Friday, June 27, 2008

Gospel of Barnabas - The least modified bible

The Gospel of Barnabas claims that Jesus predicted the advent of Muhammad, thus conforming with the Qur'an which mentions:
"And remember, Jesus, the son of Mary, said: O Children of Israel! I am the apostle of Allah (sent) to you, confirming the Law (which came) before me, and giving Glad Tidings of an Messenger to come after me, whose name shall be Ahmad. But when he came to them with Clear Signs, they said, this is evident sorcery!" (Sura 61:6)
(Ahmad is another name of Muhammad.) A Muslim scholarly tradition links this Qur'anic passage to the New Testament references to the Paraclete (John 14:16, 14:26, 15:26, 16:7). The Greek word "paraclete" can be translated "Counsellor"; and in the Christian tradition, is said to refer to the Holy Spirit. Some Muslim scholars have noted the similarity to the Greek "periklutos" which can be translated as "admirable one"; or in Arabic, "Ahmad".
The name of "Muhammad" is frequently mentioned verbatim in the Gospel of Barnabas, as in the following quote:
"Jesus answered: `The name of the Messiah is admirable, for God himself gave him the name when he had created his soul, and placed it in a celestial splendour. God said: "Wait Mohammed; for thy sake I will to create paradise, the world, and a great multitude of creatures, whereof I make thee a present, insomuch that whoso bless thee shall be blessed, and whoso shall curse thee shall be accursed. When I shall send thee into the world I shall send thee as my messenger of salvation, and thy word shall be true, insomuch that heaven and earth shall fail, but thy faith shall never fail." Mohammed is his blessed name.' Then the crowd lifted up their voices, saying: `O God, send us thy messenger: O Admirable One, come quickly for the salvation of the world!'" Barnabas 97:9-10. The Italian manuscript replaces "Admirable One" with "Muhammad" [4].
However, while there are many passages where the Gospel of Barnabas sets out alternative readings to parallel pericopes found in the canonical gospels, none of the references to Muhammad by name occurs in such a synoptic passage; and in particular, none of the "Muhammad" references in Barnabas corresponds to a "Paraclete" reference in canonical John. There is only one instance where the Gospel of Barnabas might be understood as "correcting" a known canonical pericope, so as to record a prophecy by Jesus of the (unnamed) Messenger of God:
Then Jesus said: "I am a voice that cries through all Judea, and cries: "Prepare you the way for the messenger of the Lord," even as it is written in Esaias." They said: "If you be not the Messiah nor Elijah, or any prophet, wherefore do you preach new doctrine, and make yourself of more account than the Messiah?" Jesus answered: "The miracles which God works by my hands show that I speak that which God wills; nor indeed do I make myself to be accounted as him of whom you speak. For I am not worthy to unloose the ties of the hosen or the ratchets of the shoes of the Messenger of God whom you call "Messiah," who was made before me, and shall come after me, and shall bring the words of truth, so that his faith shall have no end." (Chapter 43):
This passage corresponds closely with the canonical John 1:19-30, except that in that passage, the words are spoken by John the Baptist (in the Qur'an; Yahya ibn Zakariya) and refer to Jesus.
[edit] Muhammad as the Messiah
According to one version of the Gospel of Barnabas:
'Then said the priest: "How shall the Messiah be called?" {Jesus answered} "Muhammed is his blessed name" ' (ch. 97).
and
Jesus confessed, and said the truth: "I am not the Messiah." (ch. 42:2)
As mentioned above, these pronouncements appear to contradict Islamic belief. However, the well-known Muslim debater Ahmed Deedat argues that, since "Messiah" merely means "anointed", it can be attributed to any prophet, and Jesus would have meant Muhammad was anointed by God.
