Verse II.36
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::'''It is splendid because it is pure by nature'''. | ::'''It is splendid because it is pure by nature'''. | ||
::'''It is stainless because the stains are eliminated'''. II.37 | ::'''It is stainless because the stains are eliminated'''. II.37 | ||
+ | |OtherTranslations=<h6>Obermiller (1931) <ref>Obermiller, E. "The Sublime Science of the Great Vehicle to Salvation Being a Manual of Buddhist Monism." Acta Orientalia IX (1931), pp. 81-306.</ref></h6> | ||
+ | :Through the complete removal of the Obscuration of Ignorance, | ||
+ | :It is free from impediments regarding everything (cognizable), | ||
+ | :And devoid of both (languor and distraction), and duly purified, | ||
+ | :It is free from every rough sensation. | ||
+ | |||
+ | <h6>Takasaki (1966) <ref>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.</ref></h6> | ||
+ | :Being purified from all the obstructions of Ignorance, | ||
+ | :It 'has no hindrance' in regard to everything [knowable]; | ||
+ | :Being of soft and light-moving nature, | ||
+ | :It is 'devoid of rough sensation'. | ||
+ | |||
+ | <h6>Fuchs (2000) <ref>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.</ref></h6> | ||
+ | :Since the veil of the hindrances to knowledge is cleansed, | ||
+ | :it is in all ways unobstructed [with regard to complete insight]. | ||
+ | :Being free from its two [obstacles], it is suited for [samadhi] | ||
+ | :and thus relieved from the touch of coarse objects of contact. | ||
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Verse II.36 Variations
परुषस्पर्शनिर्मुक्तं मृदुकर्मण्यभावतः
paruṣasparśanirmuktaṃ mṛdukarmaṇyabhāvataḥ
།ཐམས་ཅད་དུ་ནི་ཐོགས་པ་མེད།
།གཉིས་མེད་ལས་སུ་རུང་བའི་ཕྱིར།
།རྩུབ་པའི་རེག་དང་བྲལ་བ་ཡིན།
Because it is pure of all cognitive obscurations.
It is free from harsh sensations
Since it is a state of gentleness and workability.
- Il est totalement pur du voile cognitif
- Et rien ne peut lui faire obstacle.
- Libre du double [obstacle] et infiniment souple,
- Il n’a plus de contacts grossiers.
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Obermiller (1931) [7]
- Through the complete removal of the Obscuration of Ignorance,
- It is free from impediments regarding everything (cognizable),
- And devoid of both (languor and distraction), and duly purified,
- It is free from every rough sensation.
Takasaki (1966) [8]
- Being purified from all the obstructions of Ignorance,
- It 'has no hindrance' in regard to everything [knowable];
- Being of soft and light-moving nature,
- It is 'devoid of rough sensation'.
Fuchs (2000) [9]
- Since the veil of the hindrances to knowledge is cleansed,
- it is in all ways unobstructed [with regard to complete insight].
- Being free from its two [obstacles], it is suited for [samadhi]
- and thus relieved from the touch of coarse objects of contact.
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- Digital Sanskrit Buddhist Canon Unicode Input
- Digital Sanskrit Buddhist Canon Unicode Input
- 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.
- VT (fol. 14r6) glosses "the three wisdoms" as "those of study, reflection, and meditation" and "people with wisdom" as "śrāvakas, pratyekabuddhas, and bodhisattvas."
- VT (fol. 14r7) glosses °madhya° as °sthāna°, while Takasaki suggests the reading °sudma° instead of °madhya° (DP khyim).
- Skt. mṛdukarmaṇyabhāvāt. DP read "since it is nondual and workable" (gnyis med las su rung ba’i phyir).
- 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.