Verse I.95 Variations
तत्क्लेशकोशगर्भत्वं पुनर्ज्ञेयं निदर्शनैः
tatkleśakośagarbhatvaṃ punarjñeyaṃ nidarśanaiḥ
རྣམ་གཞག་རྣམ་པ་བཅུ་ཞེས་བརྗོད། །
ཉོན་མོངས་སྦུབས་ནང་གནས་པ་དེ། །
དཔེ་དག་གིས་ནི་ཤེས་པར་བྱ། །
Has been discussed in this way in ten aspects.
Now, its being enclosed by the cocoon of the afflictions
Should be understood through examples.
次說煩惱纏 以九種譬喻
- Voilà donc les dix points qui définissent
- La quintessence des Vainqueurs.
- Il s’impose maintenant d’en reconnaître la présence
- Dans l’enveloppe des affections en s’aidant de comparaisons.
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Obermiller (1931) [3]
- In such a way, the Essence of the Lord
- Is characterized from 10 points of view.
- Now, this essence, as concealed by the coverings of defilement,
- Is made known by the following examples.—[4]
Takasaki (1966) [5]
- Thus have been explained the characteristics
- Of the Matrix of the Buddha from 10 aspects;
- Now, this Matrix, as concealed by the covering of defilements
- Is to be known by the following illustrations.
Holmes (1985) [6]
- Thus has the victor's essence been described
- through a tenfold presentation.
- One should understand from the following examples
- its presence within the confines of the defilements.
Holmes (1999) [7]
- Thus has the Victor's essence been described
- through a tenfold presentation.
- One should understand, from the following examples,
- its presence within the confines of the defilements.
Fuchs (2000) [8]
- In this way the nature of the Victorious One
- is expressed [by] the "Tenfold Presentation."
- This [tathagatagarbha] abides within the shroud of the afflictions,
- as should be understood through [the following nine] examples:
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- 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.
- Obermiller, E. "The Sublime Science of the Great Vehicle to Salvation Being a Manual of Buddhist Monism." Acta Orientalia IX (1931), pp. 81-306.
- This is verse 94 in Obermiller's translation
- 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.
- Holmes, Ken & Katia. The Changeless Nature. Eskdalemuir, Scotland: Karma Drubgyud Darjay Ling, 1985.
- Holmes, Ken & Katia. Maitreya on Buddha Nature. Scotland: Altea Publishing, 1999.
- 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.