ON THE HISTORY AND PSYCHOLOGY OF THE 'DAS-LOGThe 'das-/og seems to be from central Gtsang, not far from Shigatse. The
text is probably late seventeenth or early eighteenth century.
X. Byang-chub-sengge
A. Spyan ras gzigs kyi sprul pa 'das log byang chub sengge'i dmyal snang
shar ba las/dge sdig gi shan dbye dang gshin rje chos kyi rgyal po'i
'phrin yig rgyas pa (Dgon-po dkar-po Ms.). New Delhi, 1976.
B. Chos rgyal chen pos bka' yis 'phrin ion pa sprang byang chub seng ges
bar do dmyal bar byon nas 'khor 'das kyi dkar nag dbye ba'i 'bras bu'i
rnam thar mdor bsdus, in University of Washington xylograph, chap.
ga.
C. Dmyal nang rang grol byang chub sengges dmyal khams su skyabs
gnas rnams Ia mchod bstod gsol 'debs phul ba'i le'u nas mdor bsdus pa
don zab rmad cha, in University of Washington xylograph, chap. nga.
Byang-chub-sengge comes from Ra-lang, near Mkhar-agong
Monastery, on the right bank of the Nyag-chu. His father was a Bonpo
sngags-pa of some repute. He himself is considered to be the rebirth of
Gtsang-pa Legs-grub, in turn the reincarnation of Vairocana' s disciple,
G.yu-sgra-snying-po. He lived in the mid-eighteenth century. In the
tolerant atmosphere of eastern Tibet, he studied with both Rnying-ma
and Bka' -brgyud teachers, especially those from Ka:-thog. He is best
known for his method of offering votary flags (jo-dar). There is a ref-
erence to him and this method in The Biography, with a selection of
Songs of Nyag-bla Padma-bdud-'dul, Dehra Dun, 1975, page 91. A
manuscript copy of his method is in the Library of Tibetan Works and
Archives (No. I 0345). I am much indebted to Mr. Tashi Tsering for
these references.
XI. Bla-ma Byams-pa-bde-legs
Bla rna byams pa bde legs kyis bar do dang bskal ba'i gzigs snang dang
chos kyi rgyal po phrin bsur rnams, in Three 'das-log Stories ...
Byams-pa-bde-legs gives his birthplace as Sna-dkar in Smad-mkhas-smad,
west of Dpal-gyi Ri in the northern part of southern Stod. He records that
he studied Mahamudra at Lo-ro Monastery with an A-khu Rinpoche Ro-
snyoms-rdo-rje, who in turn was a student of one Mkhas-grub Pha-rgod-
gzhon-nu, a direct disciple of Gtsang-smyon Heruka. His 'das-/og
experience took place in a Fire-Male-Monkey year, possibly 1596.
XII. Dbu-bza' Rin-chen-sgron-gsal
Dbu za rin chen sgron gsa! gyis shi log dge sdig gsa! byed 'phrul gyi me
long and Dbu za'i shi log 'jig rten myul du bstel bder gshegs rig 'dzin
mkha' gro rnams dang 'jal ba'i lo rgyus, in Three Bonpo Visionary
Accounts ofHell. New Thobgyal: Tibetan Bonpo Monastic Centre, 1973.
XIII. Maudgalyayana
Mnyam med shakya'i rgyal no nyan thos dgra bcom pa mo'u 'gal gyi bus
a rna drnyal ba nas bton rab kyi le'u, in University of Washington xylo-
graph, chap. ta.
XIV. Ye-shes-mtsho-rgyal
Rna! 'byor gyi grub thob ye shes misho rgyal gyi rnam thar nas sdig blon
shan ti bya ba dmyal ba las bton tshul gyi lo rgyus, in University of Wash-
ington xylograph, chap. na.
XV. La-phyi sprul-sku
La-phyi sprul bsku'i shi log drnyal khams lo rgyus, in Three Bonpo
Visionary Accounts ... La-phyi is located to the northwest of Sde-dge. An
informent tells me that the biography is nineteenth century.