ABHISAMAYALAMKARA

56, ANALYSIS OF
gnas thams-cad-du hog-min-du hjug-pchi gnas thams-caddu
hchi-hpho-ba gsum yod.
The Saint who has attained the culminating point of
Phenomenal Existence and is devoid of the passions that
are extant in the Sphere of Pure Matter is of 2 kinds, as
follows :—
17 The Saint who attains Nirvana
during this existence (in the highest of
the Immaterial Spheres). (1)
18 The Saint who realizes the Cessation-Trance
in bodily form. 1
etc. (I. 24. a-d.)—ending with
[Gser. I. 201b. 2.] srid-pahi rtse-mohi mthar-thug~par
hgro-ba-ni gzugs-kyi hdod-chags dan-hbral-ba dan mihonhahii
chos4a zi-ba lus-kyis mnon-sum-du-byed-pa-ste
gzan mam-pa gfiis-so.
19 The Candidate to Arhatship,
who has removed the 8 forms of defilement peculiar to
the Culminating Point of Phenomenal Existence.—
[Gser. I. 202a. 3-4.] dgra-bcom zugs-pa-ni. srid-rtsehi
sgom-span brgyad-pa spans-la dgu-pa spoh-ba-la brtsonpa-ni
$ dgra-bcom-pahi hbras-bu-la zugs-paho.
20 The Pratyekabuddha who realizes
his Path on the foundation of the ^ravaka Code and
appears at the time when no Buddhas arise.—
^fTOf I (L 24d.).
[Gser. I. 202a. 6.] nan-thos-ktji sde-shod-ta dmigsnas
ran lam mnon~du-byed~pchi~phyir sans-rgyas mi~
hbyun ba-na rah-rgyahdu-hgyur-baho.
1 Sic. ace. to Gser.—Ace, to others ',—"he who (though abiding
in the Immaterial Sphere) shows himself directly in a corporeal
form,"—
2 This one is not mentioned directly in the Karikas, similar
io the srota~apatti-phala~stha and the sa1%rdagami-phala-stha.
3 **He who has removed 8 forms of defilement that are peculiar
to the highest point of Phenomenal Existence and applies his
•energy for the removal of the 9th form.*'
THE ABHISAMAYALAMKARA 57"
III. The 4 Degress conducive to Illumination or
th© Mahayanistic Path of Training. fti'swrn)! = neshbyed-cha-mthun
or ^PiM\^t=sbyorrlam t Kar.
1
1,
25-36.^(3).
[(1) General characteristics of the 4 Degrees.—(2) The points of
superiority of the Mahayanistic Degrees of the Path of Training
according to the Abhis. aloka.—(3) The objects and aspects of each
of the 4 Degrees and their sub-divisions.—(4) The 4 kinds of
imputation connected with the Mahayanistic Path of Training.—
(5) The favourable factors}.
Definition. The Mahayanistic Path peculiar
to (the Bodhisattva while he is still) a worldly being, which
follows the steps conducive to Salvation = the Path Accumulating
Merit and is subservient to the direct intuition
of the Truth. 2
[Rnam-bsad. 81a. 1-2] thar-pa-cha-mthutin rdzogsrjeS"k.yi
bden-pa mnon-par-rtogs-pa dan rjes-su-mthun~
pahi theg-chen-gyi hjig-rten-pahi lam-mo.
Synonyms: (1) The Mahayanistic Path of •
Training, (2) the full cognition of the meaning of the
(Mahayanistic) Doctrine, (3) the Mahayanistic Degrees
conducive to Illumination.
[Don. 5a. 2-3.] theg-chen-gyi sbycr~lam.theg~chengyi
don mncn-rtogs. theg-chen-gyi nes-hbyed cha-mthun
sogs don-gcig.
Varieties: The Degrees of Heat, of the Climax,
of Steadfastness and of Highest Mundane Virtues which
are endowed with 5 distinctive features or points of
superiority. Each of these degrees has in its turn 3 subdivisions,
viz. the inferior, the intermediate and the
highest.
[Ibid. 5a. 3.] dbye-na khy a d~p& Ina Idan-gyi thegchen-gyi
sbyor-tam drod rise bzod-pa ches-mchog bzi.de
re-re-la chun hbrifi che gsum byas-pahi bcu-gnis yod.
1 For the other synonyms of this Path cf. below.
2 nirvedha = nes'hbyed is a synonym of darsana-inarga —
mthon~lam~—the Path of Illumination. It has the sense of (1) "complete
annihilat'on" (of the defiling forces that are to be extirpated
by direct intuition) and (2) "complete penetration" (into the Absolute
Truth), bhagiya has the sense of "aiding" or "being the cause of"