ABHISAMAYALAMKARA

ANALYSIS OF
Definition: The mind-concentration (yoga) of
the Mahayanist Saint at the time when he has attained a
dominating position in the contemplation of the aspects
of the 3 forms of Omniscience. It is, in its predominant
part, characterized by analytic wisdom which is the result
of the meditation over the principle of Non-substantiality
(of the separate elements of existence).
[Don. 3a. ).] ston-nid-la dmigs-pahi sgom-byun-gi
ses-rab-kyis zin-pahi cha-nas-bzag-pahi mhhyen gsum-gyi
rnam-pa sgom-pa~la dban thobpahi skcbs-kyi semsdpahi
rnal-hbyor.
This method includes those special stages of the Path
where the Bodhisattva who is engaged in the process of
contemplation (of the 3 forms of Omniscience), attains
the resulting culminating degrees of his transic meditation.
[Abhis, aloka, MS. 20a. .6-8.]
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[Sphut. 70a] rnam-pa thams-cad mncn-par-rdzogs-par
rtogs-pa thob-pa-la [khyad-par-gyi iam-gyis] rab-kyi mthcrphyin-pahi
rtogs-pa hbyun-bas rtse-mohi mnon-par-rtogsphyin-pahi
rtogs-pa hbyun-bas rtse-mohi mnon-par-rtogspa.
1 Varieties (briefly)—1. The Culminating
Degrees on the Path of Training. ST^J!HfJT1WH^W= sbyor
lam rtse-sbyor.
2. The Culminating Degree on the Path of Illumination.
s|«Twt*|WTfrT: =mthofi4am rtse-sbyor.
3. The Culminating Degree on the Path of Concentrated
Contemplation. W^nW'ftj^JFJfrtt = sgom-lam
rtse-sbyor.
4. The Culminating Degree at the end of the Path,
directly preceding the attainment of Buddhahood.
9fffi3Rng«brata: = bar-chad-med-pahi rtse-sbyor. (in
detail) :—
i The Culminating Stage on the Degree of Heat.
3OT^fnj^*frnf = drod rtse-sbyor.
ii The Culminating Stage on the Degree of the
Climax. SfJPIW^WJT^IWn = rtse-mohi rtse-sbyor.
1 Ace. to Rnam-bsad (196b. 4-5)—sart)a~a\ara~cbhisarnbodha is
/tc be regarded as tfie cause, the factor for the attainment of a dominating
position in the process of transic meditation, and murdha-
*abhisamaya represents the Path in its resulting mornents.
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iii The Culminating Stage on the Degree of Steadfastness.
Wf^^*$W$t*l**==bzod-«pahi rtse-sbyor.
iv The Culminating Stage on the Degree of
Highest Mundane Virtues. ^1f%^W^^^IpP|2lt«T;
= chos-mchog rtse-sbyof. 1
v-vii The Culminating Slages on the Paths of Illumination
and Concentrated Contemplation, and
that at the end of the process of intuition,
^ l ^ = mthon-lam
sgom lam-bar-ch&d-med-pahi rtse-sbyon gsum
dan bdun,
(otherwise)—173 varieties, as corresponding to the
aspects of the 3 forms of Omniscience.
Limits : Beginning with the Degree of Heat of
the Mahayanistic Path of Training and ending with the
final moment of the Path.
[Don. 3a. 3.] sa-mtshams theg-chen-gyi sbyor-lam
drod-nas rgyun-mthahi bar-ro.
III. The Process of Intuition as
progressive form of Contemplation.
-pahi mnon-rtogs or
= mthar-gyis-sbyor-ba (6).
Definition :—The yoga of the Mahayanist Saint,
characterized by the contemplation of the aspects of the
3 kinds of Ommiscience, taken separately, in a gradual
order. This kind of meditation is practised in order to
obtain a firm knowledge in regard of each of the said
aspects (i.e. to fix them firmly in the mind).
[Don. 3a. 4.] mfyhyen gsum-gyi rnam-pa-la brtanpa
thob-phyir-du rim-gyis-sgom-pahi cha-nas-bzag-pahi semsdpahi
rnat-hbyor.
The objects, which had been first meditated over in
detail and in a summary form, are then put in a gradual
order and meditated over again separately by him who has
attained any of the Culminating Stages of the Path. 2 This
1 The usual abbreviation for hjig-rten-pahi chos-Jiyi-inchog.
2 This refers to the progressive process in its essential part which
is considered to begin after the attainment of the Culminating Stage
on the Degree of Heat, when the object which has been medicated
over is fully intuited and this intuition, the result of transic meditation j