[edit] Ishmaelite Messiah
According to one version of the Gospel of Barnabas, Jesus denied being the Messiah, claiming rather that the Messiah would be Ishmaelite (ie Arab):
"Whereupon Jesus said: 'Ye deceive yourselves; for David in spirit calleth him lord, saying thus: "God said to my lord, sit thou on my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool. God shall send forth thy rod which shall have lordship in the midst of thine enemies." If the messenger of God whom ye call Messiah were son of David, how should David call him lord? Believe me, for verily I say to you, that the promise was made in Ishmael, not in Isaac.'" (Barnabas 43:10)
Hajj Sayed (Senior Member in CIMS), in his new book in Egypt, compares this to the following statement from the canonical Bible:
"What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?" "The son of David," they replied. He said to them, "How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him 'Lord'? For he says, 'The Lord said to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet.' If then David calls him 'Lord,' how can he be his son?" Matthew 22:42-46
According to the canonical Gospels, Jesus was the "son" (descendant) of David; thus, Hajj Sayed argues that this statement confirms the Gospel of Barnabas' point.
The idea of the Messiah as an Arab is also found in another chapter of Gospel of Barnabas:
"If I work iniquity, reprove me, and God will love you, because you shall be doing his will, but if none can reprove me of sin it is a sign that you are not sons of Abraham as you call yourselves, nor are you incorporate with that head wherein Abraham was incorporate. As God lives, so greatly did Abraham love God, that he not only brake in pieces the false idols and forsook his father and mother, but was willing to slay his own son in obedience to God.
The high priest answered: "This I ask of you, and I do not seek to slay you, wherefore tell us: Who was this son of Abraham?" Jesus answered: "The zeal of your honour, O God, inflames me, and I cannot hold my peace. Truly I say, the son of Abraham was Ishmael, from whom must be descended the Messiah promised to Abraham, that in him should all the tribes of the earth be blessed." Then was the high priest wroth, hearing this, and cried out: "Let us stone this impious fellow, for he is an Ishmaelite, and has spoken blasphemy against Moses and against the Law of God." (Barnabas 208:1-2)
Here, one version of the Gospel of Barnabas also quotes Jesus as saying that the sacrificed son of Abraham was Ishmael not Isaac, conforming to Islamic belief but disagreeing with Jewish and Christian belief. A connection might also be drawn between the last paragraph's statement that "in him should all the tribes of the earth be blessed", and the meaning of the name "Muhammad", the "Praised (or Blessed) One". (Cf.Life of Prophet Muhammad).
[edit] Jesus not God or Son of God
According to the Gospel of Barnabas, Jesus foresaw and rejected his own deification:
And having said this, Jesus smote his face with both his hands, and then smote the ground with his head. And having raised his head, he said: "Cursed be every one who shall insert into my sayings that I am the son of God" (53:6)
And having said this Jesus went out of the Temple. And the common people magnified him, for they brought all the sick folk whom they could gather together, and Jesus having made prayer gave to all their health: whereupon on that day in Jerusalem the Roman soldiery, by the working of Satan, began to stir up the common people, saying that Jesus was the God of Israel, who was come to visit his people." (69:6)
Jesus answered: "And you; what say you that I am?" Peter answered: "You are Christ, son of God". Then was Jesus angry, and with anger rebuked him, saying: "Begone and depart from me, because you are the devil and seek to cause me offences" (70:1)
Jesus said again: "I confess before heaven, and call to witness everything that dwells upon the earth, that I am a stranger to all that men have said of me, to wit, that I am more than man. For I am a man, born of a woman, subject to the judgment of God; that live here like as other men, subject to the common miseries" (94:1)
Then answered the priest, with the governor and the king, saying: "Distress not yourself, O Jesus, holy one of God, because in our time shall not this sedition be any more, seeing that we will write to the sacred Roman senate in such wise that by imperial decree none shall any more call you God or son of God." Then Jesus said: "With your words I am not consoled, because where you hope for light darkness shall come; but my consolation is in the coming of the Messenger, who shall destroy every false opinion of me, and his faith shall spread and shall take hold of the whole world, for so has God promised to Abraham our father." (97:1)
