TANTRIC BUDDHISM (INCLUDING CHINA AND JAPAN)
the wall of the secular and temporal laws that support the doctrine of
Sakyamuni. Those who guard the borders of Lhasa and Bsam-yas,
worship and restore them. Practice severally and successively helpful
doctrines such as not hunting or fishing, the Bka '-'gyur, the Bstan-
'gyur, the Sabcu, bum-pa, khro-rol, and gtor-bzlog. Always be kind and
compassionate to your subjects. Annihilate enemies that would destroy
the doctrine. You may come shamelessly before me ...
Give this message to lay officials! Through the power of the merit of
charity, carry on the crown of your head the king's commands. Carry
out his commands evenhandedly. Administer the law honestly, without
looking for silver and golden wealth. Protect the subjects with love and
compassion, without distinguishing the wise from the stupid. Do not
hand out gratuitous punishment that transgresses the law; it is a cause
for falling to hell. Those officials that pulverize the subjects and prac-
tice ill usages that destroy the doctrine, try not to be ashamed when you
come before me ...
Give this message to meditation masters! Think on the imperma-
nence of this rarely attained human life. Respect lamas and offer the
mar.u;lala of the refuge-mind. Cultivate the bdag-skyed and mdun-bskyed
of guruyoga. If you obtain good results, you cut off completely the root
of the three doubts. If you look at them exteriorly, they are meditation
masters; if interiorly, they are like wolves. Such meditation masters as
the first kind do not need to be ashamed when they come before me ...
Give this message to dge-bshes! Depending on your friends in the
dharma who have perfections, practice wisdom, the sutras, mantras and
lineage transmissions. Keep your vows perfectly to practice and perfect
the vows of the novice, such as the gradual acquisition of the seven
noble jewels for your wealth. If you look exteriorly, they are dge-bshes;
if you look at them interiorly they are sinful merchants. Such dge-bshes
as the first kind need not be ashamed when they come before me ...
Give this message to nuns! Do not lust for sarilsara and give up
worldly deeds. Keep your vows and renounce beer that makes you
careless. Renounce the fetters of a householder's work and apply your-
selves to religion. Rely on famous lamas that you see. Apply yourselves
to holy deeds and virtues. Don't shuttle back and forth, up to the moun-
tains and down to the valleys. Do not cause others to have bodily sins,
talk nonsense or have evil ideas. If you look at them exteriorly, they are
nuns; if interiorly, they are really whores. Such nuns as the first kind
need not be ashamed when they come before me.
Give this message to the ma~li-pas of the world! First, ask instruc-
tion from teachers, disciples and lamas. Then tum the kingdom to the
dharma. Those who tell of Sbyin-la-dga', Gzugs-kyi-nyi-ma, Snang-sa,
the royal histories and the Buddha's deeds; those that tell the biogra-
phies of Sgomchung Karma-dbang-'dzin, Padma, Bstan-' dzin-chos-