On my side, my conditioned body is not tainted by any harm and is in a state of temporary comfort. I am continuously and happily, with the highest intentions, conducting religious and temporal matters for the benefit of beings and the doctrine, like that of the supreme one’s[4] life.

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In the future, too, please be sure to take good care of your health, which is the source of all the auspicious goodness and prosperity, and run [the country] as before to generate waves of benefit for the doctrine and all beings. Moreover, [please] continue to accumulate auspicious merit.

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Together with this letter, I enclose a blessed protective object,[5] a sealed pair of handprints, and three handmade, blessed circles of earth.[6] 

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Sent on the auspicious 11th day of the 9th month of the Water Pig Year (1923).

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LETTER TWO:

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These days, [I hope] your body is as stable as conch, which comes from the glorious ocean of virtuous actions, and that you are enjoying the wealth, which competes with the gardens of heavenly paradise.

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Note that from Chabtru Khenpo,[7] who recently arrived in Lhasa on the 21st day of the 11th Tibetan lunar month of the Water Dog Year (1922), I have received, as offerings for advice, good khataks (offering scarfs) made of Mongolian silk, and five zho of rin and tur, one handkerchief [made of] a type of fine cloth, and a manaho snuff box with a lid and case.

On my side, the conditioned constitution [of my body] is steady, and I endeavour to carry out virtuous actions to spread religious and temporal matters.

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In the future too, please spread happiness in accordance with local conditions. Moreover, like the good actions of the past, [please] continue to accumulate auspicious merit.

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Together with this letter, I enclose a blessed protective object, a sealed pair of handprints, and three handmade, blessed circles of earth. 

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Sent on the auspicious 11th day of the 9th month of the Water Pig Year (1923).