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Entering dead b die and the miracul u pwer f the King: Te landmark f Karma Pakhi’ reincarnatin in ibet Part I Daniel Berounský, Ch Ut, Pg summary: T m c th ctbt ctt th tt m th bb d t txt “Hgg h th Itmdt Stt ” (Rm th b d m) dcbg th t btw th g w Km Ph d h bth Rgjg Dj. T d t th c th ft g bd ct bt. A tc c t , th t “Etg Rdc” (  grong ’jug ) cttg th mt c th t d w b t dcd th tc. T tdct th tc md t gg xm mt wh w cdd t b “t” ( sprul sku) th tm b th t d m gh ght t th t th d dg th c ctd g bt c b gd thgh thm. It td w tht bhd th mgc ch g th d w bt g cd b dcd. 1. Intrductin T t ctbt w c th dct th ft dtd cgt th ctd mt bt tt. It cc th thd Km hch Rgjg Dj (Rg bg d j, ) th td xt c” (  yang srid ) th cd Km w mt d th Mg tt Km Ph (bt hg th dtc m Rgjg Dj ttc “ct m”). T c xtd txt cm d gd cd th mm th g Td Km, ctg dtd dct th mtc t th cc (rnam shes) dg t ttmt th w bd. I t t cctd th t ch txt, c d “Hggh th tmdt tt ” (Rm th b d m) t xtt. Bt tt t th ct xt ctd b bt chc. T xct w b th m c th wg d m ttt w b d t th ct tht c th txt dcb t ft ttm t t tt cc t th c d th t th d tbh d t.

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Entering dead bdie and the miraculu pwerf the King: Te landmark f Karma Pakhi’

reincarnatin in ibet

Part I

Daniel Berounský, Ch Ut, Pg

summary: T m c th ctbt ctt th tt m th bb d t txt “Hggh th Itmdt Stt” (Rm th b d m) dcbg tht btw th g w Km Ph d h bth Rgjg Dj. T dt th c th ft g bd ct bt. A tc ct,th t “Etg Rdc” ( grong ’jug ) cttg th mt c th t d w b t dcd th tc. T tdct th tc md t gg xm mt wh w cdd t b “t” (sprul sku) th tmb th t d m gh ght t th t th d dg th ‑c ctd g bt c b gd thgh thm. It td wtht bhd th mgc ch g th d w bt g cd b dcd.

1. Intrductin

T t ctbt w c th dct th ft dtd c‑gt th “ctd mt” bt tt. It ccth thd Km hch Rgjg Dj (Rg bg d j, –) th “td xtc” ( yang srid ) th cd Km w mt d th Mg tt Km Ph (bt hg th dtc mRgjg Dj ttc “ct m”).

T c xtd txt cmd gd cd th mm‑ th g Td Km, ctg dtd dct thmtc t th cc (rnam shes) dg t ttmt thw bd. It t cctd tht ch txt, cd “Hggh thtmdt tt” (Rm th b d m) t xtt. Bt tt t th ct xt ctd b bt chc. T x‑

ct w b th m c th wg d m ttt w bd t th ct tht c th txt dcb t ft ttmt t t‑t cc t th c d th t th d tbhd t.

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T txt d t m t h tc c t th htcdt th bth Km d th c c‑t, bt t t dcmt mtc. T t th ct ‑

td t th d bt “mc mtd bd” mg‑g tdt th cgd thm. T xtc txtctg th dtd dct th t th “tmdt tt”dg ct hw tht th c t w md t d t cfmg th g th “td xtc”  Km. Fm th bt tt th tt m‑ g w t m. It dct th ct th FhD Lm t th Sxth (Sd d g g g mth ) d

g th mch t txt th d th dct th w D Lm bcm t.

A d t th m t th , tdct g t th d cctd wth “t” (sprul sku) w b dd, tgth wtht t wh w bb bd t b “mc m‑td bd” ght dt ccmtc, b th m Kmg whch bcm wd th ‘ft t d’ bt tt.

Sm g t th tmg mght b g ft. T tm

“t” (sprul sku) dd h “mc mtd bd” c mb mtc fd whch cd b d b thdtd td dg d t Id d bt ht. T th ‑qt cfct, bt t th , “mc mtd bd‑” t b mt wth bt tt th t :

. At “mc mtd bd” (bzo ba sprul sku). A xmttg th d bd th “tmt” Bddh t th bd   t‑ wh thgh btt g bdd th g gdh g.

. A “mc mtd bd” (skye ba sprul sku). It qt‑d wth th Śtt, th Bddh Śām b ṣtd. It xd tht dt m Bddh b t t m, .. Śtt th m gd.

. Exct “mc mtd bd” (mchog gi sprul sku) dt th Śām’ c th wd hm.

T dtdg th t bd Bddh Śām w th ct txt (B bg bzg , c. Dg d , . ,tc.), bt th xt mght d. Aw, th c th

1) Y Bt ct G h, th m th 19th ct, wh dtd th tmdt, th mchog gi sprul sku tg th m mg. Sh tt h

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th bd d t th Bddh Śām td hMhāā bgh.

I dd th dtdg dct t th m

d “mc mtd bd” th cgd ‑ctd mt, w ct h tht h t c, bt mm g t w t tt . T bt m d ctd mt; bd “mc mtd bd” (sprul sku);: “td xtc” ( yang srid ), “b mc mtt” (skyesprul ), “b‑xtc” (skye srid ), “mc mtd mt” (blasprul ), “b bd” (sku skye).

T t t th w bth td bth m mt th

wd. O c, mt th c ctd mt cmdt b t th m tm “Exct mc mtd bd”. St, thc btw th tw t ctg hd tmd gfcc bt d th wth m c xmt.

2. Te et f idea urrunding the emergence f reincarnated mater

T wg g t w b wtt t f m th g btwth tw b‑mtd dtct t “mc mtdbd”. T gd t cgzd “mc mtd bd”(sprul sku) bt ct wd ct t cmxhtc t whch mgm t d tctd. Tb g w t t dt m thm.

