Verse V.8
Verse V.8 Variations
तथागतपदप्राप्तिभव्यतामाशु गच्छति
tathāgatapadaprāptibhavyatāmāśu gacchati
ཡོན་ཏན་ལྡན་པ་མོས་པས་ནི། །
མྱུར་དུ་དེ་བཞིན་གཤེགས་པ་ནི། །
གོ་འཕང་ཐོབ་པའི་སྐལ་ལྡན་འགྱུར། །
[Its change’s] being possible, and its being endowed with qualities.
Therefore, they swiftly become suitable
To attain the state of a tathāgata.
- Les êtres intelligents, confiants dans l’existence,
- Les capacités et les qualités de cette base,
- Auront sans tarder la bonne fortune
- D’atteindre l’état de tathāgata.
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Other English translations[edit]
Obermiller (1931) [10]
- But the Sage who becomes full of faith,
- As regards their existence, power, and virtuous qualities,
- Becomes worthy of attaining the position
- Of the Buddha at an early date.
Takasaki (1966) [11]
- The wise one has become full of faith
- With regard to its existence, power and virtue,
- Therefore, he quickly attains the potentiality
- Of acquiring the state of the Tathāgata.
Fuchs (2000) [12]
- one of understanding is filled with devotion
- to their presence, ability, and qualities,
- he will be quickly endowed with the fortune
- by which one attains the state of a tathagata.
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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.
- I follow MA/MB °śakyatva° against J °śaktatva°.
- Following DP and C, tatcitta° is to be emended to tannitya°.
- As V.14 explains, these refer to the three spheres of agent, object, and action.
- DP "conceptions" (ram tog).
- DP "miserliness" (ser sna).
- MA/MB cāsyā instead of J cāsya.
- 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.