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is to be given in the form of a comparison with a
!• washerman who uses the greatest effort in removing just
the most insignificant spots from a garment, 1 this being
an indirect indication that the order in which the antidotes
are to become originated is: the most inferior of
the inferior etc. (up to the highest of the high which
removes the most subtle forms of defilement). In such
a form we have an indication of the following:—At the
final moment of the Path of Concentrated Contemplation
we have the intuition (which directly precedes the full
Enlightenment). 2 It represents the cognition of the
equality, the illusionary character of all elements of existence,
through the negation of (the separate reality of)
knowledge and its object 3 in all the 3 Spheres of Existence'.
It has thus the character of that which includes
all the antidotes (against the Obscurations). Thus, by
refuting the objection, i.e. by putting forth the final
moment of the Path of Concentrated Contemplation as
the highest of the highest forms of the antidote and by
ascertaining the essential nature of this intuition, we come
to a correct point of view regarding the absolute purification
of the 1 Buddha.
[Abhis. aloka, MS. 196b. 10—197a. 3.] *3
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ANALYSIS
OF THE -
ABHISAMAYALAMKARA
(FASC.
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BY
E- OBERM1LLER, Ph.D.
[Tg. MDO. VI 20!b. 2 ; 6.= Sphut 39a. 6-b. 3.] gnenpO'ni-chentrpo~la>-sogS"-pa
yin-la. mi-mthun-pahi phyogs-ni
chun-nuhichun-nu-la~sogs~pa yin-pat-rigs-pa ma-yin-nam.
ji-ltar gzarihdu bstan ces rgol-ba~la. don-dam-par phan~parbyed-pa
dan gnod-par-byed-pargan-yan yod-pa ma yin-no.
1 Just as it is the most difficult task to remove the insignificant
spots from a garment, similarly, one must apply the highest, i.e.
the most efficient antidotes for the removal of the mont subtle forms
of defilement (at the end of the Path).
2 I.e. the vajropama-sarnadhi by which the most subtle forms
of defilement are removed. Cf. Uttaratantra, Transl. p. 223.
3 Pafic. II. 264b-2—265a. 1.= Aft. 188. 2-11.
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