ABHISAMAYALAMKARA

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200 ANALYSIS OF
4. The essential character of the
Omniscience in regard of the Path and of the Bodhisattva
who becomes possessed of it,—t he non-rejection
of the Phenomenal World (in order
to help the living beings).
[Don. 8a. 2.] hkhor-ba m.i~hdor~bahi ran~bzin.
(The Bodhisattva) who has made the Mental Effort
for Enlightenment, in acting for the weal of the living
beings, as long as they abide in the Phenomenal World,
does not completely reject all the worldly elements, as
desires etc. Such is his essential nature. 1
[Abhis, aloka, MS. 95b. 15-96a. K] mmmi 4 $
[Sphut. 30a. 5-6.] byan~chub~tu sems~bskyed~pa-ni
or-ba ji~srid-par-sems~can-gyi don-byed-par £ugs-pa~
nid-1%yis non-mons-pa rnam-pa-thams-cad-du spans-pa
ma-yin-pa zes-bya-ba-ni ran-bzin yin-no.
5. The action of assembling one's adherents,
etc.
[Don. 8a. 2-3.] gzan-hkhor-du-sdud-pa-sogs-l^yi byedlas.
He who is possessed of such an essential nature (as
has just been demonstrated), without realizing the
ultimate limits 2 makes manifest his wisdom and skill in
action. By means of these, by granting gifts and the
like, 3 he brings together, conduces (to the right path),
the zeal (of the Hinayanists and to induce them ti the Great
Enlightenment, as well as to keep together those who have entered
the Mahayana and prevent their relapse into the Small Vehicle
(Abhis. aloka, MS. 11 sqq.) , In connection with this subject, the
Commentaries give us detailed discussions concerning the theory of
the Unique Vehicle (ek.a-yana). Cf. Appendix and "Doclr. of
Pr.-plr.", p. 29.
1 Cf. Uttaratantra, p. 194 sqq. (on the kusaia-mula-samprayukta-klesa).
Pane. II. 83a. 6-7.—\hyfid-par-du hphags-pahi chosrnams-las
k.hyad-par~du~hphags pahi chos-rnams thoh-par hgyur-bas.
—He the Bodhisattva becomes possessed of such properties which are
superior to all virtuous qualities (of this kind).
2 bhuta-kpfi i.e. without passing away into Nirvana.
3 danadi means here the 4 methods of obtaining adherents,
(satngraha-vastuni) viz., granting gifts (dana = sbyin-pa x , agreeable,
pleasant speech (priyat)adita = nan-par smra-ba) t action for the sake
of others (artha-carya — don-spyod-pa) and common interest (samanaarthGta~dontnthun-pa).
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and leads to Deliverance the living beings who were not
assembled together, who were deprived of the due guidance,
and who had no means of becoming delivered.
[Abhis. aloka, MS. 96a. 7-10.] 2|§ftf^pT[ffr ^f-
[Sphut. 30a. 6b. 1.] de-lta~buhi ran~b£inrgyi lasni
yah-dag-pahi mihah mnon~du~mi~byed~pa dart ses-rab
dan thabs~la~mkhas-pas sems-can yofis-su-ma-bsdus-pa
yons-su-sdud-pa-la-sogs-pa yin-pas byed-pa yin-no.
Limits : In general, the auxiliary attributes exist
already with an individual who has not yet entered the
Path, and continue to be his essential properties till the
attainment of the Stage of the Buddha.
[Don. 8a. 3.] lam-ses-kyi yan-lag-ni lam-na zugsna\s
sahs-rgyas-Jiyi sahi bar-du yod. 1
Actually, they exist while in the Path of Accumulating
Merit and till the end of the Process of Illumination.
[Ibid.] dhos-bstan-gyi yan~lag tshogs~l@m~nas rgyunrnihahi
bar-du yod.
II.
THE OMNISCIENCE IN REGARD OF THE PATH AS THE
COGNITION OF THE PATH OF THE £RAVAKAS,
^TWfffl^ilW^l
T ~ nan-thos-kyi lam ses-pahi lam-ses. Kar. U. 2. (12).
Definition ace. to Don. 2. Enumeration of the aspects
(akara) ace. to the Abhis. aloka.
Definition ;/The intuition of the Mahayanist Saint
which is adapted to the faculty of understanding of the
Sravakas. In its predominant part it represents the
immediate direct cognition of Evanescence" and the other
aspects of the four Principles of the Saint/and "has"'for
its aim the assistance of those converts who belong to the
Sravaka's spiritual lineage.
[Don. 8a. 5.] gdul-bya nan-thos-kyi rigs-can rjes-sugztih-bahi
ched-du dmigs-pa bden-bzi gah-ruh4a dmigsnets
rnam-pa mi-rtag sogs gah-tuh mnon-sum-du-rtogsptahi
cha~nas~bzag~pahi nan~thos-kyi -.rtogs-rigs-su-gnas- ^
1 The Mahayinistic Germ of Enlightenment is. aroused to life
before the beginning of the Path.
2 Lit. "being directed upon either of the four Principles of the
Saint wh'ch are the object."