Verse IV.94
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|VariationTransSource=[[When the Clouds Part]], [[Brunnhölzl, K.|Brunnhölzl]], 454 <ref>[[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.</ref> | |VariationTransSource=[[When the Clouds Part]], [[Brunnhölzl, K.|Brunnhölzl]], 454 <ref>[[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.</ref> | ||
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+ | |EnglishCommentary=Why are the buddha bhagavāns, who are always without arising and ceasing, explained through this instruction on the [nine] examples as being seen to entail arising and disappearing as well as uninterrupted and effortless buddha activity for all beings? | ||
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+ | ::'''The beryl-like purity in the mind | ||
+ | ::'''Is the cause for the display<ref>DP take ''darśana'' as "seeing."</ref> of the Buddha. | ||
+ | ::'''This purity is the flourishing | ||
+ | ::'''Of the faculty of irreversible<ref>I follow DP ''mi bzlog pa''. VT (fol. 16v6) glosses ''asaṃhāryā'' as ''ātyantikī'', which can mean "continual," "uninterrupted," "infinite," and "total."</ref> confidence. IV.89 (J113) | ||
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+ | ::'''Owing to the arising and disappearing of virtue, | ||
+ | ::'''The reflection of the Buddha arises and disappears, | ||
+ | ::'''But in terms of the dharmakāya, just like Śakra, | ||
+ | ::'''The sage neither arises nor disappears. IV.90 | ||
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+ | ::'''Thus, in an effortless manner, his activity, | ||
+ | ::'''Such as displaying [his body], manifests | ||
+ | ::'''From the dharmakāya, which lacks arising and ceasing, | ||
+ | ::'''For as long as [saṃsāric] existence remains. IV.91 | ||
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+ | ::'''This is the summarized meaning | ||
+ | ::'''Of these examples, and they are discussed | ||
+ | ::'''In this order by way of the latter ones | ||
+ | ::'''Eliminating the dissimilarities of the former. IV.92 | ||
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+ | ::'''Buddhahood is like [Śakra’s] reflection and yet is dissimilar | ||
+ | ::'''In that [the latter] is not endowed with a voice. | ||
+ | ::'''[In having a voice,] it is like the drum of the gods (P133b) and yet is dissimilar | ||
+ | ::'''In that [the latter] does not promote the welfare [of beings] in every way. IV.93 | ||
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+ | ::'''[In performing such welfare,] it is similar to a great cloud and yet is dissimilar | ||
+ | ::'''In that [the latter] does not relinquish the seeds of what is meaningless.<ref>I follow Schmithausen’s emendation ''nānarthabījamuk'' (or °''bījahṛt''; supported by DP ''don med pa’i / sa bon spong min'') of MA ''nānarthabījamut'' and MB ''nāna''(?)''rthabījavat'' against J ''no sārthabījavat''.</ref>(D127b) | ||
+ | ::'''[In relinquishing these seeds,] it resembles Mahābrahmā and yet is dissimilar | ||
+ | ::'''In that [the latter] does not mature [beings] completely. IV.94 | ||
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+ | ::'''[In completely maturing,] it is like the orb of the sun and yet is dissimilar | ||
+ | ::'''In that [the latter] does not dispel darkness completely. | ||
+ | ::'''[In dispelling darkness,] it is similar to a wish-fulfilling jewel and yet is dissimilar | ||
+ | ::'''In that [the latter] is not as difficult to be obtained. IV.95 | ||
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+ | ::'''It resembles an echo and yet is dissimilar | ||
+ | ::'''In that [the latter] arises from conditions. | ||
+ | ::'''It is similar to space and yet is dissimilar | ||
+ | ::'''In that [the latter] is not the basis of virtue.<ref>I follow MA, which contains the second negation ''na tat'' against J ''ca tat''.</ref> IV.96 | ||
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+ | ::'''It is similar to the maṇḍala of the earth, | ||
+ | ::'''Since it is the foundation that serves as | ||
+ | ::'''The support for the fulfillment<ref> I follow MA °''saṃpadāṃ'' against J °''saṃpadam''.</ref> of all mundane | ||
+ | ::'''And supramundane virtues of beings without exception. IV.97 (J114) | ||
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+ | ::'''Since the supramundane path arises | ||
+ | ::'''On the basis of the awakening of the buddhas, | ||
+ | ::'''The path of virtuous actions, the dhyānas, | ||
+ | ::'''The immeasurables, and the formless [absorptions] originate. IV.98 | ||
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Verse IV.94 Variations
महाब्रह्मोपमं तद्वन्न च नात्यन्तपाचकम्
mahābrahmopamaṃ tadvanna ca nātyantapācakam
།ས་བོན་སྤོང་མིན་དེ་འདྲ་མིན།
།ཚངས་ཆེན་བཞིན་ཏེ་གཏན་དུ་ནི།
།སྨིན་པར་བྱེད་མིན་དེ་འདྲ་མིན།
In that [the latter] does not relinquish the seeds of what is meaningless.
[In relinquishing these seeds,] it resembles Mahābrahmā and yet is dissimilar
In that [the latter] does not mature [beings] completely.
- Il est comparable à un grand nuage mais en diffère
- Parce que les nuages n’éliminent pas les graines inutiles.
- Il est comparable au Grand Brahma mais en diffère
- Parce que Brahma ne fait pas mûrir à jamais.
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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.
- DP take darśana as "seeing."
- I follow DP mi bzlog pa. VT (fol. 16v6) glosses asaṃhāryā as ātyantikī, which can mean "continual," "uninterrupted," "infinite," and "total."
- I follow Schmithausen’s emendation nānarthabījamuk (or °bījahṛt; supported by DP don med pa’i / sa bon spong min) of MA nānarthabījamut and MB nāna(?)rthabījavat against J no sārthabījavat.
- I follow MA, which contains the second negation na tat against J ca tat.
- I follow MA °saṃpadāṃ against J °saṃpadam.