Verse IV.26
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+ | |EnglishCommentary=(1) [This sūtra] says that [buddha activity] resembles the appearance of Śakra.<ref>D100, fols. 278b.6–280b.1.</ref> | ||
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+ | ::'''Suppose the ground of the earth''' | ||
+ | ::'''Consisted of pure beryl''' | ||
+ | ::'''And, due to its clarity, one would see in it''' | ||
+ | ::'''The chief of gods with his host of apsaras''' IV.14 | ||
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+ | ::'''As well as his palace Vaijayanta''', | ||
+ | ::'''Celestial dwellers other than him''', | ||
+ | ::'''Their various palaces''', | ||
+ | ::'''And their divine abundances'''. IV.15 | ||
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+ | ::'''Upon that, the assemblies of men and women''' P128b) | ||
+ | ::'''Who dwell on the ground of the earth''' | ||
+ | ::'''Would take sight of this appearance''' | ||
+ | ::'''And make the following prayer:''' IV.16 | ||
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+ | ::'''"May we too before long''' | ||
+ | ::'''Become like that lord of gods!"''' | ||
+ | ::'''Then, in order to attain that [state]''', (D123a) | ||
+ | ::'''They would immerse themselves in adopting virtue'''. IV.17 | ||
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+ | ::'''Though being unaware that this''' | ||
+ | ::'''Was merely an appearance, they would pass away''' | ||
+ | ::'''From the earth and be born in heaven''' | ||
+ | ::'''By virtue of their pure karma'''. IV.18 | ||
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+ | ::'''Though this appearance would be absolutely''' | ||
+ | ::'''Without thought and without activity''', | ||
+ | ::'''Its taking place on the earth in that way''' | ||
+ | ::'''Would nevertheless be of great benefit'''. IV.19 | ||
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+ | ::'''Likewise, sentient beings see in their own mind''', | ||
+ | ::'''Once it is stainless through confidence and such''' | ||
+ | ::'''And has cultivated the qualities such as confidence''', | ||
+ | ::'''The appearance of the perfect Buddha''', IV.20 | ||
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+ | ::'''Who is endowed with the major and minor marks''', | ||
+ | ::'''Performs the various forms of conduct''' | ||
+ | ::'''(Walking, standing''', | ||
+ | ::'''Sitting, and lying)''', IV.21 (J101) | ||
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+ | ::'''Speaks the dharma of peace''', | ||
+ | ::'''Rests silently in meditative equipoise''', | ||
+ | ::'''Demonstrates all kinds of miraculous displays''', | ||
+ | ::'''And possesses great splendor'''. IV.22 | ||
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+ | ::'''Having seen it, those who long for it''' | ||
+ | ::'''Devote their efforts to this buddhahood''' | ||
+ | ::'''And, through adopting its causes,''' | ||
+ | ::'''Attain the state they wish for.''' IV.23 | ||
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+ | ::'''Though this appearance is absolutely''' | ||
+ | ::'''Without thought and without activity, | ||
+ | ::'''Its taking place in the worlds''' | ||
+ | ::'''Is nevertheless of great benefit'''. IV.24 | ||
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+ | ::'''Ordinary beings do not understand''' | ||
+ | ::'''That this is an appearance in their own minds'''. | ||
+ | ::'''Nevertheless, to see this image''' | ||
+ | ::'''Becomes fruitful for them.''' IV.25 | ||
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+ | ::'''Gradually, based on seeing that [appearance]''', | ||
+ | ::'''Those who dwell in this method'''<ref>DP "yāna."</ref> | ||
