ABHISAMAYALAMKARA

40 ANALYSIS OF
(c) as regards the Jewel of the Congr e-
g a t i o n,—-it consists of the Saints who have attained
the Irretrievable State. With the exception of the
{Mahayanistic) Arhat (i.e. the Buddha) who is to be regarded
as the Jewel of the Buddha,—we have the Saints
who have attained the first 3 results of Saintliness and the
candidates (for all the fdur). These are the 7 great beings,
to which an eighth, viz. the Pratyeka-buddha is added.
Otherwise, if classified moreover from the standpoint of
a more feeble or a more acute intellectual faculty etc.,
there are altogether 20 varieties (wh'ch are demonstrated
below). Now, from ultimate standpoint this Congregation
of Saints (is included in the Jewel of the Buddha 1
and) has no real origination of its own.—
[Sphut. lib. 1-3.] dge-hdun-la saiis-rgytis dfyonmchog-gi
khons-su-gtogs-pa-nid-kyis dgra-bcom-pa magtogs-pa
hbras-bu4a gnas-pa dan zugs-pahi bys-brag-gis
skyes~bu~chen~po bdun-po ran-sahs-rgyas dan-Ikon-cig
brgyad-po dbah-po rtul-po-la-sogs-pahi bye-brag-gis grans
hi-sur hchad-pa. byan-chub-sems-dpah. hphags-pa-slob-pa
phyir-mi-ldog-pa~rnams-la sky^'ba-med-pa-nid-du hjugpar-byaho
zes luh~hbog-pa dk.on~mchog gsum4a hdomspa*
4. .THE INSTRUCTIONS BE. THE ABSENCE OF ATTACHMENT,