ABHISAMAYALAMKARA

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44 ANALYSIS OF
[The limits of the 4 kinds of vision are; (a) of the
\*eye of flesh"—beginning with the Path of Accumulating
Merit, (b) of the sight of the gods—beginning with the
Path of Training, (c) of the vision of analytic wisdom—beginning
with the Path of Illumination, (d) of the vision of
the Truth—beginning with the same Path in the state
after the termination of the trance, and (e) of the sight
of the Buddha,—on the Stage of the Buddha with a subservient
degree, beginning with the &h Stage.—
Rnam-bsad. 69a. 4-6.-—sahi spyan tshogs-lam-ncts dan,'
lhahi spy an sbyor-lam dan, ses~rab-k.yi spy an mthoh-lam
dan. chos-kyi spy an mthoh-tam rjes-ihob-nas dan. sansrgyas-kyi
s Py®n sahs-rgyas-fyyi sa dan. rjes-mthun-pa sa
brgyad-pa-nas yod\
8. ' THE INSTRUCTIONS BE. THE SIX SUPERNATURAL FACULTIES."
These are: (a) miraculous power, (b) the audition
of the gods, (c) the knowledge of the mind of others,
(d) the remembrance of previous states of existence, (e)
the sight peculiar to the gods which is produced by the
force of concentrated trance, and (f) the knowledge by
means of which all the defiling elements are extirpated.—
The functions of these 6 faculties manifest themselves,
respectively, in (a) shaking the earth and other (miraculous
acts), (b) the capacity of hearing the most subtle sounds
in all the regions of the world and all the other (sounds
as well), (c) the full cognition of the minds of other living
beings that are possessed 1 of passion, etc. (those that are
free from passion, possessed of hatred, free from hatred,
etc.) (d) the recollection of numerous previous births, of
oneself and of other living beings, (e) the perception of
all visible forms, and (f) the removal of the Obscurations
d The vision of the Truth. Ibid. 71a. 7-b. 7.—byah-chen-gyi
chos-kyi mig-gis. gah-zag hdi-ni nahbahi rjes-su-hgro-ba. gah-zag
hdi-ni chos-kyi rjcs-su-hgro-ba etc. up to gah-zag hdi-ni dgrahcom-pqho
zes-bya-bar rab-tu-ses-te—**The vision of the Truth of the
Bodhisattva perceives that such and such an individual is a
follower of Buddhism, that such and such an individual acts accordnig
to the Doctrine".. etc. up to "and that such and such an
individual is an Arhat f " etc.
e The sight of the Buddha. Ibid. 73b. 1.—byah-chv.b-\yi sems*
kyi rjes-Ia. rdo-rje-lta-buhi tih-he-hdzin-la mham-par-bzag-nas rnampa-thams-cad-mkhy
en-pa-hid thob-par byed-de.—"After having made
the Creative Effort for Enlightenment, one becomes merged in the
Stage of Trance called the "thunderbolt-like,** and attains the
Omniscience in regard to all the aspects of existence.*'—
THE ABHISAMA ifALAMKARA 45
of Moral Defilement and of Ignorance.—But, from the
standpoint of the Absolute, all these 6 faculties are to
be perceived as quiescent from the outset.—
[Sphut. 12a. 4-b. 1.] rdzu-hphrul dah. lhahi ma-ba
dan. gzan-gyi sems ses-pa dan. shon-gyi /nas 77'es-so-Jranpa
dan. mnon-par-hdu-byed-paAGS-byuh-bahi lhahi mig
dan. zag-pa zad-pa ses-pahi mnon-par ses-pa sa gyo~ba~
la-sogs-pa dah. hjig-rten-gyi \hams thorns-cad-na-gnaspahi
sgra chun-nu dah cig-sos ihos-pa dah. gzan-gyi sems
hdod-chags dah-bcas-pa-la-sogs-pa yons-su-ses-pa dah.
rah dan gzan-gyi tshe-rabs sha-ma du-ma rjes-su-diran-pa
dan. gzugs thams-cad mihon-ba dah. non~rnons~pa dah
ses-byahi sgrib-pa spoh-bar-byed-pa-rnams gzod-ma-nas
zi-ba-hid-du rtogs-par-byaho zes ston-pa mhon-par-ses-pa
drug-la hdoms~pa. 2
1 The Minaev MS. of the Abhis.aloka has here : sukmataraiabda.
This reading could suit as well : "In hearing the most
subtle sounds (in all the regions of the world)." But the Tibetan
version (sgra chun-nu dan cig-Sos) shows us that we must read:
su^sma-itora-sabda (cig-sos = itara; Cf. my Index to the Nyayabindu,
Part II, p. 26).
2 Pane. I. 74a. 1.—Sarihi bu ser-phyin-la spyod-pahi byan-chentil
mnon-par-ses-pahi pha-rol-tu-phyin-pa rab-tu-hthob~ste.—"O &ariputra,
the Bodhisattva, the Mahasattva who acts in the field of the
Climax of Wisdom, becomes possessed of the climax of supernatural
faculty.—' • • • • •
In regard to each of the faculties we have, separately :—
a Concerning the miraculous power (rddhi =
rdzu-hphrul) : Ibid. 74a. 1-2.—rdzu-hphrul-gyi rnam-pa du-ma nams T
sumyon~bar-byed~do; de ni sa chen po hdi yah rab-tu-gyo-bar-hyedd
Ot —**He enjoys his miraculous p3wer of which there are many
forms. He causes, to tremble even this great earth."—
Ibid. 74a. 5-6.—rdum-hphrul des rlom-sems-su hgyur-ba med-do.
de cihi-phyir ie-na. rah-bzin-gyis ston-pa dah. ran-bzin-gyis dben-pa
dah, rah~bzin-gyis rna-skyes-pahi-phyir.—"But he must not become
possessed of conceit in regard to this miraculous power. Why that
Because it is devoid of a real essence of its own". etc, etc.
b Concerning the audition of the gods:
Ibid. 74a. 8.—de lhahi ma-bahi khams rnam-par-dag-pa mi-las-hdaspas
lha dah mi ghis-hahi sgra thos-te.—"By means of the superhuman