ABHISAMAYALAMKARA

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e 1 em e n.t.s » as the 4 Degrees of Trance, etc, which
are included in the Path of the Saint.
[Abhis, aloka, MS. 60a. 4-7.J
[Sphut. 21a. 4-6.] dehi hog-tu de-dag-nid-la hjig-rtenpa-la-sogs-pa
mam-pa-ghis-pohi dbye-ba-bzi-hid-kyis Ihagnta-rnams-te
grahs-bzin-du byis-pahi sfaye-bo tfiams-cad
dah-hbrel pahi phuh-po lha dan hphags-pahi s\ye-bo
thams-cad-kyis bsdus-pahi bsam-gtan bzi.
Thereafter he examines—
(6) the mundane elements, such as the 5 groups
constituting the ordinary individual etc. which are
influenced by defiling agencies, and
do not represent the antidote against the conception of
the Ego, and
(7) the elements which are not influenced
by defiling agencies, such as the 4 methods
bf intense mindfulness etc. which are the antidotes
against the conception of the Ego.—These 2 categories are
examined as the points to be shunned and accepted
respectively.—
[Abhis. aloka, MS. 60a. 7-11.]
[Sphut 21a. 6] bdag-tu Ita-bahi ghen-po-ma-yinpahi
he-bar-lsn pahi phuh-po lha dan de-la tta-bahi ghenpo
dran-pa-he-bar-gzag-pa bzi.
Thereupon, having adopted the undefiled elements
(as the object of h:*s meditation, the Bodhisattva) contemplates
them as being of 2 categories ;
(8) the active, elements, relating to the
Empirical World,—those which are included in the World
of Carnal Desire and the other spheres of existence and
depend on causes and conditions, as the (37) characteristic
features of Enlightenment, and—
(9) the immutable elements relating
to the Ultimate Reality, which are not dependent on
causes and are not included in the 3 Spheres of Existence,
as the Monistic Absolute in its different aspects.—
[Abhis. aloka, MS. 11-14.]
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THE ABHISAMAYALAMKARA 97
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. •: [Sphut. 21a. 6-b. l.J tgyu dah rkyen~la rag~las~pa
hdod-pahi khams-la-sogs-pa dah. rgyu-la mi-ltos-pa debzin-nid.
Thereafter he meditates over the immutable elements
which are likewise classified into 2 groups, viz.
(10) the elements which are peculiar
to all the Saints, those which manifest themselves
in the spiritual streams of all the different saintly
individuals, and
(11) the elements which manifest
themselves only in the spiritual
stream of the Supreme Buddha, as the
10 Powers, etc.
Thus in accordance with the process of cognition, all
the elements of existence are made the object of meditation.
In such a manner we have the object (or the sphere
of action of the Bodhisattva) demonstrated in 11 varieties.
[Abhis. aloka, MS. 60a. 14-b. 4.]
[Sphut. lib. 1-2.] hphags-pahi skye-bo thams-cadkyi
rgyud-la hbyuh-bahi bsam-gtan bzi dah yah-dag-parrdzogs-pahi
sahs-rgyas-kyi rgyud-la hbyuh-bahi chos-can
stobs bctv ste. de-lta-bu-la-sogs-pahi chos thams-cad jilt
a-ba-bzin-du rtogs-pahi rim-gyis dmigs-pas-na dmigs-pa
mam-pa bcu gcig-go. 1
I In the Pane, the passage referring to alambana begins I,
176b. 8.^—Rabhbyor byan-chen chos ihams-cad-la chags-pa med-pa I ®
yan-dag-pa-nid-la bslab-par-byaho. The same in Ast. 18. 6, 7.—
—O Subhuti, the Bodhisattva, the Mahasattva, becomes trained in the
contemplation of all the elements of existence without clinging (to
the conception of their reality).*—After that comes an enumeration
of the elements as the object of the Bodhisattva's activity as follows
(177a. 2-4) : bcom-Idan-hdas ky's bhoh-stsal-pa. Rab-hbyor chos-thamscad
ces-bya-ba-ni (sarva dharma iti) dge-^ba ( — Jiusqlah) dan, trii-dgeba
(= akusalah) den. lun-du-ma-bstam-pa ( = at)yakrtah) dan hjig-rtenpa
(==lau^ik,oh) dan- hjig-rten-las-hdos-pa ( — lyhtpttarah) dan. zaf\-
pa-dan-bcas-pa ( = sasraoah) dan. zag-pa-med-pa ( = anasrat)ah) dan,