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And the wisdom that falls<br />

Into neither of the two.$$<br />

[$King of every mountain: Referring to Mount Meru, the mythical center of the<br />

world.<br />

$$Neither of the two: That is, wisdom which never falls into the two extremes<br />

of believing either that things exist in and of themselves, or that—if they do<br />

not exist this way—then they cannot exist at all.]<br />

MGON PO KLU SGRUB KYIS RTEN 'BREL ZAB MO'I DE KHO NA NYID<br />

LUNG RIGS GNYIS KYI SGO NAS BSTAN TSUL DE LTAR YIN NA, DE'I<br />

RJES 'BRANGS RNAMS KYIS BSTAN TSUL JI LTA BU, RANG LUGS 'GREL<br />

PA GANG GI RJES SU 'BRANGS NAS 'CHAD PA YIN ZHE NA,<br />

Someone might ask the following question:<br />

So you have described then the way in which our Protector,<br />

Nagarjuna, presents the suchness of profound dependent<br />

origination through both scriptural authority and logical<br />

reasoning. How then have those who follow this Master made<br />

this same presentation? And whose commentary do we follow<br />

when we seek to explain our own position?<br />

SLOB DPON 'PHAGS PA LHAS, MGON PO KLU SGRUB LUGS KYI<br />

THUN MONG MA YIN PA'I ZAB PA DANG RGYA CHE BA'I PHYOGS<br />

GNYIS BSTAN PA'I TSUL YOD DE,<br />

<strong>The</strong>re is a certain way in which Master Aryadeva presented the unique<br />

position of the Protector, Nagarjuna, as far as both the profound side of the<br />

teachings and the far-reaching side of the teachings.<br />

RANG RGYUD LA DGAG PA GSAL BAR MA MDZAD PAR, ZAB PA<br />

DANG RGYA CHE BA'I PHYOGS GNYIS GTAN LA 'BEBS PA LA, RNAL<br />

'BYOR SPYOD PA'I BZHI BRGYA PA MDZAD CING,<br />

That is, he composed <strong>The</strong> 400 Verses of the Yogi’s Way$—setting forth both<br />

the profound and the far-reaching sides of the teachings, but without

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