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constantly and inexhaustibly issues from the ground, (the
Bodhisattva) can uninterruptedly expound the teaching,
since he retains in memory the Doctrine which he has
studied and that which he has cognized not through study,
(but by his flashes of idea).—
[Gser. I. 128b. 6-129a. 1.] bcu-dgn-pa tshig-don-mi
brjed-par hdzin-pahi gzuns 1 dan gzan-la thogs-med-duhchad-pahi
spobs-pa dan-ldan-pa-ni. bk.od~mahi~chu Itabu-ste.
shar thos-pa dan ma-thos-pa thos-hgyur-gyi chos
hdzin-pas mi-zad-par ston-pa-nid-fyyis.
These 5 forms (15-19) relate to the different Stages of
the Bodhisattva and are included in the *'Special Path."—
[Gser. 1. 131a. 2-3.] mnon-ses dan-ldan-pa-sogs irMni
kfiyaa-par-gyi lam-gyis-bsdus-so.
20. The twentieth Creative Effort, connected with the
triumph of the Doctrine, resembling an ejaculation of joy,
because the converts who are desirous of attaining
Salvation hear with pleasure (the aphorisms of the
Doctrine, as :—All the active elements of existence are
evanescent!—etc).—
[Rnam-bsad 58a. 5.] 2 chos-kyi-sdombzihi dgah-ston
dan-ldan-pa-ni. sgra-snan-pa dan hdra-ste. thar-pa hdod~
pahi gdul-bya-la hkhor-ba-las grol-bar-byed-pahi snan-pa
sgrogs-pahi-phyir.
This form relates to the (ultimate,) stage of the
Bodhisattva, being included in the Path of training for the
entrance upon the Stage of the Buddha.—
[Gser. I. 131a. 5.] ni-su-pa sa bcu tha-mahi bar-chadmed-kyis
bsdus.*
1 'The power of memory which retains the meaning of words
without forgetting them.**
2 1 have preferred this version to that of the Gser. (I. 129a. 3-5),
the latter being too diffused.
3 M fe included in the Unimpeded Path at the end of the 10
Stages,** (i.e. the final moment of the Path. The Gser. gives also the
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tw . ent y~ m * s£ Creative Effort, connected with
the Path on which the monistic principle is fully realized.
It resembles the current of a river, since, owing to the
cognition of the ultimate identity of subject and object,
and by manifesting commiseration, wisdom, and skill, one
can work for the weal of others without making any
distinctions and uninterruptedly, like the course of a
stream.—
[Gser. I. 129b. 1-2.] ner-gcig-pa bgrod-pa-gcig-pahi
lam dah-ldan-pa-ni. chu-bohi rgyun lta-bu-ste. ses-pa dan
ses~bya mnam-pa-md-du rtogs~pas shih-rje dan ses-rabkyis
ran-gi-hah-gis hjug-cih rgyun-mi~hchad~par gzan~gyidon-gyi
bya-ba iha-mi-dad-paste ris-su ma-chad-par hjugpa-md-feyis.
This form relates to the Stage of the Buddha t to the
cardinal state of intense concentration.—
22. The twenty-second Creative Effort is connected
with the Cosmical Body of the Buddha. It resembles a
great cloud, since all the purposive acts of the living beings
depend on it (as the harvest on the rain-clouds), as far
as the Buddha manifests himself (for the benefit of the
converts) in his Apparitional Body, etc., as residing in
the abode of Tusita and the \ilke 1 This form likewise is
included in the Stage of the Buddha and refers to the
state after the concentrated trance. This state is characterized
by pure mundane wisdom, that which is accessible
to the constructive thoughts of the converts, as far as
the latter perceive the apparitions of the Buddha (in this
world), etc. These apparitions manifest themselves owing
to the power of the true Buddha who is not liable to constructive
thought.—
[Gser. I. 129b. 5-6.] ner-gnis-pa ch.os~h.yi $k.u dart
Idan-pa-ni. sprin lta-bu-ste. dgah~ldan-gyi gnas-na bzugsversion
of Haribhadra—hdi-ni byan-chub~sems~dpahi sa dan-hbrel~bh
sans-rgyas-kyi sa-la hjug-pahi lam-gyis bsdus-so.
1 Compare Uttaratantra, chapters II and IV. (Translation,
pp. 247, 253, 257, 279, 280 etc.).