It w w tht cfc Id Bddht cct Bddh‑bdh mch t d wth thm. T cct ttd th Idbctt, t c Aśtasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā, wh Dhm‑bd d Fm‑bd (dharmakāya, rūpakāya) mtd (c. C, . ). It w, hw, t cfd wth th Cittamātra ch Id Bddhm. I th  Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra d t cmmt b Aṅg th d dtt th Bddh bd:dharmakāya, svābhāvikakāya, sambhogakāya d nirmāṇakāya. Wth th

xt th wg m (Bt 1996, . 5–6): “T m mtbd (mchog-gi sprul-sku) th g th wd th m th tw

dd [ th Bddh]. T b mt bd (skye-ba sprul-sku) th g tt bg th m Ā, d , tc. Md mt bd(bzo sprul-sku) th g mtd m, ch stūpas, bt, bdg.”C. th t xct xt P. Wm (1989, . 181–182).

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tw ft thm bg mhw gdd ct th m, w hh th c th t Bddh bd bd wth Mhāā d‑ bt th ctg md “Bddh‑fd” mg

ch th. T “mt” th Bddh hd d bcm m‑tt mt th wd‑w th txt ( g w Wm , . –).

T t d, wth th t thm bg “mt bd” , xd t, dd h “mc mtd bd”(nirmāṇakāya, sprul sku), d t w t ttc ctc. T w thcc d h th mt mtt t th t g  ct bt. Wth th ttc ctc th th dct

cfct cqd ct chct d th ctctct th dcg th bd b th dt tt. A‑thgh m ttc txt t t mch btd, xm tht‑tt  Cakrasaṃvara mtg mt whch ctt th ‑dct t bd, t tdt th t bd w d tth th h th “gt tg” tt. T gt tg wqtd t th dct th t Bddh bd. I ttc tm‑g th Bddh bd “t t th th” (lam ’khyer ) th tt

cfd anuttarayogatantra bt.T d w cmbd wth th tchg wth th ttc ctc “tmdt tt” (bar do), .. tt btw dth d bth. It t tgth c wh th tct bcm td twd thchmt wg thgh th c dg. Athgh Idc t g, t bcm th bjct ct bt ( gd mm C , . –).

Ath t d tctg th mgc g “mc‑ mtd bd” bt c b d th mbc wdctd wth bdhtt Atś. It m tht th w dd‑t x d whch w mdg d th Mhāā w  th wth tg mt mt. I th ‑cd “Lt t”(Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra) th cht dtd t Atś w b‑b th mt cd m chgc dc. It tht Karaṇḍavyūhasūtra tht Atś dctd th ‑

  d bdhtt xcc (c. Wt , . –).

2) T Cakrasaṃvaratantra bt ch d t th Bddh bd wgth tg th mt d bg tmt th bd t th “m wh” (G 2007, . 202–5).

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T ct Atś w gg tgth dg th ft ct th “t d” Bddhm bt, thgh t c btw mch , d th R d. T hm ctd

th b‑mtd txt dt ttctd bt th t t‑tt th w ht. Atś w dtfd wth th hmg th bt g Sgt Gm d t m th thct wd bt ht ttd t b wd thgh th m Atś’ tg bt t tghtwd xd th t ct Mṇ Kbm (Mṇ b’ ’bm). I th txt th Dmt (‘Bm t, /–), gd wttb Id m Atīś hm (Atīś ), th Kdm mt

tdcd “mt” (sprul ) Atś, cdg Atīś dDmt thm. It w td t ch td tht thc Dmt bb t d tt wd b th tt‑t D Lm.

Atś ct th tc wd‑w dbtd ‑cd th ct bt “mc mtd bd“ bt.Bth Km, th ft g ctd mt, d D Lm,.. th wh mhw td t bcm g ttt, cdd

t b “mc mtt” hm.O th th hd, m m hggh B mt (bw), m thm w ccd wth th d “mc mtd bd”. T, c, dd t h ch Atś ‑gdt. T d dg Atś w t cctdwth th mbt t bt m th bgg th “t d‑” Bddhm. Lcg th, B w t mg th ft wh cmwth g ctd mt, thgh m t th Bddhtct th cct “mc mtd bd” w cc thm w. Lg bd ct d t t wth B.

I Atś d t th ct bd ct, th mtt mt ctbtg t t hd bdcbd mmt bt, whch d c t dg c‑t Id tc. T w “t t” bt. E th

3) T ct cmt txt dtd t th ct Atś d h mt.It w d “t” ( gter ) b 12 ct mt Dbthb Ngdb (Gb thb d‑

g gb), bt m t th txt. T dct t d m ch‑ x th tht th f dct w d th 15 ct ( Mt1997, . 16; Kt 1992; d, bt t gd c Vt 2007, . 43–6).

4) Ihhm 1993; d Kj 2005, Wt 2010, . 263–4, Nt 9.

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Mṇ Kbm mtd b d wth th mmt, bg ‑ d “t”. Sttg gh b th d th th ct, tht ( gter ston) w “mc mtt”

t g, Pdmmbh, th b mt th gTg Dt wth th “Od tdt”. I th tdt B gth t “mc mtt” mthcg B D Nmh. T dc m Id th cttht th “mc mtt” cdd t b th bt mtd thgh th cct h cct wth h th “gd g  bt” tctd. T g Id cct d tt‑t d th bt m.

Smmg , th g Id d mt, Bddh bd,th ct wth th ttc tchg d ct Atś wdc Id gc bt. bt t ch d dd thm t th mt c t thm. T d thm th t‑tt th w ht d th hgh cmtt ccmtc dthm t xmt cmbg th d th t d‑g. O b‑dct w th mgc th t ’ tdt,whch m c d t c w t gd 

hd g d wth th ct mt bt.

3. Miraculu pwer f the king

Ath d tdg th bcgd th “mc m‑td bd” w b mtd h. It dt m th d mtd th ct, c th c t t t t Idc tbt t dg .

