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1% ANALYSIS OF<br />

Detailed Analysis of the Elements cons=<br />

titutiiig the Omniscience in regard of the<br />

Path.<br />

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I. THE AUXILIARY ATTRIBUTES OF THE OMNISCIENCE<br />

IN REGARD OF THE PATH. rT%grTfn^T = Zam-ies-feyi<br />

yan-lag.<br />

Kir. II. |. (11).<br />

I. Defin'tion ace. to Don. 2. Tlie five margajfiaia-angani ace.<br />

to the Abhis. aloka, the Sphut. and Don. 3. Limits.<br />

Definition : (a) (in ^neral)—the virtues which represent<br />

the auxiliary factors for bringing the Omniscience<br />

in regard of the Path to full accomplishment.<br />

[Don. 7-b 6—8a. 1.] lam-ses rdzogs-byed-kyi chasaS'SU'gyttr-pahi<br />

yon-tan de lam~ses~kyi yan-lag-gi mtshanfiid.<br />

,<br />

9<br />

(b) (actual, as discussed here)—the virtues forming<br />

an attribute of the stream of elements constituting the<br />

personality of the Bodhisattva, which act as auxiliary<br />

factors for the full realization of the Omniscience in<br />

regard of the Path.<br />

[Don. 8a. 1.] lam-ses-rdzogs-byed-fyyi cha-sas-sugyur-pahi<br />

sems-dpahi rgyud-kyi yon-tan de sk.abs hdir<br />

dnos-su-bstan-pafai fem-ses-j^yi yah-lag-gi mtshan-nid.<br />

These auxiliary attributes are 1 five in number.<br />

[Don. 8a. 2.] lam-ses-kjyi yan4ag4a lha yod-de.<br />

1. The rejection of self-conceit,<br />

the latter being an impediment to the attainment of the<br />

position of one who is a receptacle of the Omniscience<br />

in regard of the Path.<br />

[Ibid.] rten gegs ha-rgyal mhon-gyur-dafi-bml-ba.<br />

In order to demonstrate the condition indispensable<br />

for the origination of the Omniscience in regard of the<br />

Path, (the Sutras speak about) the eclipse of the lustre<br />

of the gods, the result of their (previous virtuous) deeds,<br />

by the light of the Buddha which represents his essential<br />

nature. This is done in order to'make'it known that the<br />

intuition (called the Omniscience in regard of the Path)<br />

can arise 1 (only) in such a stream of elements 1 in which<br />

pride has been completely annihilated. In such a<br />

1 I.e. with such an individual.

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