Abhidharmakosabhasyam, Volume IV

C H A P T E R S E V E N
The Knowledges 1
о m. Homage to the Buddha.
We have spoken of the ksantis or Patiences (vi. 25d) and of the
jndnas or Knowledges (vi. 26b), of samyagdrsti or Right Views (vi.
50c) and of samyagjndna or Right Knowledge (vi. 76c). Are the
Patiences actually Knowledges, and isn't Right Knowledge identical to
Right Views?
la. The pure Patiences are not a type of Knowledge. 2
The eight types of pure Patience which form part of the Path of
Seeing (dbhisamaydntika, vi. 25d-26c) are not, by their nature,
knowledge; 3 for, at the moment of patience, the defilement of doubt,
which each Patience abandons, is not already abandoned. But
Knowledge is certain: it is produced when doubt is abandoned These
eight types of Patience are Seeing, because, by their nature, they are
examination. 4 In opposition to the pure Patiences which are Seeing
and are not Knowledge,
lb. The prajnd of destruction and of non-arising is not seeing. 5
The knowledge of destruction (ksayajndna) and the knowledge of
Non-Arising {anutpadajrlana, vi. 67a-b)—when they constitute
Bodhi—are not Seeing, because they do not include examination, and
because the intention of inquiry is not in them. 6