This conforms entirely with Muslim belief, according to which Jesus is a human and a prophet. According to some ahadith, he will come back to earth in the future and declare to the world that he is "a Servant of God". According to Imam Anwar Al-Awlaki in his audio lessons Lives of the Prophets, the first thing that prophet Jesus said when he was in the cradle "I am a servant of God", and the first thing that Jesus will say when he will come back to earth will be the same "I am a servant of God". According to the Qur'an:
At length she brought the (babe) to her people, carrying him (in her arms). They said: "O Mary! truly an amazing thing hast thou brought! O sister of Aaron! Thy father was not a man of evil, nor thy mother a woman unchaste!" But she pointed to the babe. They said: "How can we talk to one who is a child in the cradle? He said: "I am indeed a servant of Allah (God). He hath given me revelation and made me a prophet; And He hath made me blessed wheresoever I be, and hath enjoined on me Prayer and Charity as long as I live; (He) hath made me kind to my mother, and not overbearing or miserable; So peace is on me the day I was born, the day that I die, and the day that I shall be raised up to life (again)"! Such (was) Jesus the son of Mary: (it is) a statement of truth, about which they dispute. It is not befitting to (the majesty of) Allah (God) that He beget a son. Glory be to Him! when He determines a matter, He only says to it, "Be", and it is. (Mary:27-35)
[edit] Paul and Barnabas
Hajj Sayed argues that Galatians's description of the dispute between Paul and Barnabas supports the idea that the Gospel of Barnabas existed at the time of Paul. Blackhirst has suggested, by contrast, that Galatian's account of this argument could be the reason the gospel's writer attributed it to Barnabas.[5] Paul writes in (Galatians Chapter 2):
"When Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong. Before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group. The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray." (Galatians 2:11-14)
Paul was attacking Peter and Barnabas for "trying to satisfy the Jews" by sticking to their laws, such as circumcision. This shows that, at that point, Barnabas was following Peter and disagreeing with Paul. Some feel it also suggests that the inhabitants of Galatia at his time were using a gospel or gospels disagreeing with Paul's beliefs, which Gospel of Barnabas could be one of them (although the Gospel of Peter would seem a more natural candidate, as in the light of the second letter.) To Galatian's account we may compare the Introductory Chapter of Gospel of Barnabas, where we read:
"Dearly beloved the great and wonderful God hath during these past days visited us by his prophet Jesus Christ in great mercy of teaching and miracles, by reason whereof many, being deceived of Satan, under presence of piety, are preaching most impious doctrine, calling Jesus son of God, repudiating the circumcision ordained of God for ever, and permitting every unclean meat: among whom also Paul hath been deceived, whereof I speak not without grief; for which cause I am writing that truth which I have seen and heard, in the intercourse that I have had with Jesus, in order that ye may be saved, and not be deceived of Satan and perish in the judgment of God. Therefore beware of every one that preacheth unto you new doctrine contrary to that which I write, that ye may be saved eternally." (Introduction To Gospel of Barnabas)
In this context, supporters also note that Peter was from the original 12 disciples of Jesus, and Barnabas was one of the early disciples of Jesus, while Paul, a Roman, hadn't lived with Jesus, and had been accustomed to persecute his followers before his conversion.
Acts 9:26-27: "And when Saul [Paul] was come to Jerusalem he assayed to join himself to the disciples, but they were all afraid of him and believed not that he was a disciple. But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles"
From the previous passages, we can also infer that in the beginning, Paul and Barnabas were getting along with each other; however, at the end, they started to depart in their beliefs.
In conclusion, some Muslim scholars believe that those differences between the Gospel of Barnabas and the belief of Paul might be the reason that the Gospel of Barnabas and other gospels were not added to the New Testament.
