ABHISAMAYALAMKARA

12 ANALYSIS OF
Existence or the Body of Absolute Existence.
= hobo-nid-sku,
2. The Spiritual Gosmical Body or the Body of
Absolute Wisdom. 5fT«f^R3SPJJ = ye-ses chossku. k
3. The Body of Supreme Bliss as the result of the
previous virtuous deeds of the Buddha.
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4. The Apparitional Body. fwfupsw =sprul-sku.
Limits: The Stage of the Buddha, exclusively.
[Don, 3b. 2.] sa~mt$hams sans-rgyas-kyi sa kh
nar-yod.
THE ABHISAMAYALAMKARA 13
B f The C o n t e n t s of the Abhis
a m a y a l a m k a r a as s y s t e m a t i z e d in
the 70 Topics.
C h a p t e r I. The O m n i s c i e n c e of the
B u d d h a in regard of all the Aspects
of Existence. e#SSR^cnfa35R: SP-W rnam-pa thams~
cad-mkhyen-pa-nid-kyi skabste dan-po. 1
The first verse of the Abhisamayalamkara contains a
salutation to Prajna-pafamita as "the mother of
the Buddha, the Bodhiisativas and the Sravakas."
It is the Climax of Wisdom, which in the form
of the Omniscience in regard of the Empirical
World, leads to (temporary) 2 Nirvana the Hinayanist
Saints* striving for quiescence, which, as
the Omniscience in regard of the Path, enables the
Bodhisattvas, those who act for the weal of the living
beings, to fulfil the projects of the animate world, and
which, as being the full cognition of all the aspects of
existence from the standpoint of their non-origination etc.
(from the standpoint of the Absolute), is possessed by the
Buddhas who, by the force of it, are able to expound the
teaching, "to swing the Wheel of the Doctrine* in all
Its different forms. 3
I The usual abbreviation for lans-spyod-rdzogs-pahi $ku.
1 This chapter should really bear the name of "the Path leading
to the attainment of the Omniscience of the Buddha". Here we hay©
\arane \aryopacara the appellation of the cause by the effect.
(Cf. Abhis. aloka, MS. 16b.—phala-nirdesena sarvaharajnata k.athita) f
2 The teaching of the Abhisamayalamkira and its commentaries
is that of the "Unique Vehicle (e\a~yana) ace. to which the real Nirvana
is only that of the Buddha.
3 Sic ace. to Sphut 3b. 1-5. Th© salutation in the Abhisamayalamkira
forms a special subject of investigation in the Tibetan
commentaries. . • • ,