ABHISAMAYALAMKARA

304 ANALYSIS OF
as something conditioned, (just as the echo is unreal by
itself), being conditioned by a sound. 1
5a," They are ! akin to reflected forms, since
they appear as not being capable of changing their
position (by themselves), of making it other than that
which is conditioned by the force of illusion (just as a
reflected form cannot change its place by itself). Indeed,
(the elements of existence) can never cease to have the
character of objects of cognition (i.e. they have
always to be taken in their relation to the consciousness
by which they are cognized).
6a. They are similar to the city of the
Gandharvas, since they appear as having no real
foundation. Indeed, a real substratum does not exist
with them.
7a. They have a resemblance with forms that represent
a miraculous metamorphose, since
they appear as being bereft of a creative agent. Indeed,
a re ml cause (that produces them) does not exist. 2
[Abhis. aloka, MS. 205b. 2-11.]
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(III. 10b'.).
THE ABHISAMAYALAMKARA 305'
[Tg. MDO. VI. 200a. 1-4.| rnam~pa~bdun~chv snanbciihi
ses-pohi sbyor-ba-rd de-la rnam-par-ses-pa
yohs-su-gyur-pa-nid-Jzyis yofis-su-gyur-pahi snah-bas-na
rmi4cm~lta-buho. shags dan sman-gyi tshogs~pa~nid-kyis~
na mnam~par~sbyor-bahi snah-bas-na sgyu-ma-lta~buho.
med-pQ-hid-liyiis-nQ hgal-ba snah-bas-na smig-rgyw-ltabuho.
sgrahi rk.y en-la rag-las- pas-na rkyen-gyi snahbas-ni
sgra-brhan-ltG-buho. ses-byahi tshul las mi-hdah~
bas-na rni-hdah-bat-snah-bas mig-yor-lia-buho. gzi-medpas-na
rten-med-pahi snaih-bas-ni dri-zahi groh-khyertta\-buho.
fgyu dah-bral-bas-na byed-pa-po med-pahi
snah-ba\s-na sprul-pa~lta-buho. zes dhos-po-rnams sespctr-gyur-pa-ste.
de-ltar itoh-phrag-hi-su-pa-las gsuhs...*
In such a form the Training of the Bodhisattva in
its ten aspects is exposed directly. 2 A, s r e g a r d s
t h e T r a i n i n g of t h e S r a v a k a s etc. w e
h a v e to k n o w b y i m p l i c a t i o n t h a t it
is of a k i n d r e v e r s e to t h a t m e n t i o n -
[Abhis. aloka, MS. 205b. I3-15.J
I Ibid. 29. 12, 13.—
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[Tg. MDO. VI. 210a. 5-6.] des-na de-ltar byahchub-sems-dpah-rnams-k^yi
sbyor-ba rnam~pa~bcu rjes-suhgro-bahi
sgo-nas bstan-pas don-gyis-na fian-thos-la-sogspahi-ni
ji-skad-bstan-pa-las bzlog-pa yin-par ses-parbyaho.
Limits: Begins with the Path of Accumulating
Merit and lasts till the end of the process of Illumination.
[Don. 12b. 5.] sa-mtshams Ishogs-lam-nas rgyuninthahi
bar
2 Ibid. 29. 89.
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Compare here Gaud. Kar. II. 31
The similarity is striking,
I Pane. II. 278b. 7-8.—byan-chen ser-phyin -la spyod pas rmilam-lta-buhi
chos dan. sgyu~tna-lia-hu dan. smig-rgyu-lta-bu dan.
sgra-brnan-lta-hu-dan. mig-yor Ita-bu dan. sprul-pa-Ha-buhi chos-rnams
yons-su4es-pa. Ast. 198, 8, 9.—5lfaJ#TOT: flt W
2 anvaya-mukhena.
3 This means that it is not characterized by the negation of
the reality of the separate elements. Cf. "Doctrine of Pr.-par,"
p. 88.