It h b d td tht th bt g Sgt Gmbcm b th th ct (d h ) gdd “mcmtt” Atś. W c th t tht tw mttg Km d D Lm w m md t b “m‑c mtt” th m bdhtt. I th c bth ‑g g mbt w t. O wd t t t tht thghth cct wth bdhtt, wh w bth mch d m‑bdmt th gt mg th g bt Em, th gmt

t b w xd.Wh th txt w cm t t th ct Km Ph, th

ft “cgd w xtc” (ngo ’dzin yang srid ) h xt dg

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t th tbhmt g bd ct, t mght b m‑tt tht h tdcd h hggh m m b m.Wht c tht h th g cg cmmtd b 

h b g, whch c w mtt ct th h d .It t t cctt th b dtdg th ‑

bt x t (sprul sku) wth th cfc bt ctxt  g d g th tm bg t Idc ctt. T hgh ‑t t bt ct mght m tht th ‑dct‑d b, tmbg gt th w ct wth ght t th ‑tcc Bddh bd, th cct w mhw dtdb dmg m w cfc t bt.

T qt whth w fd m tmgc t thtm t (sprul ) d bt txt tt cd b Bddhm. Ad thw .

Wh gg thgh th Dhg dcmt, qt w fd thcct mthc bt g b wth th chcttc wt‑t dw ‘phrul . T wd c t th “t” (sprul ) d th wd

“t”. Bd m ct bth th wd, th mg td, c m t txt th tchgb (c.

th tm rnam ‘phrul  dg th Bddht Hbd St tmvikurvaṇa d dgtg th bt t m m).A w w xm mct P (Od bt Chc).

I th t mthc g Dgm th wg tc (c. ODO, P , ):

“H w , h w  lde, h d gt g d ’phrul , ch t g‑g t h.”

5) H hggh tht h w b t m “m” (btsad po/ btsan po)  U m ( U ri) th Dg (D’ b gtg g hg b 2003, . 881–2;Mh’ d dbg , . 4b; Rh, . 485, h dg’ d j 1993, . 87). Tthgh d Rd A g h btsan po’i bu’i rigs su, .. td U m tc m “” – bu th txt. Bt th ctxt wdxct th t x sras. C. M 2010.

6) C. th cct St m vikurvāṇa. bt c ctt w th BddhtHbd St d th m vikurvaṇa ( Dm dg bm gt 1996, .608;

t th ccc th St tm bt c J 2010, . 72,. 2).7) b.: d mI’ m th t/ mg b dgg d ghg tg ’h dg

bI chd mg’ b/.

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Fth th txt th m wd chct h mc w. It d (c. ODO, , –):

“H d mc (’phrul ) t”.

Ath xm m th m mct mght b th cc‑g g Dg Mgj, whch mght b dd (c. ODO, P, –):

“Dg, h , Mgj,H bd, h , ’phrul .”

T tm ’phrul  qt chcttc d bt g

d mt d m th w xm g h t mght b ‑t tht t m qt w td t th h.

T dg th tm bm d th gmtmg ch bt hw th tm hd b dtd. O  d t c b td tht th , c, th hd tht t thg Dhg dcmt dtd th x th fdm. b ctt m th dc, w hd tt wthMcDd, wh cd th tt “mgc”, whch w, hw, w

cfd t w, bt t m btw h d th, m c cctd wth hc tgth, w d bt tbjgt ghbg ct (McDd ).

R. St ght t dtd th tm thgh th m chct‑tc Ch m g b th Ch x sheng . Wh ‑dg t, St d x ch “t w”, “mgc” d

“wdm”. Bt th t dtdg “wdm” w th mt cd b hm (St ).

H. Rchd t th gmtt bth ch d whttg th tm ’phrul , h qt d “t w” (Rch‑d , . ).

It w th D. Sg wh h b t gd tht th Ch d t m t b t th bt mg, whch ‑dt cctd wth th dg mth th d g th g(Sg , . , . ).

8) b.: ’h g d chd mg’ b.

9) b.: ’d g mg j/ ’h g mg’.10) F gd ct mm Sh‑ L 2007, . 110. T tm ’phrul d ‑ ch dt wth Wt 2009, . 155. Ath mm g Rch‑d 1985, . 39, t 2.

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It c b ccdd tht th gmt g d b McDd mt b th mt ccg d th dt m. Wh th ddcd b m t m Ch, ggtd b St, c g

wth Sg tht th dtdg th tm w d t th bt‑ mth. T wd bb b c tht t mt m w bt cfc t (g bt) cctd wth th h d d g.

O c h c th th g dg t “mgc” db McDd. It m tht “mc” “mc w” wd ftbtt. W c m m tht c th d w chctzd b 

‘phrul, th xtct b, mg th hm “mc”, b 

g wd t b wh th w th g w ccd.It th b t b th ddt ct th g

bd ct bt. It dtdg dft dgm Idc t. It , hw, dtdb tht d “m‑t” bddhtt, wh w , wd t ch  mch wth th d d d wd mg wth thm. T t‑t th mtt Bddht cct  nirmāṇakāya sprul sku d thct g c m th bd b th tm mght b

 wd ttmt t t t th w th d bt g,t d tt dt ccmtc. T x wh th cmmb t c th ctd mt “dt” (lha) cq ‑gg d t wh thm th w th . T wth xhbt c th d th dg ctdmt wth th c dt . T ctd mt th w t tct thm d t tm thm. T th dg  sprul sku  “mc mtd bd” th txt hd t t cct thbcgd dcbd th cht. T “Mc mtd bd”mct t th m tm cc t “mc w”.

11) O dg fg w th tc dd I tht m d hd d bxd b Hgh Rchd 1964, wh wtg cct wth ’phrul tht t “‑hdw th ctc ctd Lm – sprul pa’i sku – bt Bd‑dhm m th 12 ct wd” (Rchd 1964, . 12).

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4. sme early cae f “miracululy manifeted bdie” in ibet

Accdg t th tc b Ld d Kj, b t w  

c “mc mtd bd” ( d Kj ). A‑t dg wth Dmt d Atīś wh w cdd t b “mcmtt” Atś d h d b mtd b,h t tc bt tw Id mt wh w cddt b “mc mtd bd” (sprul sku) th bt txt. Nt

  dtd mt, th dtfct Ch G (Ch g ) ct mt Ngth (Ng th) mg Kdm th cd h th ct, w. Sght m xct

mt b th tt bt th xt c, mtd b d Kj.

