ABHISAMAYALAMKARA

402 ANALYSIS OF
[Abhis. aloka, MS. 264b. 1-2.
iiM : l' srarc 5^ (iv. 26a.)
:] • ipf)
[Gser. IV. 87b. 6-88a. 1.] chos thams~cad~no~bo~nid~
med-par rtogs-pas de~la mchog-tu-hdzin 1 cifi hdod-pahi
ishul-gyis mnon-pair-zen-pahi ro-myon-ba med tin dge-rtsa
byan-chub-tu bsno~bar~ses-paho. 2
In such a manner we are made acquainted with the 16
points of superiority which distinguish the special Path of
the Bodhisattva, his Omniscience in regard of the Path etc.
from the Paths of Hinayanists. These Paths are not mentioned
here because their character is quite clear (without
a special explanation). They are devoid of the points of
superiority just mentioned and are characterized by the
origination of realistic imputations etc.
[Abhis. aloka, MS. 265a. 6-9.]
[Sphut. 56b. 6—57a. 2.]...sdug~bsnal4a-sogs~pahi
bden-pahi skad-cig-rnah-mams-kyi \hyad~par yin-te. gah~
gis nan~thos~la~sogsrpahi Iam-rnams4as byafi-chub~sems~
dpaMa~sogS"pahi Iam~ses-pa-nid4a~sogs-pa-gnis~ni khyadpar-gyi
lam-yin-par khyad-zugs-so. dehi-phyir de-dag-gini-ji-skad-bsad-pahi
\hyad-par dan bral-bahi mnon-parzen-pa~la~sogs~pa
skye~bahi mtshan-nid-liyis go-sla-bahiphyir
ma-bscud-do.
J =paramarsa.
2 Pane. Ill, 89b. 1.—ngs-^i/i-bu k.hyod gzugs-la hdod-pa ma
sizyed-cig.— O n o b l e youth, t h o u m u s t not b e c o m e
p o s s e s s e d of d e s i r e w i t h r e g a r d to the material
g r o u p of e l e m e n t s .
3 Sic ace. to the Tib. version of the Abhis.aloka and the
Sphut.—-rnnon~par-zen~pa-la~sogs-pa~skye-bahi mtshan-nid-kyis. The
MS. has : ^J-fyrfyg cTT^^^Jc^T J Tsoii-kha-pa (Gser. IV. 88a.
4 sqq.) mentions this reading as contained "in the old translations"
(figf/tir-rnin-las); he remarks that some authorities explain the
passage in accordance with this reading, but that it is in any case
"a bad reading" (yi-ge ma-dag).
THE ABH1SAMAYALAMKARA 403
THE 11 VARIETIES OF THE BODHISATTVA*S ACTION
CHARACTERIZING THE PATH. tr^T^ ^Tfe^WWTi% = byed-pahi
mtshan~nid bcu-gcig. Kar. IV. 27, 28.
Definition, of the • Mahaya.nistic
Training as
ccharacterized
h a r a c t e r i z e d by thh
action for the h sake k of other h s.—
It is the Transcendental Intuition of the Bodhisattva,
the distinctive features of which are the acts of h e 1 p-
i n g, conveying happiness, saving, etc.
[Don. 18b. 5-6.] ph£m-bd®~skyob l ~sogs~kyi byed4as
kjiyad-par-can-dafi'ldan-pahi sems-dpahi ye-ses de. semsdpahi
sbyor-ba gzan-don sgrub-pahi byed-pa hhy^d-parcan
dah4dan-pahi sbyor-bahi mtshan-nid.
Case falling under the definition.
The 16 varieties of Training viewed as the part characterized.
[Ibid.] mtshan~g£i no-b s o~nid~mtshan bctt-drug 2 lta~
bu.
[The 11 varieties ace. to the Abhis. aloka etc.]
Now there arises the question :—of what kind is the
action accompanying the modes of the Bodhisattva*s
Training characterized as they are by the points of superiority.
Accordingly, the characteristics of
the (Bodhisattva's) action (or the varieties of the action
characterizing the Training) are to be spoken of presently.
[Abhis. aloka, MS. 265a. 15-16.]
[Sphut. 57a. 2-3] khyod-par-gyi mtshan-nid-kyis mampar~bcad~pa~rnams~}iyi
byed-pa gan yin ze-na. bar~skabskyi
tshigs~su-bcad~pa gnis-kyis byed-pahimtshan~nid. s
As regards the varieties we have :—
(a) T h r e e f o r m s of a c t i o n r e l a t i n g
to the T r a i n i n g in the O m n i s c i e n c e
r e g a r d i n g the E m p i r i c a l World.
[Don. 19a. I.] sems-dpahi gzi-scs-sbyor-bahi byed-pa
gsttm.
These are :—
1 Help, by securing for others the bliss of Salvation
by means of the Training for the realization of the
Omniscience in regard of the Empirical World. (1).
1 hita~suk,ha-irana.
2 sodasa si}abhava-Iak.§anani.
3 "The characteristics of cognition, (communicated) by the
2 verses (27 and 28) which refer to (the next) secondary subject.**—