ABHISAMAYALAMKARA

218 ANALYSIS OF
foundation or substratum (the personality of him who
proceeds on the Path, and the element of the Absolute
which represents the essential nature' of the said individual
and is the object of concentration,); 1 it has thus a special
cause. The Path of the Pratyekabuddhas endowed with
such distinctive features is to be fully cognized by the
Bodhisattva, through the meditation on the relative
character of the aspects of the four Principles of the
Saint, which have been spoken of before 1 as relating to
the Path of the ^ravakas. This meditation is accommed-ktfah
der snan-bahi mam- rig yod-pa-ltar. ran-rgyal de-dag-gis
yul ran~bzin-med~par rtogs kyan-hdzin-pa med-pa ma rtogs-par bstanto.—Here
there arises the following question : How can there be a
subjective imputation, if the objective does not exist (Cf. Kar.
V. 7.—grahyau cert na tatha sto' rthau fyasya tau grahak.au rnatau.)
The Abhis. aloka, MS. 110a. 15—b. 4. enlarges upon this subject as
follows;
THE ABHISAMAYALAMKARA 219
panied by the concentration upon the principle of
functional interdependence, in accordance with this or
that object.
fAbhis. aloka, MS. 114a. 9-14.] gsf %
[Tg; MDO. VI. 117a. 8b. 3.] de~la gzun-bahi mampar-rtog-pa
spans-pas-ni ran~sans~rgyas~lzyi rtogs-pa nanthos-las
Jihy®d~par-byas-pa yin-no. hdzin-pahi rnam-parpha-rol-iu-phyin-pa
hdi-liar-zab pa ...hdi-ltar mkhas sin hdzanspas
rig-par-bya-ba hdi~len~par-hgyur~ro (ace. to Gser. : yid ches-parhgyur-ro),
= Ast. 40. 17-20.—
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