Bodhisattavan "reditinguishout during life by their ex. trumo goodness, by universal bened , and liya mill-abanlouent, which inpels them to sacritice them-river for the clit of all other creatores."+ Yukva in bis anterior existe, is wronlingly kuid to have, at different time, offered himself a willing viction to the rupacity of lights and hand sin lieu of doves and other defenceless creatures.
15. All linkcl together by unily of felt "hyllud in one casto." Narrnirrkajiti. prolimithth, i... all had merged into one caste', or lad lost all (4 distinctio.
16. Piramılá. . Ton l'aruu.itis ir merat, namely, Dinu "charity," Silu, "goodness," Sinti, "tranquillity," l'irya," fortitude, Dhyann, "meditation, Pranu, "understanding," Upaya, "exp. diency," Balo, "power," Prunidhi, " circunspection," audl Jueina, “knowledge of universal truth." I
• Journal As. Soc. Vol. X11, p. 400. + Pa Hien'. Pilgrande, p. 68.
Hodgson's Illustrations of the Literature and Religion than 1). 31,