It cc c g th Kdm mt J Ch (B ch , –) w b th m Zh W (Gh ’d). Hw cdd t b “mc mtd bd”. I th ght thcdg cht th mc w th bt g, t wthdg th t t h b hggh tt (L ch dg’ g mth , . ; Y h g mth , . –):

[J] d: “I w m th cct t m b tht m chmb” Ad bd cd th, th cct b m b th tm d tū.H th bcm wd ‘mc mtd bd’. H xd chg t m ‑hm….

A m th xtct, h bcm wd “mc m‑td bd” th bt t m mc d cmmct wth‑hm mhw md t b t ch . T xtd mt t t h hggh hw cmg tht mt  th Kdm mt d t w ttc tchg (t. mt, L ch dg’ g mth , . ) d m th ctxt t tht th

12) It th b thbghc txt Kh h tā b bm d (1173–1225), wh Id mt Mtg d Vhtd xct mtd t(Kh h tā b bm d, . 6b, 7b, 12).

13) I h t t b b t fd txt mtg th mt ct.14) T bt txt d: gm chg d’ tg b g bd gg t/ g

mthg gtg g hg dg mchd t g tg d hg bb / d ’ gg/ m m mg ch gg dg/.15) B’ gdm ch ‘bg (L ch dg’ g mth 2003) ct “gg chg” ‑

td “gm chg” th Lm m (Y h g mth 1990).

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“mc mtd bd”, dtd “th bd dcg m‑c”, w tmt bd wth thm h c.

T d “mc mtd bd” d th mt

J d th mt J h dd. Amg h m dc ct Ggm Ch (Dg gm ch / Dg gh gg ,–) w d th ct. H dcb hw J dt‑fd hm h g g h w mt m d dhm h ht g ct (L ch dg‘ g mth , . ).T, th mt g h g w mhw cdd tb h “mc mtd bd”. T m d c Sg (Sg g t bt g, ?/–) d th t bt

hm “mc mtd bd” m th d cctdwth hm, .. g th th xmt wth th cct t thttm (L ch dg’ g mth , .):

“H td tht h w ‘mc mtt’ J Ch. Yt, c wth dtctdmd h d tht h [w] bth D Zh d tht th ctdct th.H td tht wh mdttg th c bddh h ct dcd th ‑t th t md dd xtm.”

Fm th t t tht th “mc mtt” th mt t th hm. A bd th , thmt m g d d t d mch t tm th ttmt bt ’ dtt bddh bdhtt tht ‑qt Id. T dc m t th ct tht th “mc‑ mtt” m mt.

T w m t c “mc mtt” cctd wthth mt J. It th ct ct bt

“mc mtd bd” d th txt m tm t tm btcfc “J tchg” (bya chos) whch w tght th. It w b c,

16) T ft dt h bth ggtd ccdc wth th B’ gdm ch ‘bg (w‑t‑m h bth, L ch dg’ g mth 2003). T xt wg thBRC.

17) T bt txt d: b b ch ’ h g bh/ g gcgthg g cg ’d gh ’ b b g ’g b md gg/ ch g g gm bh d gg m m ch d mth’ thm cd dg b

b mg m d b h g bh/.18) T th c cc th mt hthm G (h hm mg , 1291–1363/5ccdg t BRC), bt t hd th ct Km Ph t RgjgDj. S L ch dg’ g mth 2003, . 387–9.

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hw, m th xtct, tht th c mhw dd mth dg Kg mt.

B mg t th c dg Kg mt, th

t hd b md ccg th mt Ngm d B tdt,mg whm th d “mc mtt” m t b qttc t th tm. It m t m tht th mt t mch tgd twd tgb tcm btct d th th Kd‑m dd d w dft mch m ccd wth ttc ctc.Ph th ct mg Kdm cmbd wth th ght dc ch Nmgm d B mt d t t mgKg mt th m th tbhd g ctd mt.

T t “mc mtt” t b d mg thtdt “t t” th tw ct. mt xmm mg th “t ”, cd “Od ct” G Chw‑g (G Ch dbg, –) wh mt b t t cct h t t th mgc “mc mtd bd“. O hw b th tt Mṇ Kbm Chm (G ch dbg ), btt hd t b cd wth th d mtd w w Mṇ K‑bm. It ct tct d cmmt Atś wtt b 

hm. H d cmbg d mght xmhwg tht th ccmtc w d tbhg th ‑g “mc mtd bd” h tm. I h tbgh th th c hm th “mc mtd bd” Pdmmb‑h, th tht Tg Dt d t tht Atś.H tht h t mbdmt th tth th (G ch dbg b, . b‑).

A xm B “t “, mt P Khg Gt(b ) cd b mtd. I h tbgh h mtgwth D Nmh dcbd w h mmbg d tht h w cdd t b “mc mtt” DNmh (D g hg gd t ).

Ath w xm cct wth “mc m‑tt“ d bt mmbg t mg B “t“ th c th gmtc d t w w Amdw mtKghg (Sg ’hg, g bb th th‑th ct). Hg tbgh g t h d wh t cm

t h ct dcbd th ft , t dct h“mc tmt” (sprul , ’phrul ), mt t th bt ,d xc (Sg ‘hg).

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T txt, wth th t , dg wth c dt, d ‑ct wth “mc tmt”, h m t cmmwth th bgh th cd Km w Km Ph

(Mh’ d dbg , c. M ) bt th c B m‑t wth c g mbt. It m tht b tht tm th gmtt w d cctd wth Atś mch dh t t th Sgt Gm.

Bt b chg Kg mt wth tw xm wh mtd th hgghc tt th th ct

“mc mtd bd”, m m th dc btwth b‑mtd c d th wg mght b g. T xm‑

td b, whch m ccmtc whch m mt cdd t b “t” dcbd, tht t w bd th h

  m mc dd. A ch, t w m mtt b  th g mt, wh w hm th c t. I th w‑g xm t w b tht m w t th cct.I th ft c bt m chd mtd dc cg hm “mc mtd bd” d th cdc th dct bt th xt c bth g, mg tht th

cb tg t w bd h xt . Abt txd mch dt, th w mt. Sch w mt wb mch btt tctd th c th bth Rgjg Dj. Tmt m t b cc th c cgt ct th d.

