ABHISAMAYALAMKARA

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ANALYSIS OF
THE ABHISAMAYALAMKARA 183
Obscuration of Ignorance which is to be removed
by means of profound meditation. 1
[Skabs. I. 287a. I.] sgom-span ses-sgrib-iitji gnen-por
gyur-pahi thegchen-gyi rjes-la mhon-riogs.
We have thus next, on the Path of Concentrated
Contemplation, the removal of two kinds of
objective imputation, viz.—
(the imputation) in regard of the (objective)
entities in. general (1), and
(the imputation) in regard of the (purifying
elements which are 5 the) antidotes
(against the; defiling forces). (2),
and of two kinds of subjective imputation
which are—
(the imputation) regarding (the perceiving subject
as) a real individuality (3), and
(the imputation) of the nominal reality
of the individual (4).
In correspondence with these points to be shunned,
we have the attainment of the degrees representing their
antidotes. There are accordingly four varieties of the
Accumulation of the Antidotes (relating to the Path of
Concentrated Contemplation).
[Abhis. aloka, MS. 79b, 15—80a. 3.]
[Tg. MDO. 78a. 7-bi.] dehi hog-tu dhos-po-tsam
dan gnen-pohi rnam-pa-la hrten-pahi gzuh-bahi mampar-rtog-pa
gms dan. gah-zag rdzas-su-yod-pa dan shy e s~
bu btags-par-yod-pa-la brten-pa hdzin-pahi mam-par.,
rtog-pa gnis sgom-pahi lam-la spon-bas. mi-mthun-pahi
phyogs-liyi dbye-bas dehi gnen-pohi gnas-sliabs-su rtogspahi-phyir
gfien-pohi tshogs gzan rnamrpa bzi. 2
(sam^eto = brdag) and designation (prajnapti=:gdag$~pa) are devoid of
a real essence of their own. (Pane. I. 256b. 4-6. = Dutt, 228, 9-18.).
1 bhat)ana-heya = sgom-spah. These imputations differ from
those that are to be extirpated on the Path of Illumination (drstiheya)
in the sense that they are innate (sahaja = lhan-slzyes) and
not originated through the agency of incorrect views, as it is the
case with the drsti-heya.
2 In the Pane, the passages corresponding to the four varieties
of the Accumulation of the Antidotes on the Path of Concentrated
Contemplation (bhavana-marga-pratipa1i§(J'Sambhara)\ are as follows :—
(a) C o n c e r n i n g t h e A n t i d o t e a g a i n s t t h e
o b j e c t i v e i m p u t a t i o n i n r e g a r d o f t h e
So we have, in the order given, Great Mercy and
the other forms of Accumulation. They are called
"Accumulations'* because, without transgressing the
limits of the Conventional and the Absolute Reality, they
bring to full accomplishment the whole of the Mahayanistic
Path, representing thus an amassing of (the factors
of) the Great Enlightenment, in the sense of bringing it
to full realization. Such is the Action of
Accumulation in its 17 varieties.
( s e p a r a t e ) e n t i t i e s in g e n e r a 1.—Pafic. I. 257a. 3-6,—
Rab-hbyor gzan yah \hyod-\yis gah hdi-skad-du. theg-pa-chen-po
de gah-du gnas~par-hgyur zes-smras-pa de theg-pa-chen-po de gahdu
yah gnas-par-hbyur-ba med-de ( = Ast. 23. 13-15-19.—-
phyir ze-na. hdi-ltar chos thams-cad ni gnas mi-dmigs pahi-phyir
mi-gnas-pa ste. Rab-hbyor deltar theg-pa-chen-po de-ni mi-gnaspahi
tshul-gyis gnas-so. Rab-hbyor hdi-lta ste. dper-na chos-kyidbyihs-ni
gnas+pa yah ma-yin mi-gnas-pa yah ma-yin-no. Rabhbyor
debzin-du theg-pa-chen-po de yah gnas-pa yah ma-yin mi
gnas-pa yah rna yin-no. =Dutt, 228, 19—229, 12 Again, O Subhuti,
thou hast asked : Where does this Great Vehicle become stabilized
(I say; :—This Great Vehicle is not stable (Cf. Uttaratantra, Transl.
p. 174). Because with regard to all the elements of existence, we do
not perceive any stabilization. Thus, O Subhuti, the stability of this
Great Vehicle is not stabile (Cf. Uttaratantra, Transl. p. 174).
Indeed, O Subhuti, just as the Essence of the Absolute, in the
same manner this Great Vehicle cannot be regarded as being either
stabilized or non-stabilized.—just as there can be no stabilization
nor its reverse in regard of the Absolute etc., in the same manner
the non-perception of stability or non-stability regarding the objective
entities represents the Antidote against the imputation of their
reality. (Gser. I. 360b. 1.).
(b) Concerning the Antidote against the
objective imputation regarding the purifying
elements.—Pane. I. 263a. 3-5.—Rab-hbyor gah-yah khyodkyis
hdi-sk,ad~du theg-pa des su-zig hbyuh-bar-hgyur zes smras~pani
theg-pa-des su-yah hbyuh bar-hgyur-ba med-do ( = Ast. 23.
13-15-20.—
ze-na. Rab-hbyor de-ni hdi-ltar theg-pa de gah-yih-pa dan. gah
hhyuh-bar hgyur-ba dan. gah-gis hbyuh-bar-hgyur-ba dan. gah-nas
hbyuh-har-hgyur-bahi chos de-dag thams-cad med-cih mi-dmigspahi
phyir-te. de-ltar chos thams-cad med-cih mi-dmigs-na. chos
gah-zig chos gah gis hbyuh-bar-hgyur. =Dutt, 229, 13—230, 13.—Again*