Verse V.2 Variations
र्गुणगणभाजनतामुपैति धीमान्
अभिभवति स सर्वसत्त्वपुण्य-
प्रसवमचिन्त्यगुणाभिलाषयोगात्
rguṇagaṇabhājanatāmupaiti dhīmān
abhibhavati sa sarvasattvapuṇya-
prasavamacintyaguṇābhilāṣayogāt
སངས་རྒྱས་ཡོན་ཏན་ཚོགས་ཀྱི་སྣོད་འགྱུར་ཏེ། །
བསམ་མེད་ཡོན་ཏན་ཚོགས་ལ་མངོན་དགའ་བས། །
སེམས་ཅན་ཀུན་གྱི་བསོད་ནམས་ཟིལ་གྱིས་གནོན། །
Become the vessels for the collection of qualities.
Through possessing the desire for these inconceivable qualities,
They outshine the attainment of merit of all sentient beings.
- Les sages qui aspirent au domaine des Vainqueurs
- Seront les réceptacles de toutes les qualités éveillées ;
- Comme toutes ces inconcevables qualités les réjouissent,
- Leurs mérites éclipsent ceux de tous les autres êtres.
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Obermiller (1931) [10]
- But the Sage who is full of faith in these features of Buddhahood
- Becomes a receptacle of all the mass of the Buddha’s properties,
- And, experiencing the highest delight in these unthinkable virtues,
- Surpasses the merits of all other living beings.
Takasaki (1966) [11]
- But the wise one, whose intellect accepts the faith
- In this exclusive sphere of the Buddha,
- Becomes a receptacle of the whole collection of properties,
- And, being possessed of the desire [to obtain]
- The inconceivable properties [of the Buddha],
- He surpasses the abundance of merits of all living beings.
Fuchs (2000) [12]
- Those of insight who have devotion to this buddha domain
- will become vessels for the multitude of all buddha qualities,
- while those truly delighting in these inconceivable properties
- will exceed in merit [the good actions of] all sentient beings.
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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.
- I follow VT (fol. 16v7) caturṣu sthāneṣv (supported by DP and C) instead of just sthāneṣv. These four points are vajra points 4 through 7—the tathāgata heart, awakening, its qualities, and its activity.
- DP "those with pure minds" (dagga pa’i seems).
- Instead of °buddhi, DP read "buddha qualities" (snags rgyas yon tan) in the next line.
- VT (fol. 16v7) glosses "this" as "the discussion of the doctrine that explicitly speaks of the buddha element and so on."
- "The meditative states of the gods"refers to the four dhyānas and the four formless absorptions, while the four brahmāvihāras are the four immeasurables of love, compassion, rejoicing, and equanimity that lead to rebirth as the god Mahābrahmā.
- With Schmithausen, I follow MB and J saṃbodhyupāyācyutaḥ (supported by DP rdzogs pa’i byang chub ’pho med thabs bsgoms la) against MA saṃbodhyupāyāc cyutaḥ, whose meaning is also found in C.
- 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.