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Vol. XIII, # 1 (Spring 1988)

pp. 30-37 G. Sundara Ramaiah & S.D.A. Joga Rao: "Buddhist Interpretation of Dreams".

the 6 kinds of dreams & their dreamers

#	p. 32 the 6 kinds of dreamers (according to Naga-sena)	p. 37, n. 6 content of their respective dreams (according to the Sinhalese)
1^st	of windy umor	journeys through space
2^nd	of bilious umor	fires & conflagrations
3^rd	of phlegmatic umor	water
4^th	by influence of a god	good or bad things, according as the god is kindly or malignant
5^th	by influence of own habits	that which the dreamer hath seen or heard
6^th	in the way of prognostication	future gain or loss

p. 33 classification of dreams under 4 headings (according to Pali literature)

#	*name*	*description : dreams __*	*instances : dreams of __*
1^st	dhatu-ks.obhya	due to organic & muscular disturbances by umor	a fall over a praecipice; flying into the sky; nightmare
2^nd	anu-bhuta-purva	recurrence of praevious dreams	"echoes of waking past experiences"
3^rd	devata-upa-samhasa	"due to suggestions from spiritualistic agencies"	"dream-coincidences"
4^th	purva-nimitta	prophetic dreams by clairvoyant dreamers	"a clairvoyant character"

p. 33 "the ARHANT who is in the final stage is not accredited with dreaming"

p. 35 animal-metaphors for dreaming & for dreamless sleep (in Pali commentator)

"when his sleep has become light (... like a monkey’s sleep, says Hinatikumbure) ... in that interval it is that dreams are dreamt.

When a man is in deep sleep ..., his mind has returned home (has entered again into Bhavanga, like a bird that has re-entered its nest), ... he ... has no dreams."

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pp. 38-56 David Ebbinghouse & Michael Winsten: "Tibetan dZi (gZi) Beads".

p.	#	*dZi*	*meaning*	*description*
41	A.1	tshe-bum	‘nectar-bowl’	cordate within outline with cross atop
	A.2	padma	‘waterlily’	cordate
	A.3-5	sTag sLog	‘tigre skin’	wavy zigzag
	B.1	Mig gN~ispa	‘eyened 2’
	B.2-3	Mig gSum-pa	‘eyened 3’	1 + 2; or, 1 within hexagon + 2
	B.4	Mig lNa-pa	‘eyened 5’	2 + 3
	B.5	Mig Drug-pa	‘eyened 6’	sets of 3 in diagonal steps
43	C.1	Sa sGo gNam sGo	‘Earth Door [&] Sky Door’	earth-door is square, sky-door is circle
	C.5			hexagonal
	C.6-8	rta so-ma	‘horse-tooth’	notched zigzig
	D.4	sKyed	‘goat’	striped

{cf. count of facets of Rudra-aks.a seed-pods used as beads for rosaries}

myths accounting for dZi & other patterned stones

p.	*tale*
45	"dZi were ornaments of semi-gods who threw them away"
	"dZi were "insects" (Tibetan >bu) that ... had become petrified."
48	dKar Khra Men ‘white variegated ornament’ was carried from rNa-rab Glin (Camara island) by the harpuia S`an-s`an "human like but with bird wings and feet".

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Vol. XIII, # 2 (Summer 1988)

pp. 45-46 Per K. Sorensen: "Review of Tibet : Bon Religion".

funerary rite

p.	*name*	*caerimony*
45-6	>pho-ba ‘transference’	guidance of the defunct’s consciousness by way of thos-grol (textual recitation)
46	byan-chog ‘drawing-ritual’	gradual guidance of the defunct’s consciousness drawn effigy towards liberation
	glud ‘ransom’	is offered in the shape of a little effigy of dough, praesented to the malignant spirits
	>gugs-pa ‘summons’	of the deceased to a tablet (byan-bu), followed by an asperation of that tablet
		writing of seed-syllables [bija-mntra-s]
	tsag-li ‘cards’	each depicting a dwelling, bodily form, the 6 sense-objects & 6 animals (repraesenting mental qualities)

p. 46 the 4 groups of deities drawn on tsag-li

6 Subduing gS`en

13 Primaeval gS`en

4 Main Blesseds

the All-Good (Kun-tu bZan-po = Samanta-bhadra)

p. 46 the 4 successive consecrations of the defunct

Vase (bum-pa)

