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yin //
their character exactly as they are. [These are the 18 avenika buddhadharma of a
Buddha.] Thus one firms their "sign” (nimitta). (73) bsam gtan bãi dan gzugs med bãi/ (73) By continual attainment of the Four
/rtag tu thob par byas pa dan / Dhyānas and the four "formless realms" l'gog pa’i sñoms 'jug de yis ni/ (arūpa-s) and by the "cessation equipoise" sans rgyas byan chub rab tu
(nirodhasamapatti), one accomplishes bsgiub //
the enlightenment of the Buddha. (73) "cessation equipoise": the ninth samāpatti. (74) / byan chub phyogs ni sum cu bdun/ (74) What are rightly explained as the
* /chos su yan dag bśad pa gań / thirty-seven "natures directed to enlighten
de inams bsgoms pas dag pa dan / ment” (bodhi paksya-dharma) purify by /byan chub sems dpa' 'gro phan their contemplation, and the Bodhisattva
is a benefit to the world. (74) "the thirty-seven": the standard list, four stations of mindfulness (smrtyupastha
na), etc. "contemplation”: firming their sign(s). "purify": by drinking the diamond water there is the primordial purity, because one sees the first moon. Then, by seeing the second moon, he is the "Bodhisattva". By seeing the vajra in the middle of that (moon) he benefits the world, i. e. emanates to the world, because apprehending all natures (dharma). (75) l'gro ba mnams la spro ba'i sems/ (75) Firming the mind that emanates to
/brtan zin sñin po rab bsgoms pa / the worldlings, he well contemplates his / ston pa'i de ñid las byun ba / heart. This is called "diamond wisdom"
| rdo rje ye ses zes bya bśad // arisen from the reality of the void. (75) "heart": fearlessness ('jigs pa med pa). "diamond wisdom": wisdom like a dia
mond. (76) /chos bdag med las yan dag byun / (76) The sublime non-two wisdom arisen / gñis med ye śes dam pa ste /
from dharma-nonself, and the wisdom of chos ñid mchog gi ye śes ni /
supreme true nature-is the right explanachos kyi dbyins zes yan dag bśad // tion of “Dharmadhātu”. (76) "dharma-nonsell": dharma is the realms of Body, Speech, and Mind of all the
Tathāgatas; and their non-self is the abatement of appearance as two. "true nature (dharmata)”: the self-existence (svabhāva) of the Buddha-dharmas. "supreme": because it is supramundane. "Dharmadhātu" : bacause it holds the dharma-s and makes
a place for them equally. (77) /'di ni chos dbyins ye ses te / (77) This Dharmadhātu-wisdom born from
/ rdo rje Ita bu'i tin 'dsin skyes / the diamond-like samadhi, and the self
