Verse V.9
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::'''Therefore, prajñā is the highest one, and its<ref>MA/MB ''cāsyā'' instead of J ''cāsya''.</ref> root (D128b) | ::'''Therefore, prajñā is the highest one, and its<ref>MA/MB ''cāsyā'' instead of J ''cāsya''.</ref> root (D128b) | ||
::'''Is study, so study is supreme [too]. V.15 | ::'''Is study, so study is supreme [too]. V.15 | ||
+ | |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> | ||
+ | :Indeed, he is full of devotion and faith | ||
+ | :That this inconceivable sphere exists, | ||
+ | :That one like himself can realize it, | ||
+ | :And, having once attained it, becomes endowed with such properties. | ||
+ | |||
+ | <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> | ||
+ | :Indeed, as he is full of devotion and faith | ||
+ | :That there 'exists' this inconceivable sphere, | ||
+ | :That it 'can' be realized by one like him, | ||
+ | :And this sphere, 'endowed with such virtues', has been attained, | ||
+ | |||
+ | <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> | ||
+ | :Those who realize: "This inconceivable object is present | ||
+ | :and someone like me can attain it; | ||
+ | :its attainment will hold such qualities and endowment" | ||
+ | :will aspire to it, filled with faith. | ||
}} | }} |
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Verse V.9 Variations
प्राप्त एवंगुणश्चासाविति श्रद्धाधिमुक्तितः
prāpta evaṃguṇaścāsāviti śraddhādhimuktitaḥ
།ཡོད་དང་བདག་འབྲས་ཐོབ་ནུས་དང་།
།ཐོབ་པ་འདི་འདྲའི་ཡོན་ཏན་དང་།
།ལྡན་ཞེས་དད་པས་མོས་པའི་ཕྱིར།
"This inconceivable object exists,
Can be attained by someone like me,
And, once attained, possesses such qualities."
- « Cet objet inconcevable existe bien ;
- Mes semblables et moi, nous pouvons l’atteindre ;
- Le fait de l’atteindre possède telles et telles excellences »
- Ces êtres sont animés d’une aspiration dictée par la foi,
RGVV Commentary on Verse V.9
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Other English translations[edit]
Obermiller (1931) [10]
- Indeed, he is full of devotion and faith
- That this inconceivable sphere exists,
- That one like himself can realize it,
- And, having once attained it, becomes endowed with such properties.
Takasaki (1966) [11]
- Indeed, as he is full of devotion and faith
- That there 'exists' this inconceivable sphere,
- That it 'can' be realized by one like him,
- And this sphere, 'endowed with such virtues', has been attained,
Fuchs (2000) [12]
- Those who realize: "This inconceivable object is present
- and someone like me can attain it;
- its attainment will hold such qualities and endowment"
- will aspire to it, filled with faith.
Textual sources[edit]
Commentaries on this verse[edit]
Academic notes[edit]
- 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.
- 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.