[edit] Other non-canonical differences
According to the following quote, Jesus talked to Barnabas and gave him a "secret":
Jesus, weeping, said: "O Barnabas, it is necessary that I should reveal to you great secrets, which, after that I shall be departed from the world, you shall reveal to it." Then answered he that writes, weeping, and said: "Suffer me to weep, O master, and other men also, for that we are sinners. And you, that are a holy one and prophet of God, it is not fitting for you to weep so much."
Jesus answered: "Believe me, Barnabas that I cannot weep as much as I ought. For if men had not called me God, I should have seen God here as he will be seen in paradise, and should have been safe not to fear the day of judgment. But God knows that I am innocent, because never have I harboured thought to be held more than a poor slave. No, I tell you that if I had not been called God I should have been carried into paradise when I shall depart from the world, whereas now I shall not go thither until the judgment. Now you see if I have cause to weep.
Know, O Barnabas, that for this I must have great persecution, and shall be sold by one of my disciples for thirty pieces of money. Whereupon I am sure that he who shall sell me shall be slain in my name, for that God shall take me up from the earth, and shall change the appearance of the traitor so that every one shall believe him to be me; nevertheless, when he dies an evil death, I shall abide in that dishonour for a long time in the world. But when Muhammad shall come, the sacred Messenger of God, that infamy shall be taken away. And this shall God do because I have confessed the truth of the Messiah who shall give me this reward, that I shall be known to be alive and to be a stranger to that death of infamy."
Also according to GoB, Jesus charged Barnabas to write the gospel:
Jesus turned himself to him who writes, and said: "Barnabas, see that by all means you write my gospel concerning all that has happened through my dwelling in the world. And write in a similar manner that which has befallen Judas, in order that the faithful may be undeceived, and every one may believe the truth."

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Ryukyu - Early Malaysian & Japanese Relationship

Pada hari ini 11.04.1480, Laksamana Melaka, iaitu Hang Tuah telah menyerahkan sepucuk surat kepada Raja Negeri Ryukyu di Negeri Jepun mengenai sebuah kapal Ryukyu yang terdampar di pantai Chio-Chih ataupun Annam Utara. Kapal tersebut yang pada mulanya bermaksud untuk mendapatkan air dikatakan telah terlibat dalam satu pergaduhan berdarah dengan orang-orang Chio-Chih. Laksamana Hang Tuah telah mendapat tahu mengenai kejadian itu Ialu menghantar satu pasukan penyiasat ke Chan-Cheng iaitu Champa yang di bawah kuasa Annam, untuk menyiasat kejadian tersebut. Setelah disiasat dengan teliti, Pasukan Penyiasat ini mendapati bahawa kejadian itu tidaklah benar. Mereka hanya menemui dua orang Ryukyu, salah seorang daripadanya telah mati kerana sakit. Selain dari itu surat Laksamana Hang Tuah juga melaporkan mengenai:- 1. Rombongan dagang raja Negeri Ryukyu termasuk seorang penterjemah bernama Tei Raku telah sampai ke Melaka dan setelah menjalankan perniagaan dengan aman telah kembali semula ke Ryukyu. 2. Laksamana Hang Tuah telah memohon diberi sebilah pedang, sebatang busar anak panah, dan sebuah pelana. 3. Kapal-kapal Ryukyu yang datang berniaga di Melaka semakin bertambah pada tiap-tiap tahun dan sentiasa memberi hadiah kepada raja dan pembesar Melaka. 4. Laksamana Hang Tuah menyatakan rasa hormat dan kepercayaanya yang tidak akan berubah terhadap raja Ryukyu. Melalui surat ini menunjukkan bahawa perdagangan yang dijalankan oleh Melaka-Ryukyu berjalan dalam keadaan yang baik. Source : http://hids.arkib.gov.my/doc/2005/april/11_04_1480_2005.htm

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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Melaka - A continuity of Sri Vijaya

