ABHISAMAYALAMKARA

2% ANALYSIS OF
E m p i r i c a l W o r l d w h i c h is f a r f r o m
t h e C l i m a x of W i s d o m a s t h e U l t i -
m a t e R e s u l t ,
t h e O m n i s c i e n c e in r e g a r d of t h e
E m p i r i c a l W o r l d w h i c h is b e r e f t of
S k i l l ,
t h e O m n i s c i e n c e in r e g a r d of t h e
E m p i r i c a l W o r l d w h i c h is " f e t t e r -
e d " ( l i m i t e d ) o w i n g t o t h e d i ff e r e n-
ti a t i o n of s e p a r a t e e n t i t i e s ,
t h e O m n i s c i e n c e in r e g a r d of t h e
E m p i r i c a l W o r l d w h i c h r e p r e s e n t s a
p o i n t t o b e s h u n n e d ( b y t h e B o d h i -
s a t t v a ), and—
t h e H i n a y a n i s t i c O m n i s c i e n c e in
r e g a r d of t h e E m p i r i c a l W o r l d .
[Don. 12a. 2-3,] hbi'as-yum-la ne-ba\hi gzi-ses dart,
thabs ma-yin-pahi gzi-ses. mtshan-hdzin-gyis bcih-bahi
gzi-ses mi-mthun-phyogs-l^yi gzi-ses. theg-dman-gyi gzi~
ses-rnams don-gcig.
VII. THE TRAINING FOR THE REALIZATION OF THE
OMNISCIENCE IN REGARD OF THE EMPIRICAL WORLD.
3SJJtTH5PTtor:
(or ^tSRrm#i: gzi-ses-sbyor-ba. Kar. III. 8-10a,
b. (28).
1. Definition, 2. Varieties of the Training ace, to the Abhis.
aloltfi, the Gser. and the Rnam-bsad :—4 forms with respect to the
object of meditation (yul-gyi sgo-nas dbye-ba bzi.), 3 forms with
respect to the essence oif the Training (no-bohi sgo-nas gsum.),
2 forms with respect to the functions (byed-pahi sgo-nas gnis.), and
1 form with respect to the point of comparison (ses-byed-kyi dpahi
sgo-nas.) 1 —altogether 10 forms. 3. The Training of the Hlnayanists
is indicated indirectly.
Definition: The yoga of the Bodhisattva which is
in conformity with the Hinayanistic faculty of cognition
and represents the antidote against the erroneous views
in regard of the 1 true nature of the Empirical World, its
essence and characteristic features.
[Don. 12a. 6b. 1.] gzi liun-rdzob-pahi sdod-lugs-fyyi
no-bo dan khyad-pat-la phyin-ei-log-tu zen~pahi gnen-po
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theg-drnan-gyi rtogs-tigs-su-gnas-pahi sems-dpahi mal~
hbyor-de. hdir-bstcan gzi-ses sbyor-bahi mtshan-nid. l
Varieties (10 in n u m b e r ) are as follows :•—-
(a) 4 v a r i e t i e s w i t h r e s p e c t to t h e
o b j e c t (of m e d i t a t i o n ).—
1 The Training in t h e n e g a t i o n o f
r e a l i s t i c i m p u t a t i o n s w i t h r e g a r d
to M a t t e r a n d t h e o t h e r e l e m e n t s of
e x i s t e n c e . (1),
[Abhis. aloka, MS. 203b. 1.] ^Trf^FfrT* t=Wr*
(III. 8a.).
[Don. 12b. 1.] gzugssogs bden-zin bk.ag-pahi sbyor-*
ba. 2 2 The Training in t h e n e g a t i o n of
r e a l i s t i c i m p u t a t i o n s r e g a r d i n g the
c h a r a c t e r i s t i c f e a t u r e s of M a t t e r
etc. as i m p e r m a n e n c e and so on. (2).
[Abhis. aloka. MS. 203b, 3.]
fMferFf^#'rTM=
^fiMFfr (III. 8a.).
[Don. 12b. 2.] h$iijad~chos de mi-rtag-pa-sogs-la
bden-zentbfzag-pahi sbyor-ba. 3
3 The 1 Training in the contemplation of Matter, and
the other elements of existence as 'incomplet e*
and 'complete,' i.e. as being the product of our
thought-construction on one side and as having an
Ultimate 1 Transcendental Reality on the other. (3).
The elements of Matter etc. in the imputed
aspect 1 are merely the product of our constructive
thought. They are therefore devoid of a real essence of
their own and consequently 'incomplete* i.e. unreal as
things in, themselves. On the other hand, the same
1 "The definition of the Training for the attainment of the
Omniscience in regard of the Empirical World as demonstrated
here." This is an allusion to the fact that there exists another kind
of Training viz. that of the Hinayanist, which is different.
2 Pane. II. 273a. 2-3.=Ast. 193. 13, 14.-^ %j;
3 Pane. II. 273a.*8. = Ast. 193. 16, 17.—
Rnam-bsad, 188a. 6—b. 1.
4 parikalpita = kunbtags. Cf. "Doctrine of Pr.-par." pp. 93, 94 ,