+ | ::'''See the inner kāya of the genuine dharma'''<ref>I follow MB ''saddharmakāyam adhyātmaṃ'' (corresponding to DP ''nang gi dam pa’i chos sku'') against J ''saddharmakāyaṃ madhyasthaṃ''.</ref> | ||
+ | ::'''Through their eye of wisdom.''' IV.26 | ||
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+ | ::'''Suppose the earth became completely free from all uneven places, gaps, and dirt'''<ref>With Schmithausen and against Takasaki, I take the compound °''viṣamasthānāntaramala'' as consisting of ''viṣamasthāna, antara'', and ''mall''.</ref> | ||
+ | ::'''And were a surface of clear and spotless<ref>VT (fol. 16r4) glosses ''śubhra'' as "clear, transparent" (''svacchā''). ''Śubhra'' can also mean "radiant," "splendid," "spotless," and "bright"; DP have ''mazes pa''. </ref> beryl, with the stainless qualities of a jewel, splendid, and even.''' | ||
+ | ::'''Due to its purity, a reflection of the array of the abode of the lord of gods, Indra [himself], and the maruts<ref>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.</ref> would appear in it''', | ||
+ | ::'''But since the earth would gradually lose those qualities, (P129a) [that reflection] would disappear again'''. IV.27 | ||
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+ | ::'''In order [to attain] this state, the assemblies of men and women who are devoted to generosity and such''', | ||
+ | ::'''Through observing the rules of fasting and spiritual discipline and with a determined mind, would strew flowers and so on'''. | ||
+ | ::'''Likewise, for the sake of attaining the reflection of the lord of sages in their minds, which resemble a transparent beryl''', | ||
+ | ::'''The children of the victors give rise to the mind-sets [of awakening]<ref>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.</ref> with a joyful mind'''. IV.28 | ||
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+ | ::'''Just as on the pure ground of beryl''' (D123b) | ||
+ | ::'''The reflection of the body of the lord of gods appears''', | ||
+ | ::'''On the pure ground of the minds of beings''', | ||
+ | ::'''The reflection of the body of the lord of sages is displayed'''. IV.29 (J102) | ||
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+ | ::'''The appearance and disappearance of this reflection manifests in the world''' | ||
+ | ::'''Through the power of one’s own mind manifesting in a clear or turbid way'''. | ||
+ | ::'''Just as the appearance of a reflection in the worlds::''', | ||
+ | ::'''It should not be regarded as either real or unreal'''. IV.30 | ||
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Verse IV.26 Variations
वैडूर्यस्पष्टशुभ्रा विमलमणिगुणा श्रीमत्समतला
शुद्धत्वात्तत्र बिम्बं सुरपतिभवनं माहेन्द्रमरुता-
मुत्पद्येत क्रमेण क्षितिगुणविगमादस्तं पुनरियात्
vaiḍūryaspaṣṭaśubhrā vimalamaṇiguṇā śrīmatsamatalā
śuddhatvāttatra bimbaṃ surapatibhavanaṃ māhendramarutā-
mutpadyeta krameṇa kṣitiguṇavigamādastaṃ punariyāt
།གསལ་མཛེས་ནོར་བུའི་ཡོན་ཏན་དྲི་བྲལ་དཔལ་ལྡན་སྟེང་ནི་མཉམ་གྱུར་ཏེ།
།དག་ཕྱིར་དེར་ནི་ལྷ་དག་སྣ་ཚོགས་ལྷ་དབང་ལྷ་ཡི་གཟུགས་ཤར་སྟེ།
།རིམ་གྱིས་ས་ཡི་ཡོན་ཏན་དྲལ་ཕྱིར་དེ་ནི་སླར་ཡང་མི་སྣང་འགྱུར།
And were a surface of clear and spotless beryl, with the stainless qualities of a jewel, splendid, and even.
Due to its purity, a reflection of the array of the abode of the lord of gods, Indra [himself], and the maruts would appear in it,
But since the earth would gradually lose those qualities, [that reflection] would disappear again.
- Petit à petit, les êtres qui s’en tiennent
- À ce véhicule-ci verront, du fait de cette vision,
- Le suprême corps absolu à l’intérieur d’eux-mêmes
- Avec l’œil de la sagesse primordiale.
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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.