i subscribe to the fact that Sri Vijaya was more prominent/greater as malay kingdom/empire than Melaka. In fact Melaka is just a continuity of Sri Vijaya kingdom or can be said as the new capital of Sri Vijaya replacing Palembang that was weakened, under threatened and overshadowed by the rising of Majapahit in 14th ad. In her golden period, more than 7 centuries of lordship in nusantara, Sri Vijaya was far greater, supreme, stronger, richer than Melaka empire, which Sri Vijaya, a malay-buddhist kingdom, encompassed most of the area in south east asia ,except part of java ruled under hindhu dynasties,all states in sumatera suvarnadvipa, malay peninsular (hujung tanah)suvarnabhumi, borneo island, south philipines, sulawesi, malay and spice archipelago like maluku,Where all this states were enjoying united under a well structured administration of Sri Vijayan emperor for many centuries, from 7th to 13th century, which then gradually weakened by internal conflicts, politics, rebellion, and external threats from south india (the Chola kingdom/raja suran), siam (threating areas in the peninsular)and then overthrown by uprising Majapahit kingdom/empire who take over control on south east asian from sri vijaya in 13th & 14th century. Majapahit had gained confidence and motivation from their success in defeating and throw out Kublai Khan Monggol army sent to nusantara. from that point highly spirit Majapahit become the victor expand and took control of south east asia (a lucrative trading path/route for east & west incl. selat melaka, selat riau and selat sunda) from the weakened Sri Vijaya. Majapahit held the lordship in SEA for about 2 centuries (13th & 14th century) until the last descendents/prince of SriVijaya royalty Adityavarman and Parameswara decided to abandoned city of Palembang which is no more safe and suit as a capital being attacked for many times. Adiyavarman royal lineage remains in Sumatera with a new capital and kingdom in minangkabau west sumatera (Pagaruyung), and Parameswara with his royal lineage and loyalties then seek fortune as sea nomadic king, for years, around Riau & Temasik archipelago, moving from a place to another place carrying his households and regalias of SriVijaya years by years. Until he bcomes old, finally he founded Melaka and reestablish the kingdom with the supports of the loyal followers from the ramaining royalties, noblemen, sea people as the guardian/army from small kingdoms of malay islands/archipelago like bentan, riau, temasik, lingga, buru, siantan and with some supports from the malay-bugis clan/tribe who were the sea merceneries and spice traders. And from newly found Melaka, Parameswara had reestablished the old sri vijayan customs, ranks,administration, protocols, laws, agreements and trades back. In Sulalatus Salatin, it were always written quotations like," ...just like the rules and customs of the old kingdom" which refers to Sri Vijayan rules & customs. With lessons and experience learned from fugitive years, quickly Parameswara build the port of Melaka structuredly with facilities and settlements for trading, to reglorify sri vijayan. with loyal support of sea peoples, Melaka had gained security & defence around trading sea routes of Selat riau and selat melaka to protect and safe trading for all ships and traders passing through the seas around malay archipelago/islands and straits. Friendship with Ming Dynasty has contributed to booming trade in Melaka where China has become friend and protector to the Melaka Kingdom from Siam threats. All chinese ships enjoyed peace, safe trading and protection throughout the malay archipelago and straits, free of pirates, under a good friendships and exchange of envoys/missions of Melaka and the Ming Dynasty. So many documents tell us about diplomatic envoys, royal visits and missions within these two nations. enjoyed