ABHISAMAYALAMKARA

242 ANALYSIS OF
THE ABHISAMAYALAMKARA
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festation of the highest forms of devotion. Accordingly,
after the function which consists in the realization of
Enlightenment, we have the sixth (and last) function, viz.
the place where the receptacle of the Climax of
Wisdom 1 has his abode, becomes an object of worship
and adoration.
[Abhis. aloka, MS. 133b, 12-15.]
(H. 17d.).
[Tg. MDO. VI. 143a. 4-6.] dad-pa phul-du-byun-badan-ldan-pas
bsod-nams che-ha-hid yinrpahi-phyir gnasgan-du
de~bzinrgsegs-pa~la~sogs-pahi thugssu-chud-paAasogs-pa
skyes-pa de~ni mchod-par-bya-ba yin-no zes
byan-chub-kyi byed-pahi hog-tu ses-rab-kMi-pha-rQl-tuphyin-pahi
yul-la mchod-pa~nid-\yi byed~pa drug-pa. 2
Limits. (The functions of the Path of Concentrated
Contemplation) begin to manifest themselves from the
first Stage of the Bodhisattva and last till the tenth Stage,
[Don. 9a. 3-4.] sa-mtshams sa dan~pO"nas bcu-pahi
har-na yod.
THE PATH OF CONCENTRATED
— sgom-lam.
Definition. The subsequent intuition of the Truth
by the Mahayanist Saint. 3
[Don. 9a. 4.] theg-chen-gyi rjes-la mnon-rtogs de
theg-chen sgom-lam-gyi mtshan-nid.
THE PRINCIPAL VARIETIES OF THE PATH OF CONCENTRATED CONTEM-
PLATION ACCORDING TO THE ABHIS. ALOKA.
After the functions of the; Path of Concentrated Contemplation,
the latter itself is to be made the subject of
I I.e. the Buddha or the Bodhisattva.
2 Pafic. II. 150a. 2~3. = Ast. 56. 9-573.— f| if%!$
M 1^\M*\\q:
3 This means that the monistic Absolute which is for the first
time directly intuited by the Bodhisattva on the Path of Illumination
is again made an object of meditation and repeatedly intuited again
and again, Cf» Kar. IV. 53 and "Doctrine of Pr.-par." p. 4t
discussion.—Now this Path appears in two aspects, since
it consists of (two) different parts, viz. the Path which
i s and the Path which i s n o t i n fluenced (by
mundane elements).
That which is influenced (by mundane
elements) 1 in its turn appears in three aspects (which are
as follows):—
1. The Path of Concentrated Gontemplatiori, as
the mental ,a c t i v i ,t y c'iaraic it e r i z e d
by Faith.' •..-,•
2. Ditto—as the mental activity characterized
by the convergence (of tjhe
roots of virtue into component parts of Enlightenment).
3. Ditto—as the men t a 1 activi t y c h a-
racterized by the fee 1 i n g of del i g h t.
The Path of Concentrated Contemplation which
is free from mundane 1 influen c e 3 is of
two kinds which are :—
1. The Path of Concentrated Contemplation which.
I sasrava=: zag-bcas. It is very difficult to give here a
equivalent for this term. Ace. to the Tib. Commentaries sasrava
signifies here "connected with thought-construction or judgment"
(kalpana), as opposed to direct; intuitive perception (pratyak 01 )' Gyaltshab
enlarges upon the subject as follows :—sasrava means here
connected with thought-construction, that which implies the cognition
of an aspect capable of coalescing with a verbal designation
(sgra don hdre-ruh hdrin-paki rtog-pa~sabda~ixf;ha>-$ainsarga*
yogya-grahi-vikalpa = abhilapa-samsarga~§ogya~praiibha8ti>-pratiti; tf.
Nyayabindu and tiki BB. pp. 7. 20, Transl. Prof. Th.
Stcherbatsky, Buddhist Logic, {H, p. 19). It is not that sasrtwa which
is a synonym of &/es« i.e. the defiling elements which are to be
extirpated (span-byas bsdus-pahi zag-bcas ni ma~yin~na heyarmm*-
grhitam sasravam). It is no other but the cognition at the time which
follows the intense concentration of the Badhisattjva (rjes-Hhob-kyi
gnas-skabs — prstha-labdha-avastha; Cf. "Doctrine of Pr.-plr." 43.).
Thought-construction must necessarily exist with the Bodhisattva
even on the highest Stages of the Path. If it were absent, he coulcl
not deal with an object that is not directly present before the senses.
(=Hog gyur-gyi don-paroksa-ariha). The latter can be only constructed
by k.alpana, but can by no means be an object of perception
(cf. Buddhist Logic, II. p. 44.). For this reason, thought-construction
mustt necessarily exist on the bhatiana-marga, as a mundane
*'defiling" (asrava) element (Rnam-bsad, 172a. 4-bl.).
2 adhimulzti=mos-pa.
3 anasratia — zag-med, Cf, "Doctr. 6i Pr.-j»Sr. %f p. 43.