ABHISAMAYALAMKARA

220 ANALYSIS OF
rtog-pa ma-spahs-pas ni tah-sans-rgyas-rnams-las bla~na~
med-pahi sans-rgyas khyad-par-du-byas-pa yin-no. rfengyis-kyan
riogs-pahi rgyu yin-pas-na hhyad-par-duhphags-pahi
ran-sans-rgyas-l^yi lam-ni ji-skad~du~bsadpahi
nan-thos-fyyi bden-pa bzihi rnam-pa mi-dmigs-par
bsgoms-pas dnos-po ji-lta-ba-bztn-du rten~cin~hbrel~par~
hbyun-ba dan rjes-su-mthun-par by an-chubs ems-dp as
yons-su-ses~par~hya-ba yin-no.
THE FOUR DEGREES CONDUCIVE TO ILLUMINATION AS
PRECEDING THE BODHISATTVA*S GOGNJTION OF THE
PRATYEKABUDDHA'S PATH. Kar. II. 9, 10.
The Path of the Pratyekabuddha, as it has just been
exposed, can be intuited only if it is preceded by the
cognition peculiar to the Degrees conducive' to Illumination.
Accordingly, the latter are to be demonstrated
now (as preceding the cognition of the Pratyekabuddha *s
Path).
[Abhis. aloka, MS. 114a. 16b. 1.]
[Tg. MDO. VI. II7b. 4-5.] nes-par-hbyed-pahi-chadah-mthun-pa
rtogs-nas ji-skad-du-bsad-pahi ran-sans
rgyas-fyyi lam ski/e-bas. nes-par-hbyed-pahi-cha-dahmthun-pa
bstan-pahi-phyir.
(The cognition of the four Degrees is to be viewed
as follows) :—
I. The teaching about (the monistic) Absolute
Truth is not in conflict with the
nominal reality of Matter and the
other elements which are allowed a conventional
existence from the standpoint of Empirical Reality.
When all the elements of existence are contemplated in
such an^aspect (i.e. as having a conventional reality which
is not in conflict with the teaching of the Monistic
Absolute), the Degree of Heat is attained.
[Abhis. aloka, MS. II4b. 7-9.J
(II. 9 a, 8, c).
time, and a& being instruments of worship In a similar manner
the true Absolute Essence of the Pratyekabuddhas (i.e. their gotra,
dhatu, etc.), though it does not represent a foundation or a substratum
in the sense of a phenomenal reality, still, from the conventional
standpoint, the intuition of it brings about the realization of
the elements (peculiar to the Path of the Pratyekabuddha).
THE ABHISAMAYALAMKARA 221
[Tg. MDO. VI. 117b. 8—118a. I.] gztigs-la-sogs~pa
brdah4as-byun~bahi chos btags-pa dan mi-hgalbar chosnid
rtogs-pahi-phyir-na. de-ltar chos thams-cad-la dmigspar-gyur-na
dro-bar-gyuripa skyeho. 1 ,
2. From the standpoint of Ab&olute Reality it is
taught that Matter and the other elements can
neither, become diminished nor can
they increase. When all the elements of existence
are contemplated in such an aspect, there arises
(the cognition peculiar to) the Degree of the
Climax.
[Abhis, aloka, MS, 115a. 7-9.] WPi\-
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1(1.. 9. c, d.).
[Tg. MDO. VI. 118b. 2-3.] gzugs-la-sogs-pa-la dondam-par
hgrib-pa dan hphel-ba-med-pa-la-sags-pahi dondu
slob-pahi-phyir de-bzin-du chos-thams-cad-ld dmigsna
rtse-mor-gtogs-pa ekye-bar-hgyur-ro. 2
3. Considering the internal, the external, and the
other aspects of Relativity of Matter and all other
elements of existence, there can be n o
interest in regard of the said elements. When the
latter are contemplated in such an aspect, (the cognition
of) the Degree of Steadfastness
is considered to arise.
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