ABHISAMAYALAMKARA

190. ANALYSIS OF
[Abhis. .aloka, MS. 84b. 13-15.]
\ = ^4%Km^\ ^ (i. 73a.).
[Tg. MDO. VI. 83b. 7-8.] mam-pa-tharus-cadnikhyen-pa-nid
rtogs-pa-med-par thob-pa-med-par thobpahi
nes-par-hbyun-bar mi-hgyur~bas dehi hog-ta mampa~thams-cad-mkhyen~pa~md~du
fies-par-hbyun-ba. 1
8. The Issuein the Ultimate Stages
of the Path. The Issue in the Omniscience of the
Buddha cannot be realized without the special (or
highest) Degrees of the Path. 2 Therefore we have immediately
after (and last of all) the Issue in (the final degrees
of) the Path.
[Abhis. aloka, MS. 89a. 4-6.]
THE ABH1SAMAYALAMKARA 191
Limits : (The Action of the Issue) is restricted to the
three Pure Stages. 1
[Don. 7b.] sa-tnishams dag-pa sa gsarn-na yod.
i=£rckf ^n'ml^n (1. 73b.).
•[tg. MDO. VI. 83b. 7-8.] mam-pa-thams-cadmkhyen-pahi
hes-parhbyim-ba de yah Jihyad~par~gyi4am«
Ic-sogs-pa med-par-mi-hbyuh-bas dehi-hog-tu lam-gyi
nes-par-hbyun-ba. 3
1 Pane II. 48b. 8 sqq.—byan chen c/es-%ari chos thatns-cadyi
rnatn-pa thams-cad ses-te chos de-dag-la mnon~par~£en-pa trieddo.
condensed ace. to Gser. —Ast. 27. 7-8 sqq.— |jcf
etc.—He who has attained the Climax of Wisdom (or Enlightenment)
cognizes all the elements of existence in all their aspects,
but has no preconceived realistic views in regard of the said
elements.— Dutt, 256, 7-12 etc.
2 Such as the vajropamasamadhi at the final moment of the
Path.—Rnam-bsad, 143a. l.—Jzliyadpar-gyi latn rdo-rje-lta-buhi tiiine~hdzin-gyis
bsdus-pa.
3 Pane. II. 74b. 3.—ji-liarna byanchen phyin-drug-la spyodpahi-tshe
byan~chub-l%yi lam yons-su sbyon-ba-yin. Rab-hbyor-gyis
smras-pa. tshe-dan-ldan-pa §a-rihi bu sbyin-pahi phar-phyin~ni hjig
rten-pa yah yod. hjig-rten-lashdas-pa yan yod. = Dutt, 263, 18-21.—
How does the Bodhisattva who practises the six Transcendental
Virtues bring to complete purification the Path to Enlightenment
Subhuti said : O reverend Sariputra, there is the mundane Transcendental
Virtue- of Charity, and there is the supermundane (the
latter referring to the Path of the Bodhisattva. The version of the
Ast. is different. (31. 10 sqq. q. v,).
1 Cf. above. Ace. to Skabs. I. 288b. 2-3 the Action of the
Issue, the intuition of the identity of Samsara and Nirvana (bhavasanti-cantata,
Kir. IV. 60), the purification of the Sphere of
Buddhahood (\setra-iuddhi-prayoga, Kar. IV, 61), the skill of the
Bodhisattva (upaya~kausala, Kar. IV. 62,63) and the intuition on
the three Pure Stages (suddha-bhumi-jnana) are to be regarded as
synonymous, representing the manifestation of the Transcendental
Wisdom of the Bodhisattva at the and of the Path from different
points of view, (rtes-hbyun sgrub-pa dan. srid-zi mnam-nid kyi
sgrub~pa dan. zih-dag sbyor-ba dan. ihabs-mfyhas-sbyorba dan.
dag-sahi yeses-mams don-gcig).