T ft th Kg mt th w Yg‑g (S g dg –; c. Rch , . –; R’b g g d , . –, ; C , . ). A hb d m h m, h w cdd t b “mc mtd bd”, bt c w t m d t m c whm, d mt th th tht h th w t m mtc hc d tm. It xd tht h bth h dd g x‑td ct twd dhm. H th w g th Od ct.B h th dd t th g , h cmd h m t b “mc mtd bd”. At th g f th xtd chd td t h cgd ct g tg thgh th , ct tht w w t th c . F th xtd bt

h ctm th ttd t c hm “t”. T b t thtt (Rch , –) m t hw tht h w m gdd th mt bd m dtfd Bddh. Ad t wth tg

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tht th “t” dd t ct tc g. H w cdd tb “t” thgh h xtd bt m chd. T ct‑tt tt whch w w t xm.

T cd c “mc mtd bd” cc th tch th b‑mtd mt. H m w Gthg Gm Dj(Rgd thg mg d j, –). T c mtg hct hggh hm d h dc Ug (U g‑ ch d), bth cmd th th ct. H w hgg‑h tdc hm m d hmb mt wth d tt mdtt xc t c.

Wh dg h h chd h ct, h dcbd

ttg hc ccg h t bth (R ’b g gd , ; Rg thg b bd ch d j , . ). At th qt h dc, h tht h w b b th ttc ct‑t m Ü‑g. Yt th xt wg h hm xtc, hdctd tht h wd b b th Bddh fd.

It th td tht h g w, h “t” w d thNd (S md) mt. H w b th (th m Gthg’ g w). T m h w bd g th c

th Nd Kg Zg Kg W (S md dg’ bg, K dg’ ’d , –). T tt th th ct c‑fm tht h w cdd t b “t” Gthg t tht tm.

T ft xm h hw tht th “mc mtd bd” wcgzd thgh th bt m chd. I Gthg’ t t w cc ct t w bd h g w. W c  m th c tht t w cttd b m th tchg “‑

 jct cc” (’pho ba) d “tmdt tt” (bar do), whch mg th mt dcd b Kg mt. It h tcdt whch w c th ct ttwth g

19) H w b th g; mt Kg (B’ gd ) d Ngm (R‑g m ) tchg m Nd (S md). H th w cd “T Omct Om Nd” (snye mdo thams cad mkhyen pa) bc h xct mm, bt h m w Sm P (Bd m d, 1217–1277).

20) It d (bt bb t c) tht t th g x h td ttd tht h Gthg (K zh gg ’bg g, Rg b b bzg mh gb 1992, 695–6),bt th mght w b t ddt. T c dtd mt th ‑

c cgt hm t   Gthg. It bb tht c c cgt dd t t c th c d h w h tt  sprul sku thgh thb th c , whch w th mhw d b th ccmhd Bd‑dht mt.

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bd ct. O th m wh h tmtd th bt c dg wth bgg “t” mt b th ct tht th dd t tbh tc g c ‑

g mg hm “t”.T ct mght d t th dmtc dct th

c ct Km Ph (–). It hw th d‑mt m t bt c “t” mg Kdm, Ng‑m, B d Kg mt. Yt b cmg t th bth KmPh, ct dd wh d btw hm d th t twccc “mc mtd bd” mtd b hdb mtd ft.

T mtt mt w mt Ug Rch (U g ch d, /–). H mt wth th b‑mtd Gt‑hg h d cd th w ctt m hmd w dtd t h tch. Sm c tht h hd th bth h mt Gthg th w m Id t bt (D’b gtg g hg b , . ). I h hggh mtg wthh b mt dcbd d d t dct tc h ‑b th cgt hm (Bd m ‘d , . , ). Yt

t th m , wh w t cgd th Td K‑m Rgjg Dj th “w xtc” Km Ph. Ad h th wh bt c mtd “gdg th bth” Km Ph.

5. Rangjung Drje’ primacy 

A th tw b c t “mc mtd bd” g Kg mt d , w t t th . T wh, ccdg t th bt c, th dmtc t Km Ph’cc t th xt bd td h w bth.

Wh dg wth “t”, bt mtm mt g tht th ft th g Km d m ch ctt mtm w tht th wh g, ttg wth th ft KmDm Kh (D gm mh , –), w cd b m “t”. Bt wh ttmt t t c t th ccmtc

chg Km Ph (–) th cc t Dm Kh,

21) O m ct h d Kj 2004.

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t bcm t tht th cc tm “t” t mch d. Smt sprul , .. “mc mtt” Dm Kh ,bt th g t, h hggh, d dft 

d t g bd th c mtd th cht. Whth txt d wth Km Ph’ cgt cc Dm Kh‑, th tht t w bd th th mt th tcg xcd b h tch. Sc c hm las can, .. “dtd” “ wth mc ” th mmt cgt hm cc Dm Kh, t “t” (c. D’ b gtg g hg b, . tc.).

