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ZSUZSA MAJER Awidin Cogo or Diwäjingin Cogo (Tib. ‘od dpag med kyi cho ga / bde ba can gyi cho ga), ‘Ritual of Amitabha, the Buddha of Infinite Light’ / ‘Ceremony of the Sukhavati paradise’. The recitation of this text to Amitabha (Awid in Mongolian, Tib. ‘od dpag med, S. Amitabha, ‘Boundless light’, the Buddha of Infinite Light) is recommended “for the virtue of the next life of the deceased ones, and is aimed at clearing away all sins and praying for the deceased to take rebirth in the paradise of Amitäbha Buddha (Sukhavatt) located in the west”. Piiljin or Diwajingin yerél / Diwajin molom (Tib. phul byung (‘accomplished / excelled’, beginning of the text) / Tib. bde ba can gyi smon lam, full title: Tib. bde ba can du skye ba’i smon lam), ‘Prayer for being reborn in Sukhävatï, the Blissful Realm’ (the pure land of Amitabha Buddha). This is one of the six prayers known collectively as Jurgan yerdl (Tib. smon lam drug), ‘The six prayers’ (see below). Lagwi molom/Lxagwi molom (Tib. [hag pa’i smon lam, full title: Tib. hag pa’i smon lam them skas (ma)), ‘Superior prayer’ / ‘Superior prayer of steps’, which is also a prayer for rebirth in Sukhavati, the pure land of Buddha Amitabha. The recitation of this text is recommended “to save all sentient beings of the six spheres from bad rebirths and to help them to be reborn in the Blissful Realm, Sukhavati (Diwajin, Tib. bde ba can), the pure land of Buddha Amitäbha”. The text is attributed to Nagarjuna, the Buddhist philosopher and founder of the Madhyamaka (Tib. dbu ma, ‘Middle Way’) school of Mahayana Buddhism. According to its colophon the prayer was written by Dpal mgon ‘phags pa klu sgrub, which is Nagarjuna garbha, another name for Nagarjuna, but can be a lama named Dpal mgon ‘phags pa klu sgrub after Nagarjuna, but not Nagarjuna himself.*! Lxog(o)toi günreg / Giinregin lxogo (Tib. lho sgo kun rig), ‘The south gate of Sarvavid(ya) Vairocana’. The recitation of this text is recommended “for the deceased ones, to help them to better rebirth.” Giinregin lxog(o), Tib. kun rig gi lho sgo, ‘South gate of Sarvavid(ya) Vairocana’. A rite perfomed in honour of Sarvavidya Vairocana (Giinreg, Tib. kun rig shortly for Günreg Nambarnanjad, Tib. kun rig rnam par snang mdzad, “all-knowing Vairocana”, name of an Adibuddha popular in Sakya tradition) for the deceased. It is performed in order to 360
