ABHISAMAYALAMKARA

ANALYSIS OF
Analysis and Great Commiseration. Is posssessed by
the Mahayiinist Saint). *mWFiT HIlWTSflw sC^Fi = hbras
yutn-la ne-hahi gzi-ses.
2. The knowledge which is far from the result,
being devoid of Commiseration and maintaining the
reality of separate entities. W ^
hbras-yttm-la 1 rin-bahi gzi-ses.
Limits: Beginning with the Hlnayanistic Path
of Illumination and lasting till the Stage of the Buddha
(including the latter likewise).
[Don. 2b. 3.] sa-mtshams fian-thos-kyi mthon-lamnas
sahs-rgyas~kyi sahi bafrdu yod.
Ab. The- 4. Practical M e t h o d s of
R e a l i z a t i o n (of the 3 kinds of Omniscience)
^cTT^: SfSffaTT: = sby®r~ba bzi. These are :—
B • The P r o c e s s of C o n t e m p l a t i o n
and Intuition of all the A s p e c t s (of
the 3 kinds of Omniscience).
'^NRT^TOsften = rnam-kun mhon-par-rdzogs-par rtogs-pa
(abridged rnam-rdzogs sbyor-ba). (4).
Definition: The (process of) mind-concentration
(yoga) of the Mahayinist Saint dominated by analytic
wisdom which is directed upon the aspects of the 3 kinds
of Omniscience.
[Don. 2a. 4.] mkhyen gsum-gyi mam-pa sgom-pahi
ses-rab-k.yis zin-pahi sems-dpahi rncd-hbyor.
Varieties:
1. From the standpoint of the essential character of
the process etc. 2 .—the 20 methods of training.
[Ibid], no~bo sogs-kyi sgo*nas sbyor-ba ni-su.
2. From the standpoint of the aspects contemplated
—the 173 forms of the Bodhisattva's yoga as realizing
respectively the 173 aspects (of the 3 forms of Omniscience).
1 !/iam==matr = "the Mother" is the well-known synonym or
Prajfiapararnita. "*
2 I.e. from the standpoint (1) of the essential character (of the
process)—no-bohi sgo-iias-svabhava-dDarena, (2) of the individual
engaged in the training—rten gan-zag-gi sgo-nas = adhara-bhutapudgaladvarena,
(3) of the means—thabs-iiyi'Sgo-nas^upaya-daarena,
and (4) of the result—hbras-buhi sgo-nas = phala~di)arena. Cf. below.
Chapter IV.
THE ABH1SAMAYALAMKARA
[Ibid 2b. 5.] rnam-pahi sgo-nas mkhyen gsum-gyi
rnarn-pa brgya daft don-gsum fiams~su-len-pahi semsdpahi
rnal-hbyor brgya dan don-gsum yod.
"The intuition of all the aspects" has for its aim the
attainment (practically) of a dominating position in regard
of the 3 forms of Omniscience. It represents the practical
process 1 of realization of the said 3 forms through the
constant contemplation of all the varieties of the Omniscience
of the Buddha in regard of all the aspects of
existence, of the Omniscience concerning the Path, and
of the Omniscience in regard of all the objects of the
Empirical World.
fAbhis.aloka, MS. 16b. 12-15]
[Sphut 44b. 4-5] thams~cad-mkhyen~pa~md gsum
yons~su~ses~pa~ni dbah-du-bya-bahi-phyir yan rnatn-pathams-cad
dan lam dan gzi-ses-pa bsdu-bahi-sgo-nas thamscad
mkhyen-pa-nid gsum sgom-par-byed-pas rnam~pakun
mhon~par~rdzogs~pdr rtogs-pa.
Synonyms: 1. The yoga of the Bodhisattva.
pahi
rnal-hbyor.
2. The Climax of Wisdom in the sense of the Path.
= lam ser-phyin.
3. The Path of the Bodhisattva.
byan-sems-liyi l