Root-deities

Cake (gtor-ma)

Nectar

thus is the defunct transformed into gyun-drun sems-dpa> (aeternal spiritual hero)

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Vol. XIII, # 3 (Autumn 1988)

pp. 33-48 Elisabeth Benard: "The Living among the Dead".

p. 34 disciples officiating at the funeral for the Buddha

*disciple*	*function*
Maha-kas`yapa [‘great tortoise’]	when he "uncovered the Buddha’s feet and bowed in reverence, Buddha’s body self-ignited."
Dron.a [‘bucket’]	when "Eight kingdoms vied for the relics ... settled the dispute by dividing equally the relics into eight portions."

p. 35 sets of nested boxes enclosing the Buddha’s relics

"The relics were encased in a box of gold

covered by a box of silver,

which was in turn covered by one of copper

over which ... pulverized precious minerals was sprinkled."

p. 37 signs left by corpse

#	*if __*	*this indicateth attainment of __*
		*(Samskr.ta)*	*(Bodish)*	*(meaning)*
1^st	sky is clear	s`ila	tshul-khrims	morality
2^nd	rainbow appeareth	ud-patti krama	bskyed rim	generation-stage
3^rd	rin bsrel (iridescent particles)	sam-panna krama	rdzogs rim	completion-stage

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Vol. XIII, # 4 (Winter 1988)

pp. 3-12 Jagannath Upadhyaya: "Vajrayana".

p. 5 Vajra-yana Sutra-s

Vajra-cchedika

Nairatmya Pari-pr.ccha

Suvikra-anta Vikrami

Sapta-s`atika

Svalpa-aks.ara

Ras.t.ra-pala Pari-pr.ccha

Karan.d.avyis.a

Adhi-ardha-s`atika

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Vol. XIV, # 2 (Summer 1989)

pp. 3-30 G. W. Houston: "The Mitra System for Visualization and Incorporation of Deity".

p. 5 "deity pride"

p. 5	"With the disappearance of the ordinary ... mind there is no longer a sense of I, but in place of that ... the pure mental and physical aggregates of a deity appear clearly ... At that point one develops divine pride, a sense of an I that is designated in dependence upon the divine body and mind that are appearing ...capable of acting as an antidote to the conception of self ...
	The deity pride destroys the normal human pride of being separate, unique and apart ..."
p. 6	"Therefore deity visualization ... becomes real, in fact, the yogin becomes taken over by the deity."
p. 29, n. 17	"Divine pride protects one from the pride of being ordinary".

mitra yoga

p. 6	is of the ‘performance’ (carya) yana
p. 7	*"It is ... an evocation which liberates all damned beings, an outer sadhana* (which brings) Avalokites`vara into unusually close friendship."**
p. 18	carya-tantra "(sPyod-pa’i-rgyud) ... is the view of oneself as of equal status with the divine power, like a friend". {cf. designation by Jesus of himself as ‘friend [to his disciples]’} [ubhaya ‘both (scil., "service and friendship" – pp. 27-28, n. 1)]

{so, is Avalokita-is`vara aequivalent to the [Vaidik] god Mitra ([Zaratustrian] god Mitra), and to [Akan] god Nyame, ‘friend’ ?}

visualizations in mitra yoga

p.	*the visualized*
8	staircase from moon
	d.amaru drum beater bound with tortoise-shells
9	garland at full-moon
10	"invite (the deity) into your heart." {cf. inviting Jesus into one’s heart} -- Ava-lokita-is`vara, azure-haired and wearing spotted-antelope pelt
	on his right : green +Tara
11	on his left : +Ral-gcig-ma (Eka-jat.i), wearing bone-garland & black garment [= +Ugra-Tara – p. 23]

