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CHAMTER XII.
tion on the race of the three jewels and the destruction, universal knowledge, the knowing of the mind, the acquisition of the occult powers, and change, which he brought face to face. The third was called the duty of not fursaking all living beings, and the spread of inercy, which he bronght face to face. The fourth was called thu duiy of non-reco.cuition of differences,
and firm belief in the religion of all the former Buddhas, which · he brought face to face.
Having thus brought face to face these four preliminaries of religion, the Bodhisattva, with a view to train the mind of his zenana (lit. to inoture), at that mument teeted the purification of his occult powers. This way crected by these and such like Gáthás by hundreds of thousands through tho sound of music influenced by the grace of the bodhisatti.
Thus:
"To enliven merey for living beings, and to propard the minel for the great knowledge, words issued forth through the music in exquisite metres with an object, with a doble object. (1)
“Faith, contentment, final emancipation, respect, pridelessness, subinission to teacher's, enqury abont what is good, research, remembrance, reliection,--these were the words which, issued forth. (2)
" Charity, suppression of the passions, control of the mind, and discipline wern the words, forbearanco was the word, vigour was the word, ineditation, renunciation, and costhey were the words, the inentis of knowledge was the word--whicle issued forth. (3)
" Benevolence was the word, merey was the word, content. ment, indifference, and knowledge were thc words, the annoliore tion of beings through the arcortainment of the four objects to be collected was the word which issued forth. (4)
"Memory and special understanding were the words, the thorough suppression (of tbe passions), the occult powers, the five organs of sense, the five different kinds of powers, the components of the Bojbi, were the words-which issued forth ir
unie (5)
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