The Tibet Journal (published by the

The Tibet Journal (published by the

Library of Tibetan Works & Archives,

Dharamsala, Distt. Kangra, H.P., India)

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Vol. IX, # 1 (Spring 1984)

pp. 31-39 G. W. Houston: "The System of Ha Sang Mahayana"

pp. 36-37 "An Exposition Which Explains the Sudden Entrance into Dhyana"

36	"at the originating of (i.e., "starting point") of agitation …., if one does not concentrate on it ("not look" …),	it (i.e., the agitation) will be removed : this is called "sleeping in the narrow void"

37	*during "non-discernment" (trance), by __*	*one accomplisheth __*
		*__ paramita*		*namely*
	completely renouncing the tri-loka	1^st	dana
	non-originating the idea "this is the door"	2^nd	s`ila
	non-appearing the citta-san~jn~a (mental consciousness)	3^rd	ks.anti
	non-discontinuing the flowing stream of discernment	4^th	virya
	great sama-adhi (contemplation)	5^th	tin >dzin
	the essence	6^th	prajn~a
	loka-atita-jn~ana	[7^th ]	"
	non-origination of being deceived	[8^th ]	aeternal beauty
	mastery over being deceived, one hath the strength of a muni	[9^th ]	"good in inactivity"
	appraehension of evil, one watcheth everything	[10^th ]	love whatever one seeth

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Vol. X, # 2 (Summer 1985)

pp. 35-49 Sherpa Tulku & Michael Perrott (translators): "The Ritual of Consecration"

deities of ritual

p.	*deity*	*ritual*
39	10 Furies	is generated from 10 kila-s (pegs)
	Vighna-antaka	blessing the Action-thread
	A-ks.obhya-Vajra	man.d.ala is invited
40	Earth-goddess	is generated from grain-heap

p. 42 contents of the 8 vases of the Purification-Ritual

*vase*	*contents*
1^st	honey
2^nd	curd
3^rd	fruit-juice
4^th	grains
5^th	scents
6^th	parched barley-powder
7^th	medicinal herbs : br.hati, kantakari (wild rubus, Solanum jaquini), white aparajita, dandatpola, Indra's arm (salep-orchid root)
8^th	powdered pretious substances : gold, silver, pearl, coral, aquamarine

p. 43 substances of ritual

the 9 substances of the Ordinary-Ritual	#	*substance*
	1^st	the 5 nectars
	2^nd	scented sesame-oil
	3^rd	3 alternatives:-	1^st wood of : rhododendron, tamarisk, peach, willow, juniper
			2^nd : red sandalwood, white sandalwood, saffron, eaglewood, bodhi-tree
			3^rd : Butea frondosa, Bisaslya, gan.d.a-mun.d.a
	4^th	the 5 products of cow
	5^th	butter with incense
	6^th	mixture of : olive & white pea
	7^th	scent-paste
	8^th	sesame-oil
	9^th	turmeric-powder
the additional substances of the Supramundane-Ritual	10^th	saffron-paste
	11^th	scented oil
	12^th	scented powder
	13^th	tambula, betel-but cake, paan
	14^th	eye-lotion

p. 44 generated substances of the bath-house

*floor is of __*	*quarter*	*"atoms"are __*
crystal	eastern	cakra-s
gold	southern	jewels
ruby	western	waterlilies
emerald	northern	swords
aquamarine	centre	vajra-s

p. 48 deities of the concluding rituals

*deities*	*ritual*
S`ri Guhya-Sama-aja	prayer
the Naga-s	ritual cake, at pouring of colored sand-grains into their lake

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