ON THE HISTORY AND PSYCHOLOGY OF THE 'DAS-LOGalways said the six syllables and many verses of confession before
mmJi-pas, and felt regret in your mind, the sin has been purified.
Further, you worshipped the Buddha and asked for services from the
clergy. You thought there was no difference in size between the ser-
vices you requested and those requested by rich people, but that rich
people sit in a higher position and were given nice things. You had to
sit below them without a cushion, and except for a little, were given no
food or things. You thought they paid no attention to the services' size,
and were only thinking of being rude and the quality of their appear-
ance. Because your mind was thus engaged from the start, you erased
the good you did. Otherwise, you will attain human form, but for now,
because you did services with the sin of your mind's having been other-
wise engaged, you will take rebirth as a vulture. Then you will attain
human form ...Gling-bza' Chos-skyid (III, A: 375 ff.)
A well-dressed, pretty woman says, "I am a princess of Dmar-gung.
Today I was going from my home to my parents', and crossing a
stream on the way, I fell and arrived here ... When many lamas and
teachers came I asked for teachings and blessings. I wanted to go and
offer food (zas-'bre[), but I was afraid that people would say I was not
acting like a nobleman's daughter and that I was uneducated and slut-
tish; so I did not go. I heard a sermon (khrid) from Lama Gzhon-nu-
rgyal-mtshan and he asked me to be his yum. He was counting on me,
but I thought, "This kind of mendicant lama has asked me such a
thing!" and I did not stay to complete the lessons. I did not have faith.
Because of my youth, I did not know how to complete virtue. Now, 0
Dharmaraja. I will give you my turquoise and corals and ask you to
send me back. I have the intention to do religion. If you don't send me
back, I'll have sinned. Please don't send me to the chaos below."
Checking her story, the Dharmaraja tells her, " ... Aside from your
having one-quarter of the sin for the animals killed at your wedding, the
Lama Gzhon-nu-rgyal-mtshan was one who had meditated on the goal
of the rdzogs-chen and had perceived the essence of mind-itself.
Working for the salvation of beings, he came to hell last month and
saved more than a thousand beings. This kind of lama is good; you
went to request teachings from him and he asked you to be his secret
yum. You thought you were a daughter of good parentage, and that a
mere mendicant had asked you such a thing. Thus you had perverse
faith. You left off asking for teachings and told your confidantes. The
girl Chos-sgron said, "Because he understands that apparent dharmas
are false, it is not all right for you to talk like this. When that lama died,
omens and relics came forth, a rainbow filled the sky, and there were