{the meaning of tara is ‘cross’ : cf. the 2 thieves crucified by the 2 sides of Christ}

p. 19 the names of the cakra-s

*(in Bodish)*	*(in Samskr.ta)*
spyi-gtsug	sahasra-ara
mgrin-pa	vi-s`uddha
thugs-pa	ana-ahata
lte-ba>i >khor-lo	mani-pura
gsan-gnas	mula-dhara

p. 21 the 4 classes of tantra-s

#	*(in Bodish)*	*(in Samskr.ta)*
1^st	bya	kriya
2^nd	spyod	carya
3^rd	rnal->byor	yoga
4^th	bla-na med	an-ud-tara

p. 21 rtsa ([Skt.] nad.i) ‘channels’ in body

*side of body*	*channel*
right	ro-mo
left	rkyan-ma
spine	dbu-ma ([Skt.] ava-dhuti = dhuti – p. 22)

p. 21 breathing

gz`ugs (inhalation)

gnas (holding of breath)

thim (exhalation)

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Vol. XIV, # 3 (Autumn 1989)

pp. 33-46 Tenzin Dorjee: "Namgyal Dratsang".

pp. 42-43 syllabus of metaphysics

*year*	*textbook*
1^st	Collected Topics by Yon->zin
2^nd	The Divine Tree : an Eloquent Explanation (root-text of Bodish grammar)
3^rd	*Science of Mind and Science of Reasoning*
4^th	*1^st & 2^nd sections of Tenets* by lCan-skya**
5^th	*Concerning the Paths and Grounds of the Perfection-Vehicle "Captivating the Hearts of the Wise"*
6^th	Pretious Garland (an abridged version of Ornament for Clear Realization)
7^th	The "Mind-Only" (Citta-matra) section from The Essence of Eloquent Explanation
8^th	The "Middle Way" (Madhyamika) section from The Essence of Eloquent Explanation
9^th	*The small and intermediate sections on "Vipas`yanta" from Lam-rim* (Graded Path)**
10^th	The 3 lower Tantra-s from The Great Exposition of the Stages of Secret Mantra
11^th	The ground-ritual and initiation-rites of the Highest Yoga Tantra
12^th	The "Generation-Stage" of the Highest Yoga Tantra
13^th	The "Completion-Stage" of the Highest Yoga Tantra

pp. 43-46 annual ritual time-table

p.	*mo.*	*day*	*caerimony*
43	1^st	1^st	Tse gtor – long-life ritual cake-offering to +S`ri Devi on roof of Temple
		2^nd	public audience
43-4		3^rd	gZan btags – rolling dough-ball divination in front of the speaking scroll-painting of +S`ri Devi
44		4^th-5^th	holidays
		10^th	trance-oracle offereth praedictions
		11^th-15^th	Great Prayer Festival
		15^th	*teaching on the Jataka* tales**
	2^nd	1^st-10^th	worship of Phur-pu (Vajra-kila)
	3^rd	4^th	Sa chog – praeliminary ground-ritual of Kala-cakra
		5^th	Sa gar – ground-ritual dance
		6^th-8^th	grand propitiations
		13^th	mChod gar – worship-dance
		14^th-20^th	worship of Kala-cakra
	4^th	1^st-7^th	Mani-pills
		8^th-11^th	praeliminary ground-ritual of Guhya-samaja A-ks.obhya-vajra
		15^th-19^th	worship of Guhya-samaja
		19^th	ritual fire-offering; Naga rite
45	5^th	10^th	Rigs >zin gdun sgrub – Padma-sambhava ritual
	6^th	1^st-4^th	praeliminary ground-ritual of Cakra-samvara according to the siddha Luhi-pada tradition
		4^th-8^th	worship of Cakra-samvara
		8^th	ritual fire-offering; Naga rite
		15^th sq.	Summer Retreat
	8^th	22^nd	lHa-mo>i gtor sgrub byin >bebs – blessing the ritual cake of +S`ri Devi
		22^nd-29^th	actual cake-ritual
		29^th	throwing ritual cakes
	9^th	1^st-4^th	praeliminary ground-ritual of 13-deity Yama-antaka
		5^th-7^th	Rabs gnas dge legs char >bebs – grand consecration; Buddha’s descent from Tus.ita Buddha-field
		8^th-9^th	worship of Yama-antaka
		9^th	Naga rite
	10^th	22^nd	blessing the grand ritual-cake of Maha-kala
		23^rd-29^th	actual cake-ritual
45-6		29^th	throwing ritual-cake into the ritual-fire
46	11^th	23^rd-29^th	ritual-cake of Dharma-protector lCam-srin
	12^th	23^rd-29^th	ritual-cake
		29^th	Grand Propitiation

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