ABHISAMAYALAMKARA

68 ANALYSIS OF
2. THE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENT OF THE SAINTLY LINEAGE IN
ITS 13 ASPECTS AS THE SUBSTRATUM OF THE ELEMENTS CONSTITU-
ING THE PATH.
From the standpoint of conventional reality, in accordance
with the various positions of the elements characterizing
the activity of the Bodhisattva, the Essence of the
Absolute which represents the source, the substratum of
the properties of the Buddha E/nd is (the true essential
nature of) the Bodhisattva, is demonstrated in 13 aspects,
as follows :—
[Abhis. aloka, MS. 58a. 8-11.]
| —4 (The Element of the Lineage) as the Source for
the origination of the 4 Degrees conducive
to Illumination which are still of a mundane
character.—
[Ibid. 58a. 11-12.]
[Sphut. 19b. 5-6.] re-zigdah-por hjig-rten-pahi nes~
par-hbyed-pahi cha dan-mthun-pa-rnams (hyi s^ybh
tien). 1
yod-pahi zag-pa-med-pahi sa-bon r\yen dan-phrad-na. theg-pa gsutn
gan-run-gi rtogs-pa sf^ye-run-gi nus-pa-nid yin-la.-~~(h) With the
admission of the store-consciousness, it is a pure force which is included
in the store-consciousness. As far as this seed is not cultivated
through the agency of favourable factors, it is called the primordial
or fundamental element. If it is cultivated through study etc. it is
the element which becomes developed.
1 Pane. I. 171a. 3-4.«—Rab-hbyor hdilta-ste dper-na nam-mkliahla
byahi rjes med-do. Rab-hbyor de-bzin-du byan-setns-izyi tshig-gi don
med-do.—O Subhuti just as the track of the birds is not to be perceived
in the skies, in a similar manner the object designated by
the name of 'the Bodhisattva' does not exist (as a separate entity,—•
corresp. to the Degree of Heat).—Ibid. 171a. 6,~—yan~dag-pahi
mthah-la gnas med-do etc.—-One cannot insist upon the Ultimate
Limit as a separate entity (corr. to the Climax).—Ibid. 171a. 8,—
sgyu-mahi sk.yes~buhi gzugs-la gnas-med-do.—One cannot insist upon
the illusory living being (as a separate reality, corr. to the
Degree of Steadfastness).—Ibid. 171b. I.—sgyu-mahi skyes-bu nansion-pa-nid-la
spyod-pahi tshig-gi don med-do. The illusory
being, as cognizing the Non-substantiality of the internal element
does not exist as a separate reality (corr. to the Degree of
Highest Mundane Virtues).
THE ABHISAMAYALAMKARA 89-
5-6 (The Element of the Lineage) as the substratum
of the Paths of Illumination and
Concentrated Contemplation which are
of a transcendental character.—
[Abhis. aloka, MS. 58a. 12-13.]
[Sphut 19b. 6.] dehi hog-tu hjig~rten~las~hda$pahi
mthofi-bahi lam dan sgom-pahi lam-dag-go. 1
7-8 (The Element of the Lineage as the substratum or
the basis for) the origination of all the antidotes
(against the defiling elements), and for the annihi-
1 a t i o n of the latter which are the points to be
shunned. (These two facts) 2 are conditioned by the
efficiency of the 2 Paths just mentioned, are simultaneous,
and resemble the expulsion of thieves and the act of
shutting the door behind them. 3
[Abhis, aloka, MS. 58a. 13-15.]
[Sphut. 19b. 6-20a. 1.] dehi hog-tu de-dag skyespahi
stobs~kyi$ rkun-po phyuh-ba dan sgo-hphar beadpa4tar
dus-mnam-du gnen-po dan mi-mthun-pahi phyogs
skyed-ba dan hgag-pa dag-go. A
1 Rnam-biad. 107a. 4-5.—hjig~rten-las~hdas-pa ston-nid mnon~
sum-gyis gsar-du rtogs-pahi mthon-bahi lam dan. rtogs-zin goms-parbyed-pahi
sgom-pahi lam-dag-gi rten.—The basis oif the Path of
Illumination which represents the direct cognition of the Monistic
Principle for the first time, and of the Path of Concentrated Contemplation,
i.e. of the repeated practice of meditation over the said
principle after it has been cognized.—Pane. I. 172b. 2-3.—de-bzingsegs-pa
dgra-bcom-pa yan-dag-par-vdzogs-pahi sans-rgya$~kyi gzugs m
la gnas-med-do.—One must not insist upon (the reality of) the
corporeal frame of the Tathagata, the» Arhat, the Perfect Supreme
Buddha.—Ibid. 174b. 5. s\ye-ba-:ned-pa-la gnas-pa med-do—One
must not insist upon the principle of Non-origination.—The 4 Degrees
of the Path of Training and the Paths of Illumination and concentrated
contemplation are '* the 6 forms of the practical
Doctrine** (sodha-adhigama-dharma) mentioned in Kar. I. 37.
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2 i.e. the origination of the antidotes and the removal of defilement.
3 Cf. "The Doctrine of Prajna-paramita, etc.'* p. 41.
4 Pane. I. 176a. 1-2. Rab-hbyor~hdi-lta-ste dper-na ni-mahi dkyil~
hkhor mnon-par-hchar-bahi tshe mun-pahi gnas med-do.—O Subhiitiy
at the time when the disc of the sun makes its apparition there can be
no room for darkness.—Ibid. 176a. 2-3.—bskal~P®hi me hbar-baht tshe