ABHISAMAYALAMKARA

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is * such, that the effect (i.e. the Creative Effort and the
Path of Training) is indicated first and after it its cause;
There is no mistake in this.
' [Abhis. aloka, MS. 59b. 1-11.1 1
Limits.* The Element of the Lineage manifests
itself in general from the time of (the Bodhisattva's entering)
the Path of Accumulating Merit. In its actual form,
however (that which is discussed here), it manifests itself
from (the time of entering) the Degree of Heat (of the
Path of Training). It lasts till the end of the Process of
Illumination,
[Don. 5b. 6.] sa-mtshams spyir theg-chen tshogs-lamrias
rgyun-mihahi bar dan dnos-bstan drod-nas rgyun*
ipthahi bar-du yod.
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The Object or Sphere of the Mahayanistic Activity.
hi dmigs-pa.
Kar. I. 40, 41,—(5).
[I. Definition acc» to Don, 2. The ,11 varieties ace. to the
Abhis. aloka and the SpLut. 3. Refutation of the point of view
of the Vijnanavadins.] •••••.-
1. Definition: The object of cognition during
the process of Mahayanistic Illmuination.—
[Don. 6a. 2.] theg-chen sgrub-pahi ses~par-bya~ba
de theg-chen sgrub-pahi dmigs-pahi mtshan-fiid,
2. Varieties: After the foundation (of the
Path has been communicated, there necessarily arises the
following question):—What is the object (or the sphere of
action) of the Bodhisattva who is endowed with such a
foundation for his activity, as has just been described
This object is as follows:—
[Abhis. aloka, MS. 59b. 11-13.]
• * T f 1 - .*. • " • • • ; . :
[Sphut. 21a. l.J ji~skad-bsad~pahi sgrub-pahi rten~
gyi dmigs-pa gan~yin ze-na.
(1-3) First of all, in general, (the Bodhisattva directs
his mind upon) all the elements of existence and classifies
them into 3 categories, viz. the good, the bad
and the neutral, such as asceticism, the taking
away of life, and corporeal actions of an indeterminate
character, respectively, and contemplates them as points
to be accepted, rejected, or left without attention.
[Abhis. aloka, MS. 59b. l6-60a. 4.]
[Sphut. 21a. 3-4.] re-zig daft por spyir dge-ba dan
mi-dge-ba dan luh-du-ma-b&tan-pa-ste go^rims-bzin-du
dge-sbyoh-gi tshuhnid dan srog-gcod-pa-larsogs-pa dan
lun~du~ma-bstan-pahilus-liyi las~la~sogs~paho.
Thereafter, having directed his mind upon those
elements which are to be accepted, he takes into consideration
(4) the.mundane elements, the
5 groups constituting the personality of the ordinary
worldly being 1 and (5) the transcendental
1 'The order of the Minaev MS. is inverted.
1 panca-upadana-skandhah are here synonymous with prthag*
jana as opposed to arya.