ABHISAMAYALAMKARA

394 ANALYSIS OF
of its being superior to that of the
Hinayanist s.—It is the Transcendental Intuition
characterized by (the cognition of Buddhahood or the
Absolute) as inaccessible to discursive cognition, etc.
[Don. 18a. 4-5.] bsam~mj~khyab~$ogs khy a d-par-dubyas-pahi
sems-dpahi ye-ses de. sems-dpahi sbyor-bahi
k.hyad-par zugs-pahi mtshan\-nid.
Case falling under thedefinitio n.—
The 16 varieties of the essence of the Bodhisattva's Training
which are the characterized part.
[Ibid.] mtshan-gzi no-ho-fiid-kyi sbyor-ba bcu-drug
lia-bu.
The distinction is to be viewed here from the standpoint
of the superiority of the Bodhis
a t t v a'% Training to that of theHinayan
i s t s.
par-gyis mtshon-tshul yin.
[Ibid. 18a. 5-6.] theg-dman-gyi
par-du-hphags-paham khyad-zugs-pa
sbyor-ba-las
mtshon-pa de
khyad-
hhyad-
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POINTS OF SUPERI-
ORITY ACC. TO THE Abhis. aloka. Kar. IV. 23.
(The modes of the Bodhisattva's Training) have i n a
general for mi been characterized by the aspects
of cognition. It is now necessary to know
the special distinctive characteristics
(or otherwise the paints of superiority distinguishing
the modes of the Bodhisattva's Training from; those
peculiar to the Training of the Hinayanist). For this
reason we have, directly after the characteristics of cognition,
an exposition of the special characteristics or points
of superiority.
Now we have the 16 moments (of the Mahayanistic
Path of Illumination), viz. the varieties of P e r-
s e v e ranee 1 and Resulting Cognition of
the Doctrine, and the introspective
form s» 2 These all (as we know) have for their objects
Phenomenal Existence and the other (three) Principles of
the Saint and are characterized by the intuition of t h e
inconceivable character of the Absolute,
of the fact of its being incomparable, etc.
suhan mi-hgyur-la. hjig-rten pharol-gyi hdu-sessuhan mi-hgyurba
de-ltar ston-te.
1 t^santi= bzod-pa.
2 anvaya~jnana~ k.santi and anvaya-jnana.
THE ABH1SAMAYALAMKARA 395
These 16 moments of cognition are the said points of
superiority (distinguishing the Bodhisattva's Path from that
of the Hmayanists). Owing to them, the Path of the
Bodhisattva 1 draws near to the Ultimate Aim which is
Buddhahood etc.
[Abhis. aloka, MS. 257b. 12-14.]
i... " /
[Sphuf. 55b. 6-56a. 3.]...spyihi no~bo>-nid~du brjod-nas.
ses-pahii mam-pas yons-su-bcad-pa-mams-kyi khynd-par
ses-par-byctrba yin-pas ses-pahi mtshan-md-kyi hoig-tu
khyad-par-gyi mtshan-nid. bsGm-gyis mi-khyctb-pa dan.
mi-mnam-pa-la-s-ogs-pahi k}\yad~par~gyi& kjhyad-par-du~
hyas-pahi sdug-bsnal-la-sogs-pahi bdenrpahi ytil-can chos
dan rjes-su-ses-pahi bzod-pa dan ses-pahi mtshari-nid bcudrug-gis
larn-ses-pa-nid-la-sogs-pahi sbyor-ba-dag mtshonpas-na
2 khyad-par-gyi mtshan-nid yin-no.
The 16 varieties are as follows :—
1 Perseverance in the cognition of
the Doctrine concerning Phenomenal
Existence.