ABHISAMAYALAMKARA

308 ANALYSIS OF
[Tg. MDO. VI. 211a. 5-6.] da.ni mthoh-bahi lamgyi
don-du bden-pa re-re zifi chos-ses-pahi bzod-pa
dan. chos-ses-pa dan rjes-su-ses-pahi bzod-pa dan rjessu-ses-pa
zes-hya-ba de-ltar sl^ad-cig-ma bcu-drug-gi
bdag-hid-can-ni thams-cad-ses-pa-hid-liyi skabs-su mihoh
bahi lam zes-bya-bahi tha-tshig-go.
THE SIXTEEN MOMENTS AND THE ASPECTS RELATING TO
THEM. Kar. III. 12-15.
I The Perseverance in the Cognition
of the Doctrine concerning
Phenomenal Existence 1 . $*•$ ^§FffTf^n=
sdug-bshai-la chos-ses-paht bzod-pa.
(With reference to) the first aspect (i.e.
Impermanence or Evanescence—5&rfqc2f = mi-rt a g- pa).
It is said:—Matter is neither permanent nor impermanent.—Owing
to the absence of an (independent,
non-relative) real essence, Matter (and the other phenomenal
elements likewise,) are devoid of the
character of impermanence or nonimpermanence
(as an invariably inherent
prcperty). 1
[Abhis, aloka, MS. 207a. 6-8.] * m
II. 12a.).
[Tg. MDO. VI. 211b. 2-3 = Sphut. 43a. 6b. 1.]
rtag-pa ma-yin mi-rtag-pa yah ma-yin zes-bya-ba-ni nobo-hid
med-pahi-phyk 2 gzugs-la-sogs-pa z rtag-pa dan
rni-rtag-pa-hid dah-bral-bas-na rtag-pa yah ma-yin mirtag-pa
yah mxx-yin zes-bya-ba-ni rnam-pa dah-poho. 4^
1 This means that, owing to the relative character of Matter
and other elements they cannot be spoken of as being impermanent
in all cases, nor is it possible to maintain the reverse.
2 Sic. ace. to Sphut.
3 Sic. ace. to Sphut.
4 Pane. II. 280b. 5-6 = Ast. 200. 9, 10.—W f| ^
f ( )
(Rnam-bsad, 191b. 3-4) formulates the passage in syllogisms (ace.
to the thal-phyir method) as follows: The evanescent elements of
Matter etc. which are the subject of inference (gzugs-la-sogs~pa
mi-rtag-pa chos can) are, from the standpoint of the Absolute neither
THE ABHISAMAYALAMKARA
2 T h e R e s u l t i n g C o g n i t i o n of t h e
D o c t r i n e c o n c e r n i n g P h e n o m e n a l
Existence. f-% f