peace, safe trading and protection throughout the malay archipelago and straits, free of pirates, under a good friendships and exchange of envoys/missions of Melaka and the Ming Dynasty. So many documents tell us about diplomatic envoys, royal visits and missions within these two nations. Trading from east and west exchanging their trades, barter trade and fortunes in Melaka as a meeting place and emporium to the east asian, where all goods, commodity, golds and trades are in Melaka. Not only China, the Japan, from the Ryukyu kingdom was also established trading ties with Melaka as evidence from some documents and findings in ancient Ryukyu kingdom of south Japan. In this era that last only for a century,(15th ce) asians had enjoyed a prosperous trading port with customs, profitting each others, the malays, the chinese, the indians, the arabs,the persians, some caucusians and the africans all have their parts and roles gaining wealth without envy under the administrative trading laws & regulations of Melaka that was written for fair trade for all races, where taxation, weights, shipping, cargoes and lots on deck were insured, shares,offences,fines, punishment, religion and protocols were clearly defined in the Canon Laws of Melaka (Hukum Kanun Melaka, like modern days' act & regulatories), and Maritime Laws of Melaka (Undang-undang Laut Melaka). It was evidenced that about 84 different languages spoken or can be heard on the streets of the city of Melaka. That indicates how cosmopolitan multi racial population can live and doing business in one place under a proper and fair administrative system of Melaka. Until a weak ruler come to the throne, at the peak of its era, Sultan Mahmud Shah, the last sultan of melaka, then it is time of treachery, bribery, complacent and arrogant the malay kingdom had ever been. In the last of its days, the Melaka sultanate was full with turbulence, slandering and conspiracy, and the noblemen and king were ill advised by corrupted officials bribed by competing wealthy greedy merchants like raja medeliar, si kitol and naina chatu that has contributed to the falls of melaka from within. At port, foreign traders started to be restless with the corrupted systems and make them disheartened with the current king of melaka administive style. The coming of Portuguese was at the right time when Melaka was already weakened from within and foreign traders have no more respect to the king of Melaka at that time, of his arrogance, ill advised and spoiled. After that, the malays have to suffer from continuous attacks from outside for hundred years. But God saves the sultans and noblemen bloodlines, for them still remain until today but not with the absolute former great kingdom and lordships but with small states throughout south east asian nowadays like current small states sultanate of Perak, Kedah, Selangor, Brunei, Johor, Pahang, Terengganu, Kelantan, Negeri Sembilan and Perlis, and some still respected royal house like in mataram keraton and the bugis lords around riau archipelago, maybe, for their contributions in receiving and establishing peacefully Islam from the palace to the people and the followers throughout the nusantara. And now we are enjoying as the muslim countries in the south east asian as Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei as well as the south Filipina and Thailand and Kemboja.

Sri Vijaya & Melaka