Wh dt ct d th bt txt t th qt

“wh w th ft ct”, th qt w tht t w th TdKm Rgjg Dj. Ctc bt th dtgh th gttmt bt Km Ph’ tt bg “mc mtt” Dm Kh m th dtd cd cgt RgjgDj th “w xtc” Km Ph. T txt th th c‑t Jmg Zh (–) m Lbg mt Amd c xm. It ct th tb ctcm th bm “mc‑ mtd bd” h tm. H w mg m m‑

t ctczg th wdd d th c tdt. F ctd

22) Sc tht g Km Ph mt wth h tch Pgdg (Rj g bg )d h tch xcd c m g mt cdg DmKh gthd tgth. Ad th hwd tht h th “dtd ” “ wthmc cct” (las can, D’ b gtg g hg b 2003, . 882; Mh’ ddbg , . 5). T g m t btw th Dm Kh‑’ g w d th bth Km Ph. It m t th tg t cdKm Ph h dct cc. Yt th dd t tdt tdb th 14 ct chc “Rd A” (Db th dm ), whch th hgg‑

h Km Ph d th chc “Ft Sch” d th t wth th th “t” cct (h dg‘ d j 1993, . 87). Accdg t th c,Dm Kh w b Id dc ddh Mtjg d t tw b th bd Km Ph. Bt t t btd d t t t d td m th cct t b d ct bt Bddhm ‑cdg B. I th hggh Km Ph h dcbd, whchh cg hm “t mt“ (rnam ’phrul cha gcig ). T cmtgg qt d: “It d t hm tht Km, th wd wd m, t t m Dm Kh d tht h t mt hm” (d gmmh dg/ mg g gg m th dd md ’ m ’h ch gcg

g, Mh’ d dbg , . 8b), bt t t bd h ‑m .23) Ch. M t t tht th tbgh Km Ph, th x las ’ phro 

d, th t c (M 2010, 32), bt th d t d mch.

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mt h th tm “w g mc mtd bd”, bth dtgh t btw th g ttg wth RgjgDj d th (S bg thb bt dbg hg, . ‑b):

N cd “mc mtd bd” w th Id bt th t. I th wd xt, wh w th Id ddh d th [gh] wth h [.. d‑c] t mg thm?

W xm m chd thm d thgh m w g t ch thm thtt “mc mtd bd”. Bt t m [cctg thm ch] thgh th d

 , [th c] bmtc. Sttg m th whm th t h ttch [mt Oṃ] maṇi [ padme hūṃ], t th wh h gtt maṇi, wh dd ch

“mc mtd bd” cm t xtc? Wh w th ‑cd “w ‑g mc mtd bd” th t? T w thg th d.

T ft bt “mc mtd bd” w Rgjg Dj. At th tm tht wh h w b, w thd tht h w ctg m m ūt mmm. Wh d bt th, h xd: “T tht th t I h ctd m ūt m Id d Ch.” T th th t c “mc mtdbd”. T gd tw d K[m] d Zh[m], th bc d d hd,mc d. T th xth Km d th d. Wth th “Vtct” th t “mc mtd bd” tht Gd Gth “td m‑c mtt” Gd Db. T mc g h []bth w m d c m [h] hggh.

A hw th qtt b, th w m wh cmd t bth “mc mtd bd” m bdhtt g h th t. W c th tht th ft g “mc mtdbd” dd t t th b bt w t ct c. Whtdtgh th c Km Ph’ ct th th bt

24) F th ctcm th th c cgt “mc mtd bd,” th ccdg t th b “bt t” (B bg b bzg 1997, . 158–181).T th ch m th dg Gg g xtct m th txt  

Gg mt th Fh D Lm, Cg R Dj, Tw Ch Nmd ht Zhbdg.

T ttd bt txt d: g g bd g z b md/ d g g gb ch d m dg/ j b c’ h md/ g g th b mg ’d th btg b/ thb thg g b / ’ mg btg / dd dg dg g b m gtg d’ g d/ th h m m ṇth chd b dg / m mth’ m ṇ bjd ’g b’ g d/ mb b ’d g g d/ ’d th g md/ bd ’ thg m mg bg d j d/ d g ’hg d md thg mg b b bt mth / d / g g g d g md mg b bt ’ g mth g

d c bhd ’ thg m d bg/ d m g zhw g g thhw dm g g bg b mth / d m dg gbg/ dg g ṇ ch dg ’d gb g d g b dg ’d g mth ’ thg m tg mth mg b d m th g b d d/.

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w cgg h w xtc bd h mmbg dtm . T w t th m tm cmbd wth  ttc tchg mg t b t d th bd th Bddh

(th txt t mt th t txt sku gsum ngo sprod ) d th thtc cc (’pho ba) thgh “tmdt tt” (bd, g th t th “Sx g N”). Sch m tctd c Km Ph’ ct d bt mt thm t cdth c th ft cgt th “mc mtd bd” th mt bt. It mtt tht th c th ft gbd cgt “mc mtd bd” w tbhd.T w th g whch ct t th t tm.

6. Te drama f Karma Pakhi’ reincarnatin

T t th cc th dcd bd Km Ph t‑g t th bd bb t md Rgjg Dj h d th chc “Ft Sch”, “Rd A” d b tht whch td th chc “B A”. It w t td

th hggh Kg mt. T ccb txt Eghm mg th c th tt B A (Rch ),bt th cct th bbtd th. T mt dtd th th “Ft Sch”, bt t th m tm th Rd A g m d‑t m t. T ct tht t th dt th c mhw g t. I m g th chc m th hggh  d‑mtd ddh Ug, wh d t h “d” ( ’dren)Km Ph t h w bd.

Nth th Km Ph, tht Rgjg Dj w b thbjct dc h. O tht m b mm th d xt d th cd tht t d wth th tw ‑

25) T txt t m t th t Bddh bd, c. Rg bgd j 2006b.

26) D’ b gtg g hg b 2003; 1980; h dg‘ d j 1993; Rch 1996.27) T d “Gd Gd“ m th 18th ct t mt th m wd

“Ft Sch” (S t ch ’bg g 2005, . 345–360) d th md txt hh mt (R ch d bg 1995, . 366–7) d bbt

th m txt.28) F th Km Ph b c Dg, Wht 1976. F th tc ‑ct th mgc Km Rchd 1958, 1959. F c dg thmt mtt t m h bd t bt c M 2010.

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t bt ht th hd jct. T bm dt th c c, bt th tg t.

B mmg th c th t, hd t b th c‑

ccg th m Km Ph d Rgjg Dj. T mtcmm m th ft, d th bgh hm, “Km,th wd w m” (ming yongs su grags pa’i karma pa). I h hgg‑h, th m “Km Ph” d wh h th M‑g ct. H h mg th Ph, whch t Mgtt. Wh h t t gt Atś’ mt mtd, h cd Km Mṇ. H “ct m” ( gsang mtshan) “Rgjg Dj”(Rg ‘bg d j, “S‑ j”) d t d h hggh 

th ctxt ttc ctc. T t hd t dtgh t mth m h cc, wh w tt md dtc m‑ Rgjg Dj ( Kt , . –).

