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/ rdo rje ye ses ran bãin sems/
present Mind of diamond wisdom-explains / rdo rje dbyins żes bya bar bśad // the "Vajradhātu”. (77) "Vajradhātu”: the self-presence (=dhātu) of diamond wisdom (=vajra).
IX. Reality of the deities. (78) sems kyi spro ba'i sbyor ba yis / (78) The praxis of subtle wisdom, by the
pra mo'i ye ses sogs sbyor ba praxis of emanating consciousness, and so de bzin gśegs kun ye śes ni /
on; the omniscience of the Tathāgatas-is | rnam par snan mdsad ces byar bśad // the explanation of Vairocana. (78) “the praxis ......": [Since śānti-pā entitles the chapter “reality of the deities,” he
apparently intends this chapter to deal with the third kind of praxis, that of reality.] "and so on”: the praxis is in the manner of the five wisdoms (pañca-jñāna).
"Vairocana": here, the master of the mandala. (79) / byams pa spro ba'i sbyor ba yis / (79) The best engagement of praxis, by
sbyor ba spyod par byed pa'i mchog/ the praxis of emanating love; the Mind / zag med brtan par gyur pa yi/ which is firm without flux, is the expla.
/thugs ni mi bskyod pa zes bśad // nation of Akşobhya. (79) "Akşobhya": means "unswayable", because cannot be swayed by defilement or
constructive thought. (80) / thugs rje spro ba'i tshul gyi ni/ (80) Worker of benefit for the sentient
/ sems can phan 'dogs mdsad pa po / beings by way of issuing compassion, / thugs ni 'gro don yan dag ldan / whose Mind is genuinely imbued with the rin chen 'byun ldan zes bśad doll aim of the world, is the explanation of
Ratnasambhava. (80) “Ratnasambhava": means "source of jewels," i. e. source of sameness wisdom (sa
mata-jñāna). (81) dga' bas spro ba'i sbyor ba yis / (81) The immaculate best great vehicle by
| theg chen mchog ni dri ma med / way of issuing sympathetic joy, whose / thugs ni 'od gsal dag pa ni
Mind is radiantly pure, is the explanation l'od dpag med ces de bśad do // of Amitābha. (81) "Amitābha": means "boundless light", i. e. mixed together with discrimination
(pratyavekşana). (82) btan sñoms spro bar mdsad pa'i (82) The force making equanimity (upeksa) śugs /
issue forth, which makes all sentient besems can thams cad rtogs mdsad pa ings understand, the unwasted incompa. | don yod bla med bya ba ni /
rable deed, is the explanation of Amo
