ABHISAMAYALAMKARA

THE ABHISAMAYALAMKARA 107
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VII. The Action of the Outfit.
^tSff%q% = go-chahi sgrub-pa Kar. I. 43.—(7),
[I. . Definition ace. to Don. 2. The Action of the Outfit ace. to
the Abhis. aloka. 3. Separate indication of the 6 Transcendental Virtues
and concordance with the Pane.].
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1. DEFINITION OF SAMNAHA-PRATIPATTI ACC. TO DON.
Definition: It is the yoga of the Mahayanist Saint
who grasps by detailed analysis the 6 Transcendental Virtues,
Each of the latter fully includes the elements of all the others
(as its component parts).
[Don. 6b. 2] phyin drug re-rehi nah-du drug-drug
tshan-bar bsdus-nas hams-su-len-pahi ses-rab~kyis zin-pahi
sems-dpahi rnal-hbyor.
The Action of the Outfit is a synonym of the Mahayanistic
Path as a whole. 1
[Ibid.] de dan b\an~sems~fyyi lam don-gcig.
Varieties: There are 6 principal varieties to be distinguished,
the first being the Outfit with the Climax of Charity
and the last—the Outfit with the Climax of Wisdom.
[Ibid. 6b. 3.] db))e~na sbyin-pahi go-sgrub-nas ses-rabkyi
go-sgrub bar drug yod.
In detail, the varieties of the Action of the Outfit are 36
in number, since the action concentrated upon each of the 6
Transcendental Virtues contains the elements of all the six,
to wit, beginning with the Outfit with the element of
Charity in the 1 ranscendental Virtue of Charity, and ending
with the element of Highest Wisdom relating to the same
virtue (i.e., that of Charity) and so on with all the
six respectively.
In the Paiic. the passage concerning the Action of the
Outfit begins I. 185a. 6 sqq.—
de-nas ishe-dah-1dan-pa Byams-rnahi bu Gah-pos. bcom-
Idan-hdas-la hdi-skfld ces gsol-to. bcom-ldan-hdas don gan-gi
slad-du byan-chub-sems-dpah sems^dpah^chen-po zes-bgyi-ba
de-la bdag~kyan spobs-pa sfyyeho. bcom-ldan-hdas-kyis b\ah~
sisal-pa Gah-po \hyod-l^is spobs-pa sl^ed-cig. Gah-pos gsolpa
bcomldan-hdas de-ni go-chd-chen-po bgos-pahi sems-can
lags-le, etc.=Dutt, 175. 3. Ast. 20. 9-11.
I Cf, "Doctrine of Pr.-par. p. 73.
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