T t h ct tt wth th mtg th Ug hh (Bd m ’d , . –; D’ b gtg g hgb , ) t g b h g w. At tht tm Km Phg Ug h bc ht ( m c m b) dd hm t tct hm dg h xt bth. Ug wd

“gdg” h bth. T bb dd t h b chc, bcUg’ hggh ct g dtd t dct  h bt t m t (Bd m ’d , –) dh dcbd td “g bg tmdt tt”.Ad t th c tht h w d ch (Bd m ’d , . –):

29) A bt dt dg th “Ft Sch” (D‘ b gtg g hg b

2003, . 910). I th wg bt txt th ggtd cct dg d bctw d dd b th dt th bhd txt, th q bct m: d db bm (mb) ’ d g hw g d/ j gb ch ch’ db d()/ gzg g b g mth’ dbg mdzd gg / gt (t) bg b/ cg [cg] g () dg / db tg t bhg hg cg dgbc hg t btd (gtd)/ hd gd ’d hw g g d mch h h/ g b gg ’ g b b/ d’ mchd bt zhw g c g gd bcd/ ’ g m td hg / zhw g g zhg ’g gg/ gm g d mdzd thg h mdzd ’d gg/ ’ g b d m’d b / g’ mg ’d g hd bd dg/ hd gd b m h g‑

d d / d g’ g b g mth dg/ g g dg dg/ gmg d ’g d mdd d/ dg b d j g g ’ h bgbcg (gb hg) c g g gg/ d’ d j gb ch ch’ thg dgg/ g’ mg ’d hd bd dg gg ’d/ c dgg m bg

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T bc ht w b [Km] h w hd h hm t th hd PcMhāddh [Ug]. Pmg d cg th mwmt Atś‑Gw Gth, h td th b d th mt bw wth d d cd t th t  h hd. H d t tgth wth th d t h hd g: “Y cm d th g th wg bc ht. T mtd w d hmg (?). Rg h h [twd m tht] th g th wg bc ht w b ttd. Bt, m th  dct Lt, th wg th bc ht w cm.” Wth xctd md h d th ‑wg wh mg th [t] “Itdct t th th [Bddh] bd”: “W tww tch d dc dg m . Yt, [w] h t tct m. Y h dc th th dct. H w w th bft bg wth m GwGth, x‑b ht mt d ‘Itdct t th th [Bddh] bd’. Lt tdd  upāsaka, T Ld  Vajra Ug b ccmhd!” T h td d. At thtmmt Pc Mahāsiddha [Ug] thght h ht d cd: “Wh d ‘ h t tct m’, g m bt wht thght. T‑dg w hw 

t t th c t dd b th ct. Wh th dc ddh Ug wh t thg t b t t th ct d, th wd ccm th dg.”

I th th txt dcb th g th bc ht t th Ug‑. H th c t th mwmt Gw Gth, t ht m Atś. T h bd b “ b‑” ( phyag nas), wh Km t th b th bw wth d (thFt Sch cf t “Gw Gth’ bmb d”), c t

th cw h hd d th t t Ug’ hd. T ctd dg’ b g b Ug ct th ct tht th mt th tw mt w bb t d t mght b md thtth t ccd th g t wd b Km Ph d h m‑bt t ch g d tc dh.

Wh dg wth t th “tmdt tt” (bar do), thb mtd chc m txt c cd “Hgg‑h th Itmdt Stt” (Rm th b d m). T chc “Ft Sch” d ttg dt bt th g th txt. It xd tht m chd, wh w t cgd KmRgjg Dj, mmbd m t m tmdt tt. Htd th t, bb t th g , t mt Shg‑ (G hg tg dg’ g mth, –, m h ggthg), wh wt thm dw (D’ b gtg g hg b , . ):

Oc th md bg hg d tht cm t th th [ Rgjg Dj] d h d:“W w g t th g whch c th.” Wh th d th, h t hdgd tm ght d . H th w h d bg d wth chg h

gg/ gg bg gg b’ h m/ h g mh / gb thb g ’ b m h ‘g th/ h m m h [] gg/.

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[d] tht Pc Km h d. T th m d t mt c d[] td hm wth g g mt. Ebd w g dhmd bg. Ad tc Shg, mt‑bdhtt t d Ltd, d th d, dg th, d [Km] dtd qt. T th “Hg‑gh th Itmdt Stt” w d h wt t dw tt d h bwdt th t [ Km].

It t c whth m c th “Hggh Itmdt Stt” t xtt. I , I m t w t. Bt g ct th txt d th chc “Ft th Sch” whch c b cmd wthth ht th “Rd A”. Cc g ccg t th “tmdt tt” w b ttd h (D’ b gtg g hgb , . –):

T wg w b xd t wth th “Hggh th Itmdt Stt”.At th mmt h g w m m, h bd gmt d mmd‑t th ṣt d th bd gd. H w d d “cd g”, bt tw h w ght dtctd b t. Eght d d d th h dd, bhdg h‑dc wth gt cm, dcdd t t bc t h bd m, d dth. H bd m w “fd” (.. bt). H w th ct fd wth wgd t w h t h tt cm. H thght: “Nw, th b‑g, I hd m th ‘tg dc’ t ( grong ’jug ).” H w tht g Pht‑hg (Std g h thg) th d m d wm. A c b m tht d w d btw thm d th w cg. H ttd t tht c. A h ttdt t wth h , [ th t] d: “It bd m tht dd g t thg ”. T thw h hm d cd h wth d. [Km th thght]tht wtht h wd t b b t bft bg d wthdw [m th bd].

Ag, h chd [tb c] wh, bt xct wm cd b ‑g td th h t th th h d . H t tht th tm bgg b‑ft t th bg hd t cm d h ttd t ‑td cctt th btqt th h dhm d bd Bddh. At tht tm bt d ‑ttd thm t hm d d: “W t th d cm t t tt t tt c d t t th hm bd dwd wth . W hm t b t tmtd bg. W hm t t th ct b th chg Bddh!”

