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SGO NAS BSTAN PA GANG ZHIG ,
And yet it is true that this classical commentary is in fact uniquely a work of
the greater way. And this is true, first of all, because it presents emptiness
by way of a nearly infinite number of proofs for emptiness.
DE LTAR BSTAN PA DE YANG THEG CHEN GYI RIGS CAN DE RJES SU
'DZIN PA'I PHYIR DU YIN PA'I PHYIR,
And this is true, secondly, because we present emptiness this way exactly
in order to guide those who belong to that special family of people: those of
the greater way.
THAR PA DANG THAMS CAD MKHYEN PA GANG RUNG THOB PA LA
STONG NYID PHRA MO MNGON SUM DU RTOGS DGOS PAR
MTSUNGS KYANG,
Now those of the lower way and those of the higher way are completely
equivalent, in the sense that in order to reach freedom or omniscience they
must definitely perceive subtle emptiness directly.
THEG DMAN GYI RIGS CAN RNAMS KYI THAR PA TZAM THOB PA LA
STONG NYID MDOR BSDUS TZAM DU RTOGS SHING GOMS PAR BYAS
PA LA BRTEN NAS 'THOB NUS
Those who belong to the lower way though, who only need to achieve
freedom, do so simply by perceiving, and accustoming themselves to,
emptiness in just an abbreviated way.
THEG CHEN GYI RIGS CAN RNAMS KYI THAMS CAD MKHYEN PA
THOB PA LA STONG NYID RIGS PA'I RNAM GRANGS MTHA' YAS PA'I
SGO NAS RTOGS SHING GOMS PAR BYAS PA LA BRTEN NAS 'THOB
DGOS PA'I PHYIR,
Those of the greater way, on the other hand, are trying to reach the state of
omniscience; and to do so they must perceive and accustom themselves to
emptiness by means of a nearly infinite number of logical presentations.
DE YIN TE, RANG 'GREL LAS, CHOS KYI BDAG MED PA GSAL BAR