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TULSI-PRAJNA
Towards the end of his work the author explains the nature and the activities of the aspects mentioned above through a fine example. According to him, when an illusory elephant is created from wood by means of certain spell, there we have the appearance of an elephant; actually a real elephant is totally non-existent there. In this case, the imaginary aspect is the appearance of the elephant, the conditional aspect is the form of the elephant and the absolute aspect is the total absence of a real elephant, viz.,
syabhāvo kalpito hastī paratantrastadākstih /
yastatra hastyabhāvo'sau parinispannu isyate // V, No. 28
When there is no spell, the elephant is not seen there and its form also vanishes; but only the piece of wood (the reality or tathatā) remains. Like this, when the mind or citta attains the stage of pure consciousness, the known disappears. By the disappearance of the known, the knower also vadishesThrough the non-perception of these two i.e. knower and known, the essence of supreme reality (dharmadhātu) is realized. According to Nāgārjuna, this is the way to achieve vibhutva, viz.,
gñi-ga-la-ni-mi-dmigs-pas chos-kyi-dbyins-la-dmigs-pa-ñid / chos-kyi-dbyins-la-dmigs-pa-yis /
'byor-pa-ñid-la-dmigs-par-'gyur // Verse No. 37 Lastly the author of the text opines that having a clear knowledge about one self and others, a wise person realizes that supreme
idom (hodhi), which is embodied with three essential forms like svābhāvika, sambhogik and nairmānika, viz..
upalabdhavibhutya'sca svaparārthaprasiddhitaḥ / prāpnotyanuttaram bodhim dhimān kāyatrayātmikām ||
V. No 38 Ran-bshin-gsum-la-‘zug pa'i.sgrub-pa- 'phags-pa-klu-sgrub-kyismdsad pa-bshugs-so //
Rap-bshin-gsum-la-zug-pa'i-sgrub-pa (=svabhāva-traya-praveśa. siddbih) phags.pa (=Ārya) klu-sgrub-kyis-mdsub-pa-bshugs-so (=Dāgārjunena likhitaḥ). Skt. Svabhāvatraya-praveśa-siddbih-arya-nagarjunena likhitah / Eng. The work entitled the Svabhavatrayapraveśa-siddhiḥ has been
composed by Arya Nagarjuna. regya gan-skad-du / sva.bhā-wa-traya-pra-be-sa-si-ddhi/ bod. skad-du / Ran-bshin-gsum-la-'zug-pa'i-sgrub-pa / sanas-rgyasla-phyag-'tshal-lo //
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