Mountain Doctrine by Dol-Bo-Ba Shay-Rap-Gyel-Tsen

Author:Dol-Bo-Ba Shay-Rap-Gyel-Tsen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Shambhala

zzzz skyes bu ’dul ba.

aaaaa Döl-bo-ba creatively extracts epithets from Expression of Mañjushrī’s Ultimate Names, and thus Ronald Davidson’s tremendously helpful translation of the text (see endnote 268) should be read for the context. My translation of the epithets is based on Döl-bo-ba’s Tibetan, and thus occasional differences from Davidson’s translations do not represent considered critiques of his work.

bbbbb ’gyur med; in Sanskrit this is akṣara, which also means “letter.”

ccccc Vowels give life to consonants.

ddddd khyu mchog; also, “supreme bull,” the head of the herd.

eeeee That is, menses.

fffff As mentioned earlier, Shay-rap-gyel-tsen later (With respect to the ”nature of non-entities,” . . .) explains that this is the emptiness that is the ultimate nature opposite from non-entities, that is, conventionalities (kun rdzob las bzlog pa don dam pa’i ngo bo nyid). Non-entities here are imputational natures, which include other-powered natures and thus are all conventionalities.

ggggg As Davidson says, this is the newly risen sun.

hhhhh “Separative” means that the effect need only be separated from defilement; it does not need to be produced.

iiiii This last pair most likely means the difference between (1) produced abandonment and produced realization and (2) natural abandonment and natural realization.

jjjjj This may be either Bhāvaviveka himself or the lesser Bhāvaviveka (legs ldan chung ba).

kkkkk sab sob ma yin pa.

lllll The Extensive Explanation of the Perfection of Wisdom Sūtra in One Hundred Thousand Stanzas, attributed to Vasubandhu in Jo-nang and to Daṃṣhṭasena in Ge-luk.

mmmmm chos, dharma.

nnnnn The Gangtok edition, 289.6, reads sgrub, whereas the ’Dzam thang edition, 148a.5, reads sgrib, which I am following.

ooooo This is also cited at The purity of all things . . .

ppppp See Hopkins, Meditation on Emptiness, 203.

qqqqq ’dres rkang, which often is written as ’grel rkang, the reference being to the topics in the Perfection of Wisdom Sūtras that serve as legs, or bases, of exposition.

rrrrr The twelve links of dependent-arising.

sssss ’khor lo drug gi sdom pa.

ttttt yang dag par sbyor ba’i rgyud.

uuuuu See, for instance, What is the character of emptiness?. . .

vvvvv rang gi dngos po stong pa nyid.

wwwww This continues from the quote in the exposition of the fifteenth emptiness.

xxxxx gzhan gyi dngos po stong pa nyid.

yyyyy Dzong-ka-ba (Hopkins, Emptiness in Mind-Only, 231-232) holds that this text is by Daṃṣhṭasena.

zzzzz dgongs pa.

aaaaaa rigs pa’i shes pa.

bbbbbb ri rab, meru.

cccccc mngon pa’i nga rgyal can.

dddddd nang.

eeeeee bar.

ffffff dbus.

gggggg ma ning gi go ’phang.

hhhhhh That is, they are dissimilar examples of each other.

iiiiii dngos po yod med.

jjjjjj rnam shes.

kkkkkk bdag nyid rig.

llllll rang rig.

mmmmmm For a longer citation see Though there is no difference . . .

nnnnnn sems.

oooooo ye shes.

pppppp For a longer citation see Though there is no difference . . .

qqqqqq dgag pa gnyis kyis rnal ma go; the Gangtok edition (315.1) misreads dgag pa gnyis kyi rnal ma go, and the ’Dzam thang edition (164b.3) misreads dgag pa gnyis kyis rnal ma ma go.

rrrrrr gnas lugs la yod med.

ssssss jo bo thugs rje chen po; this is Avalokiteshvara, which here is likely another name for Kalkī Puṇḍarīka.

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