ABHISAMAYALAMKARA

164 ANALYSIS OF
THE TWENTY APPLICATIONS OF THE SEVENTH STAGE. 1
Kar. I. 59-65. 2
The three Media of Deliverance,
viz. the Medium of No n-s ubstantiality,
(the cognition of all the elements of existence as devoid
of a real essence of their own), 3 the Medium of
N o n-d ifferentiation, (the absence of consideration
for the separate characteristic features of the
elements), 4 and the Medium of Absence of
Desire (not giving way to a mind that is desirous of
further repeated births in the three Spheres of Existence).
5 —By means of these three Media—t he c o n-
ception)of the Ego (as having a real essence of
its own), 6 the consideration of the
characteristic features of the living
beings (as: "this is a man," "this is a woman,"
etc,), 7 and the consideration in favour
of an individual soul (as abiding in the three
Spheres of Existence) 8 ——are respectively removed
(1 -3). ^^^TPriWT5rf%f^^
f--(I. 59a.)—flf|#fgWR (I. 62a).
stoh-pa-nid dan. msthan~rna-med~pa dan. smon-pa-medpaste,
rnam-par-thar-pahi sgo gsurn yan~dag-par~ses~pas.
go-rim-bzin-du bdag dan. sems-can dan. srog-tu-hdzin-pa
med-pa. 9
The full accomplishment of the path of the ten virtuous
actions characterized by the perfect purity of
the three items (i.e. the non-perception of the
subject and object of an action and of the latter itself).
By means of this one becomes free from the
1 Sankrs. version—Abhis. aloka, MS. 77a. 4-6. 11.—Tib. version-Ibid.
Tg. MDO. 75b. 2--76a. 7.—Pane. I. 240a. 6-7.-Rabhhyor
gzan-yan byah-chen sa-bdun-pa-la gnas-pas chos ni-su mihya.
Dutt, 216. 8-14.—Again, O Subhuti, the B.M. who abides
on the seventh Stage, must not do the following 20
thing s.—
2 Kir. I. 59-61 contain an enumeration of the points to be
shunned, and Kar. I. 62-65—an enumeration of the antidotes.
3 Gser. I. 346b. 5.— 4 Ibid. 346b. 6.—
5 Ibid. 6 Ibid. 347a. 1.—
7 Ibid. 8 Ibid.
9 Pane. I. 240a. 7.—bdag-tu-hdzin-par mi-byaho. sems can-du
hdzin-pa dan. srog-tu-hdzin-pa dan Ibid. 240b. 3-4.—ston-panid
rdzogs-par~bya~ba dan mishan-ma-med-pa mnon-du-bya-ba dan
smon-pa-med-pa ses-par~bya, etc. = Dutt, 216. 15-23 (the antidotes).
THE ABHISAMAYALAMKARA 165
conception of the individual
indivisible (and independent reality). (4)
(I. 59b.)—Hr^TO^rf^gflsrrd. 62b.)
hkhor gsum yons-su-dag-pahi dge-ba bcuhi las-kyi lam
yons-su~rdzogs~pa mi~gton~bas. gah-zag gcig-tu sponba.
1 The full manifestation of great
mercy and love which have for their object all
the suffering living beings.
Owing to this one c a n n o t b e c o m e
possessed of nihilistic views (regarding
the animate world). (5)
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as
i=^%^... (I. 58b.).-
('• 62c).
sdug-bsnal-gyis gduhs-pahi skye~bo thams-cad-la drnigspahi
snin-brtse-ba rtogs-pas. chad~par~hdzin~pa rned~pa. 2
(A bsence of conceit) manifesting itself
in the non-perception of the reality of all the separate
entities, considering the purification of the Sphere of
Buddhahood.—
It removes the eternalistic conception
in regard of the elements of existence, (viz. the views
which maintain that the elements have a permanent, unchangeable
separate essence of their own). (6)
(I. 59b.)—W*H*T (I. 62c).
scths-rgyas-kyi zih yofis-su-rdzogs-pa-nas ne-bat-bztth-ba
ste. dnos~po thams-cad4a ne-oar ma-drnigs-pas rtag-parhdzin-pa-las
mam-par bzlog-pa. 3
The cognition of the Transcendental
Unity (equality) of all the elements of
existence.—Owing to this one can no more take into
consideration any specific characteristic
marks (relating to the separate elements). (7)
1 Pane. I. 240a. 7.—gan~zag-tu hdzin-pa.,,......240b. 4.^—hkhor
gsum yons-su-dag-pa.
•2 Ibid. 240a. 8.—chad par-hdzin-pa-dan.........240b. 4.—semscan
thams-cad-ia snin-rje zih snin-hrtse-ba.
3 Sic. ace. to the Commentators. In the Pane. (I. 240a. 8.—
240b. 4.) the explanation of amanana is different :—rtag-par-hdzin-pa
dan sems-can de-dag-la brHas par mi-bya-ba.~—Not showing
contempt for those living beings.—