ABHISAMAYALAMKARA
ABHISAMAYALAMKARA
ABHISAMAYALAMKARA
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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 />
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(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.