Verse IV.73

From Buddha-Nature
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|EnglishCommentary=(8) [That sūtra also] says that [buddha activity] is similar to space.<ref>''Jñānālokālaṃkārasūtra'', D100, fols. 288b.4–289a.5.</ref>
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::'''Though it is insubstantial, without appearance,
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::'''Without support, P132b) without basis,
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::'''Beyond the pathway of the eyes,
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::'''Formless, and indemonstrable,<ref>Skt. ''niṣkiṃcane nirābhāse nirālambe nirāśraye / cakṣuṣpathavyatikrānte ’py arūpiṇy anidarśane'' /. Note that this list is very similar to the list of the characteristics of non-conceptual wisdom in the ''Dharmadharmatāvibhāga'' and Vasubandhu’s commentary on it (''arūpy anidarśanam apratiṣṭham anābhāsam avijñaptikam aniketam''), which is also found in the ''Avikalpapraveśadhāraṇī'' (Matsuda 1996, 96.5–6; D142, fol. 3b.4) and the Kāśyapaparivarta (Friedrich Weller, trans., ''Zum Kāśyapaparivarta'' [Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1965], 2:97). The Tibetan versified version of the ''Dharmadharmatāvibhāga'' and all versions of Vasubandhu’s commentary read brtag tu med pa for arūpi, thus indicating that term’s meaning "ungraspable." The same may apply here too for ''arūpiṇi'' (thus, "formless"would be "ungraspable").</ref> IV.73
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::'''Highs and lows are seen in space,
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::'''But it is not like that at all.
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::'''Likewise, everything can be seen in the buddhas,
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::'''But they are not like that at all. IV.74
 
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Ratnagotravibhāga Root Verse IV.73

Verse IV.73 Variations

निष्किंचने निराभासे निरालम्बे निराश्रये
चक्षुष्पथव्यतिक्रान्तेऽप्यरूपिण्यनिदर्शने
E. H. Johnston as input by the University of the West.[1]
niṣkiṃcane nirābhāse nirālambe nirāśraye
cakṣuṣpathavyatikrānte'pyarūpiṇyanidarśane
E. H. Johnston as input by the University of the West.[2]
།ཅུང་ཟད་མེད་ཅིང་སྣང་བ་མེད།
།དམིགས་པ་མེད་ཅིང་རྟེན་མེད་ལ།
།མིག་གི་ལམ་ལས་རབ་འདས་པ།
།གཟུགས་མེད་བསྟན་དུ་མེད་པ་ཡི།
Though it is insubstantial, without appearance,
Without support, without basis,
Beyond the pathway of the eyes,
Formless, and indemonstrable,
Immatériel, inapparent,
Introuvable, sans appui,
Bien au-delà du visible,
Sans forme, impossible à montrer,

RGVV Commentary on Verse IV.73

།ནམ་མཁའ་བཞིན་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ནི། ཅུང་ཟད་མེད་ཅིང་སྣང་བ་མེད། །དམིགས་པ་མེད་ཅིང་རྟེན་མེད་ལ། །མིག་གི་ལམ་ལས་རབ་འདས་པ། །གཟུགས་མེད་{br}བསྟན་དུ་མེད་པ་ཡི། །མཁའ་ལ་ཇི་ལྟར་མཐོ་དང་དམའ། །མཐོང་ཡང་དེ་ནི་དེ་ལྟར་མིན། །དེ་བཞིན་སངས་རྒྱས་ཐམས་ཅད་ལ། །མཐོང་ཡང་དེ་ནི་དེ་ལྟར་མིན།

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  1. Digital Sanskrit Buddhist Canon Unicode Input
  2. Digital Sanskrit Buddhist Canon Unicode Input
  3. 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.
  4. Jñānālokālaṃkārasūtra, D100, fols. 288b.4–289a.5.
  5. Skt. niṣkiṃcane nirābhāse nirālambe nirāśraye / cakṣuṣpathavyatikrānte ’py arūpiṇy anidarśane /. Note that this list is very similar to the list of the characteristics of non-conceptual wisdom in the Dharmadharmatāvibhāga and Vasubandhu’s commentary on it (arūpy anidarśanam apratiṣṭham anābhāsam avijñaptikam aniketam), which is also found in the Avikalpapraveśadhāraṇī (Matsuda 1996, 96.5–6; D142, fol. 3b.4) and the Kāśyapaparivarta (Friedrich Weller, trans., Zum Kāśyapaparivarta [Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1965], 2:97). The Tibetan versified version of the Dharmadharmatāvibhāga and all versions of Vasubandhu’s commentary read brtag tu med pa for arūpi, thus indicating that term’s meaning "ungraspable." The same may apply here too for arūpiṇi (thus, "formless"would be "ungraspable").