ABHISAMAYALAMKARA

188 ANALYSIS OF
TBM ABH1SAMAYALAMKARA
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4. The Issue in (the activity) free
from effort.. If there remains the necessity of
using effort in one's acts, one cannot bring about
the fulfilment of the weal of all living beings without
exception. Therefore, immediately after, we have the
miraculous activity which is perfectly free from effort.
[Abhis. aloka, MS. 81a. 16~b !.]
(I. 72c).
|Tg. MDO, VI. 80a. 2-3J hbad-pa yod-na sems-cangyi-don
ma-tshah-ba-med-ba rdzogs-par-mi-hgyur-bas.
dehi hog-tu Ihun-gyis-grub-pahi nes-pctir-hbyun-ba. 1
5. X I* e Issue in the liberation
from the two limits. Without attaining the
state in which one is completely free from the limitations
(or the extremities) of Etemalism and of Complete Annihilation
(or otherwise, the limitations of the Phenomenal
World and of Hfnayanistic Nirvana), 2 the Issue in the
activity free from effort is impossible. Therefore we
have next the Issue in the Absolute, Illimited (Nirvana). *
[Abhis. aloka, MS. 81b. 4-6.]
iWraf (I. 72c).
Great Vehicle there is room for them (i.e. ,they all
can be conduced to Salvation through the activity of the Mahayanist
Saint).
1 Pane. I. 267a. 3-4.—bcom-ldan-hdas hdi-lta-ste. dper-na namtnkhah-la
hgro-baham hon-ba zes-bgyi-ba yan ma-mchis-la gnas-pa
yan ma-mchis etc. =Dutt, 239, 12-14 etc.—Ast. 24. 10-11.— -
As, in space, there is no motion hither and thither, and no stability,
in the same manner this is (to be said of) the (activity of) the
Mahayanist (who acts without motion etc.).
2 Rnam-bsad, 142b. 5-6.—srid-zihi mthah spans-pas. The
Hinayahistic Nirvlna is regarded as the mere annihilation of the
elements of the Phenomenal World (uccheda-nirt)ana — chad-pahi
myan-hdas). Cf. Uttaratantra, Transl. p. 145.
3 I.e. the apraiisfhita~nirvuna = mi~gnas-pahi myanhdas, Gser.
I. 363a. 5-6.-—mthah-hdas mi-gnas-pahi myan-hdas ( — atyantaapratisthiia-nirvana).
One of the characteristic' features of this kind
of Nirvana is this power of acting without effort for the sake of all
living beings.
(Tg. MDO. VI. 80a. 5-6] rtag-pa dan chad-pa danbral-bahi
gnas-skabs rtogs-pa-med-par hbad-pa-med-par
hes-par-hbyuh-bar mi-hgyur-bas. dehi hog-tu mthah-lashdas-pahi
he&-par-hbyuh~ba. 1
6. The Issue in the attainment (of
all the degrees of perfection of the Mahayanist Saint),
Now, the Issue in the Illimited (Nirvana) is impossible
without the attainment of the state which is characterized
by the full realization of the virtuous properties peculiar
to (the Paths of) all the three Vehicles. We have, therefore,
immediately after, the Issue consisting in the full
acquisition (of the said properties).
[Abhis. aloka, MS. 81b. 14-16.]
(i. 72d).
[Tg. MDO. VI. 80b. 3-4.] mthah-las-hdas-pahi neapar-hbyuh-ba
yon iheg~pa-gsum~po sosohi khyad~pargyi
gnasskabs thob-pa-med-par rdzogs-par mi-hgyur~
has dehi hog-tu thob-par hes-par-hbyuh-ba^
7. The Issue in the Omniscience
of the Buddha. Without the realization of the
Omniscience in regard of all the aspects of existence
(which is peculiar to the Buddha alone), the Issue consisting
in the acquisition of all saintly properties is
not possible. Accordingly, there is next the Issue in the
(special) Omniscience of the Buddha.
1 Pane. I. 267a. 4-5.—bcorn Idan-hdas hdi4ta-ste, dper-na nam~
tnkhah ni dus gsum mnam-pa-nid~liyi~slad-du snon-gyi mthah midmigs.
phyi-mahi mthah mi-dmigs dbus mi-dmigs etc. =Dutt t 240,
4-5 etc.—Ast. 24, 11-12.—^JJ^J ^ i ^ mFTFFFT if ffRf OTsT
P2T% rr^^Fcf 3«M*3i iTTfqr W-^ ^tf^FRi I—O Lord, just as,
with respect to space, the present, past and future, being equal, no
initial limit, no final limit, and no middle can be perceived, in the
same manner, with this Great Vehicle, there is no initial limit, no
final limit and no middle.—
2 Pane. II. 16b. l.=Dutt, 242, 13-22 etc.—Ast. 24. 16-17.—
j" I Having received the training in this Grefit Vehicle,
the Bodhisattvas, the Mahasattvas have attained Omniscience, will
attain it in future and are attaining it (at present). The Omniscience
mentioned here includes the forms of intuition peculiar to the Saints
of all the three Vehicles.