ABHISAMAYALAMKARA

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ANALYSIS OF
K fe atShi accessible to the ^5vak - «* *•
[Abhis. aloka, MS. I9a. 3-16.] 1
I For the Tib. version Cf. Appendix,
STfT^TT
Detailed Analysis of the Elements charac=
terizing the Omniscience in Regard of the
Empirical World,
I. The Omniscience in regard of the Empirical
World which does not take its stand in the Phenomenal
World. ^cfTSrf^fficf cf^piif-srid~pa-la mi-gnas-pahi
gzi-Ses. Kar. III. 1. (22).
Definition; The Wisdom of the Mahayanist Saint
which agrees with the 1 Hinayanistic faculty of cognition.
It is governed by the Great Commiseration and directly
cognizes (the 16 aspects peculiar to the four Principles of
the Saint),—Evanescence and the rest. 1
[Don. 11a. 1-2.] thabs snin-rje-chen-pos zin cin mi~
rtag-sogs gan-run mfion-sum-du-rtogs~pahi iheg-dman-gyi
rtogs-rigs-su gnas-pahi theg-chen hphags-pahi rnkhyen-pa.
Varieties: The Paths of Illumination, Concentrated
Contemplation and the Ultimate.
[Ibid.] dbye-na mthon sgom mi~slob~lam gsum yod.
Case fdlling under the definition : The Mahayanistic
Path of Concentrated Contemplation which represents the
direct cognition of the sixteen aspects of the four Principles
of the Saint, that of Evanescence etc.
II. The Omniscience in regard of the Path which
does not take its stand in Hinayanistic Nirvana.
mm%r$t%m ^vftmJ = zi~la rni~gnas-pahi lam~ses» Kar. III. 1.
(23).
Definition : The process of intuition of the Mahayanist
Saint which refers to the Empirical Reality and
belongs to the character of cognition owing to which the
finality of Hinayanistic Nirvana is denied.
[Don. lla. 2-3.] hun-rdzob-la Itos-pahi zi-mthah
hgog-byed-fyyi rigs-su gnas-pahi theg-chen hphags-pahi
mnon-rtogs.
Case jailing under the definition : The Great Commiseration
of the Bodhisattva abiding on the Path of
Concentrated Contemplation.
1 Cf. above and "Doctrine of Pr.par.," p. 18 and p. 66.