Svasti.cri cakavarsatita 606 dim dvitiya cuklapaksa vulan caitra.sana tatkalana parlak Criksetra ini.niparvuat parvan dapunta hyang Cri Yayanaca (-ga) ini pranidhanan dapunta hyang savanakna yang nitanam di sini.niyur pinang hanau rumviya dngan samicrana yang kayu nimakan vuahna.tathapi haur vuluh pattung ityevamadi.punarapi yang varlak verkan dngan savad tlaga savanakna yang vualtku sucarita paravis prayojanakan punyana sarvvasatva sacaracara.varopayana tmu sukha di asannakala di antara margga lai.tmu muah ya ahara dngan air niminumna.savanakna vuatna huma parlak mancak muah ya manghidupi pacu prakara.marhulun tuvi vrddhi muah ya jangam ya niknai savanakna yang upasargga.pidana svapnavighna.varang vuatana kathamapi.anukula yang graha naksatra pravis diya.Nirvyadhi ajara kavuatanana.tathapi savanakna yam khrtyana satyarjjava drdhabhakti muah ya dya.yang mitrana tuvi janan ya kapata yang vivina mulang anukala bharyya muah ya.varamsthanana lagi curi ucca vadhana paradara di sana punarapi tmu ya kalyanamitra. marvvangun vodhicitta dngan maitridhari di dang hyang ratnaraya jangan marsarak dngan dang hyang ratnaraya.tathapi nityakala tyaga marcila ksanti marvvangun viryya rajin tahu di samicrana cilpakala paravis.samahitacinta.tmu ya prajna smrti medhavi.punarapi dhairyyamani mahasattva vajracarira.anubamacakti.jaya tathapi jatismara.avikalendriya.mancak rupa.subjaga hasin halap.ade yavakya vrahmasvara.jadi laki.svayambtu.puna (ra) pi tmu ya cintamaninidhana tmu janmavacita. karmmavacita clecavacitaavasana tmu ya anuttarabhisamyaksam vodhi. Bahasa Melayu Kuno yang dapat kita kesan daripada batu bersurat di atas di antara lain ialah: vulan = bulan tatkalana = tatkalanya nivarbuat = diperbuat savanakna = sebanyaknya nitanam = ditanam niyur = nyiur hanau = enau rumvia = rumbia dngan = dengan nimakan = dimakan vuahna = buahnya tathapi = tetapi haur = aur vuluh = buluh pattung = betung tlaga = telaga punyana = punyanya tmu = temu, bertemu margga = marga sukha = suka niminumna = diminumnya savanakna = sebanyaknya, sebanyak-banyaknya vuatna = buatnya manghidupi = menghidupi prakara = perkara varang = barang vuatana = buatannya marvvangun = membangun Harun Aminurrashid mengutip terjemahan Slametmuljana berkenaan dengan bahasa yang terdapat pada Batu Bersurat Talang Tuwo tersebut adalah seperti yang berikut ini: Bahagia! Tahun Saka 606 pada hari kedua bulan terang caitra, itulah waktunya taman Sriksetra ini diperbuat, milik Dapunta Hyang Sri Jayanaga. Ini Pesan Dapunta Hyang: Semuanya yang ditanam di sini; nyiur, pinang, enau, rumbia dan lain-lain yang (berupa) pohon, dimakan buahnya, serta aur, buluh betung dan yang semacam itu. Demikian pula taman-taman lainnya dengan tebat telaga, semuanya yang kuperbuat, semua perbuatan baik, dimaksud untuk kebahagiaan semua makhluk yang bergerak dan tidak bergerak. Hendaklah daya upaya beliau yang sangat baik itu mendapat kesukaan di kemudian hari dengan jalan lain. Semoga beliau mendapatlah makanan dan air untuk minumnya. Semuanya yang dibuatnya; ladang, kebun luas, menghidupi binatang-binatang, ramai para abdi suburlah. Jauhkanlah beliau dari segala bencana, siksaan dan penyakit tidak dapat tidur. Bagaimanapun barang usahanya hendaknya berhasil baik, binatang-binatang lengkap semua, beliau dari sakit, dibuat awet muda. Dan lagi hendaklah semua yang disebut abdi setia baktilah mereka pada beliau. Yang menjadi sahabat beliau janganlah mereka itu menderhaka pada beliau; yang menjadi bini beliau hendaklah tetap setia sebagai isteri pada beliau. Di manapun beliau berada, janganlah dilakukan curi, curang, bunuh dan zina di situ. Dan lagi, hendaklah beliau bertemu dengan khalyanamitra, membangun bodhichita dengan maitri, menjadi pertapa pada dang hyang Ratnatraya, melainkan sentiasa teguh bersila dengan senang membangun tenaga, keuliten, pengetahuan tentang perbezaan semua sipakala dan pemusatan fikiran. Mudah-mudahan beliau memperoleh pengetahuan, ingatan dan kecerdasan dan lagi ketetapan mahasatwa badan manikam vajracarira yang sakti tanpa upama, kemenangan, dan lagi ingatan kepada kelahiran yang sudah lampau, indria lengkap, rupa penuh, kebahagiaan, kegembiraan, ketenangan, kata manis, suara Brahma, jadi lelaki kerana kekuatannya sendiri, hendaklah beliau memperoleh cintamaninidhara, memperoleh janmawacita, karmmawacita, akhirnya beliau mendapat anuttarabisamyaksambodhi.

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