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LALITA VISTARA.
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“That resolve was noble. Now quickly issue forth from this house; betale to the surface of the earth on which dwell many Rishis, and acquire the anrivalled Jina wisdom. (3)
“In former times thou didst abandon precious wealth and jewels-thy hands and thy feet, and thy life; this is now thy time, great sage, do overflow the earth with the peronnial stream of religion. (4)
" In former times thy conduct was noble and pure and per. fect. Thou didst then bestow a hundred blessings by thy specch. Tuy conduct is unrivalled; O great sage, redeem the world from its diverse pains. (5)
"Throngh thy forlearance thou hast accomplished a hundred noble acts; through thy furbearance thou hast cheerfully borne many hard things said against thee; through thy forbearance thy soul is fixed on mercy and self-control. O king of the bipods, furn thy mind to renunciation. (6)
"In former times thy firm, immovable, unshaken vigour had spread wide, overcoming a hundred Namuchis with their armies ; do dispel the threc-fold pain.* (7)
. "For that thou didst undergo fasts and penances. Bearing in mind the sins and pains of the Kali age, do thou rain the unfailing water of immortality, and sooth those who are ever thirsty and helpless. (8)
"Calling to mind thy former noble resolve, and quickly issuing forth from this excellent bouse, do soothe the thirsty with the waters of immortality, after thyself acquiring the immortal and griefless state. (9)
"By the acqnisition of wisdom thy virtuous knowledge has become wide and extended and endless; do thou sbed the auspicious and grateful light of wisdom for the ignorant and those who follow the wrong path. (10)
"Thou hast practised a hundred acts of benevolence for the development of the blessing of mercy; whatever thou bast practised, do practise the same for the good of the world. (11)
“ Such (iáthás formed of beautiful flowers strung bogether