H thght tht th c w h w , d h td th [tg t] dt thm, bt h hd th g d g.

T h g g t wg t cc tth c w b dt wth t . A ght dt g b th chc Rd A ( Adx I th t II).

30) I th ct bhd “Cctd w Rgjg Dj” th t w

mg th. Amg thm “chg hggh th tmdt tt”(B d’ m th bt ), whch cd b th m txt (BRC W30541).31) T txt d byang phyi gong na, bt Rd A ct byang phyi khang na whch I ‑

w th tt.

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T txt ct wth gth dg wg th t  ḍākinī , ..th b‑mtd d, d th m dt. It th dcbdhw wd bg m th tmdt c (bar snang ) d bw 

th th j thm t t d Km t t bth h‑m bd. T t m mtc d mght cct mmt m th hggh Km Ph, wh t d tht h hdm m ‑hm dc th hm (Mh’ d dbg ,. b). I ddt t m c ctg d bdg cdt, t c dcbd hw Nāg c d hm th ‑ d ctt bgg t Ü‑tg (Mh’ d dbg , . ). Tmght t twd h g mbt, whch c dt tdt 

cc bt. T th txt cm t th dc mmt whAtś, whm Km Ph bd t b th “mttbd”, th tg:

T Mhāāṇ w md d d : “T d tt hm bd t t d t dct t fd g mt. I th tm dgt wmb gt dfd. Md twd th t d t dc d t dct t ct th tt bg. x t m d, I , wd tct (zhing skyong ),t fd t b m, t mt th g mt d t tct Dhm. I t cmt th wth th mwmt. I btw ‘g’ d bg [ ].”

A h , th wd tct td Sm wth h ct d gd th “m‑t maṇḍala” d btwd ccb dt‑mwmt [ hm]…

It t w t t ttt twd th ch Atś(Mhāāṇ). It mght mtt t ft gc, bt th w‑g t w hw tht tw ccmtc t b td thwg t. T “md twd th t d t”, ..bt t cct th t d t th t, d th “t wmb”,

“t” ct b b m dfd wmb. “Mtg th g mt”  th txt hd b t t th mt Ug.

T txt th w wth th dg, whch th ḍākinī  tcthm ccg th dtt, whch t th m tm th bth c  M. It d tht h w t th “th bw”. T t ‑tc th tct gfct:

[Btw] th th bwh d mt d th th mt wht ‑c th dd ddt (ma dgos) th bd.

It t th t th txt t c th ddh d wht m‑t, whch mb th bd th mth d m th th, twhch ccdg t bt d bt bth th cc tt d th

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c bth tt. O wd t th txt t d tht t th“ddt” “dd” (ma dgos) th bd. Lt w w thtRgjg Dj tht h ttd t th bd t th mth d‑

mt. T w bb b th m dg mt th wmb.

T g g d th tmdt c th d xtdd bw d h wcd w t. Wth g gt ctc h d th d td c‑t h wth wdw, b whch w wht d bwh‑d ght th cd t d bw c th tmdt dct. [Ḍākinī ] d tht w  bd d d h w thm cg. T dg c d: “T h h d ch thm h dd. Wh b cmbg thm [] wt btd, [t wd b] dct t th dd d bt!” Bc d dd h td bt. Wth th g tm h ttt w cmg bc g d th h 

bc d cdd c w tg hm. Fm tm t tm, h wd b tdbt b w wt, m tm t tm h t h w bg chd b mt,m tm t tm t w h w bg bd b ht d m tm t tm h wd b zg cd. T w gt d g d ct th. Wh I c‑ct t w, wd t m ht. S t d “Hggh th Itmdt Stt”.

T ct wtt cdd t. H td b m   bw t h w bd, whch dcbd “ct h”. T  wdw g th bd g, whch ccdg t th

cmmt “cc t” ctc (’pho ba). T ddhd wht ght g t th bd th mth d th m th th.

T dct ct cm, whch mt c g:

“T h h d ch thm h dd. Wh b cmbg thm[] w t btd, [t wd b] dct t th dd d bt!”

T tc dd bbtd d mt dg ttt. Itbb bt th bd g; th “h h” mghtb t th “ wdw” mtd txt “cc t‑c” t. T dd t ch th g m b whch c‑c mght th bd thgh “jct” wd (rlung , “tg”, t ttd). T g th wmb dcbd h,.. chg b mt tc., mt t t m Abhdhmtt dcbg th t th t.

Rtg t th t th txt, t tht h mc bth hw mmdt b t d m m mc. Wth th  

xct dcbd b, m wh th g th txt “Hgg‑h th Itmdt Sc” w dt wth wg h d th’bt bh, h td t t hw td h t dtt. A m

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  d t Ug, th t mt ch th. Ug ghm bc h bc ht d b (Rd A bt th ht ).Accdg t “Ft Sch” t w Ug wh md hm Rgjg

Dj, .. wg th ct m Km. Rd A ‑cb th mg t th t tm h th d ccg d‑g h dt b Kd Shb (K d h b). F th th t , t tt hw h g cct m t mth tmdt tt dg th mtg wth Ug, wh th cc‑t tht btw g w d bth m th f mth d.T, mg th thg, tht ct w d t hmmdt g w d th qt g btw

g w d bth w dct t x (D’ b gtg g hg b, . –):

I ttd m cc t th bd whch hd b dg mth tcct (…)

T tc mght tht th tt th t t dcb hw httd t d tbhd t. gth wth th xtd mmbg dt m h d th tm t th wmb,

t d m th gthg, tg h t “td b thwmb” (D’ gtg g hg b , . ):

Exct th Bddh Śām Id d bt, th w th ch bth ‑td b mt wmb.

T ttg t th mtg Ug wth g Rgjg Dj,whch h t w b bd t b th ft cdt th cg‑t “mc mtd bd”, wd q t mch c h.A tt th t dd t th tc tgth wth htdct ct, bth d cgt t th RdA ( Adx I, II Pt II).

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