Verse IV.19
Verse IV.19 Variations
एवं च महतार्थेन भुवि स्यात्प्रत्युपस्थितः
evaṃ ca mahatārthena bhuvi syātpratyupasthitaḥ
རྟོག་པ་མེད་ཅིང་གཡོ་བ་མེད། །
དེ་ལྟ་མོད་ཀྱི་ས་སྟེང་ན། །
དོན་ཆེན་གྱིས་ནི་ཉེ་བར་གནས། །
Without thought and without activity,
Its taking place on the earth in that way
Would nevertheless be of great benefit.
- Et même si cette apparence n’a absolument
- Aucune pensée et que rien ne l’ébranle,
- Il faut bien admettre que, sur la terre,
- Elle est de la plus grande utilité.
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Obermiller (1931) [11]
- That vision (of Indra), by itself,
- Would be devoid of thought and motionless;
- Nevertheless, (appearing) on the surface of the earth,
- It would aid in the attainment of a great aim.
Takasaki (1966) [12]
- After all, it is an illusion,
- Of no thought-construction and no activity;
- Nevertheless, it would appear on the earth,
- Being associated with a great benefit.
Fuchs (2000) [13]
- These appearances are totally free from ideation
- and do not involve the slightest movement at all.
- There is nothing of this kind, and yet nevertheless
- they are accompanied by great benefit on the earth.
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- Brunnhölzl, Karl. When the Clouds Part: The Uttaratantra and its Meditative Tradition as a Bridge between Sūtra and Tantra. Boston: Snow Lion Publications, an imprint of Shambhala Publications, 2014.
- D100, fols. 278b.6–280b.1.
- DP "yāna."
- I follow MB saddharmakāyam adhyātmaṃ (corresponding to DP nang gi dam pa’i chos sku) against J saddharmakāyaṃ madhyasthaṃ.
- With Schmithausen and against Takasaki, I take the compound °viṣamasthānāntaramala as consisting of viṣamasthāna, antara, and mall.
- VT (fol. 16r4) glosses śubhra as "clear, transparent" (svacchā). Śubhra can also mean "radiant," "splendid," "spotless," and "bright"; DP have mazes pa.
- I follow Schmithausen’s suggested reading of MB surapatibhavanavyūhendramarutām against J surapatibhavanaṃ māhendramarutām, with °vyūha being supported by D tshogs (P mistakenly has sna tshogs instead of gas tshogs). The maruts are the storm gods who are the retinue of Indra.
- I follow de Jong’s suggested reading cittāny udpādayanti (supported by D seems rab bskyed byed; P mistakenly has gshegs instead of seems) against J cittān vyutpādayanti and Chowdury’s "correction" citrāṇy utpādayanati (see de Jong 1968, 50). Obviously, this refers to all the kinds of mind-sets that represent or flow from bodhicitta.
- Obermiller, E. "The Sublime Science of the Great Vehicle to Salvation Being a Manual of Buddhist Monism." Acta Orientalia IX (1931), pp. 81-306.
- Takasaki, Jikido. A Study on the Ratnagotravibhāga (Uttaratantra): Being a Treatise on the Tathāgatagarbha Theory of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Serie Orientale Roma 33. Roma: Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente (ISMEO), 1966.
- Fuchs, Rosemarie, trans. Buddha Nature: The Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra. Commentary by Jamgon Kongtrul and explanations by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso. Ithaca, N. Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 2000.