bsam pa mngon sum pa bstan pa’i phyir de la byang chub sems dpa’i sngon gyi gnas rjes su dran pa’i shes pa mngon sum du byed pa’i mngon par shes pa gang zhe na zhes bya ba la sogs pa gsungs so – "To teach what [the bodhisattva] facing intentions (āshayābhimukha) is ...".
de mi zad pa yang: sngon gyi dus ’di tshun chad dran no, zhes dran pa’i mtha’ thug pa med pa ni mi zad pa’am, yang na bdag gi sngon gnas dran pa ’ba’ zhig ma yin gyi, sems can thams cad kyi sngon gyi gnas kyang dran pas sems can mi zad pa’i phyir de dag gi sngon gyi gnas dran pa yang mi zad pa’o. rnam pa gcig tu dran pa de ni chos kyi dbyings kyi gnas kyis byin gyis brlabs pa’o zhes bya bas kyang mi zad pa bstan te, chos kyi dbyings rnam par dag pa ni mtshan ma dang dngos po thams cad las ’das pas mi zad pa yin te, des byin gyis brlabs pa yang de dang mthun pa’am, de’i rang bzhin rtog pas, de lta bu’i dran pa yang mtha’ med pa’i phyir mi zad pa’o. de yang rnam pa bzhir rig par bya ste, 1) gang gis dran pa dang, 2) gang dran pa dang, 3) ji ltar dran pa dang, 4) dran nas don chen por ’gyur ba’o – "It is imperishable (akṣaya): ’One remembers earlier times up till now’, thus the limit (anta) of remembrance is not found (anavastha) and thus it is imperishable (akṣaya). Or, again, as one remembers the earlier lives of all beings and not only those of oneself, since the beings are imperishable (akṣaya), remembering their earlier lives is also imperishable (akṣaya). In short, also by "That remembrance is sustained by the sphere of all moments of existence (sā smṛtiḥ svadhiṣṭhitā dharmadhātusthityā)" which is taught [infra], it is imperishable (akṣaya): the pure sphere of all moments of existence (vishuddhadharmadhātu) transcends all distinguishing marks and existing things (sarvanimittabhāvātikrānta) and is thus imperishhable (akṣaya); to be supported by that [sphere] is to be in accordance with it, or, to discern its essence (svabhāva), and thus that remembrance (smṛti) is imperishable (akṣaya) as it is endless (ananta). This should be known through four forms: ... 1) de dran pa des sngon gyi gnas rjes su dran te zhes bya ba nas brtsams te, pha rol tu phyin pa thams cad kyis tshogs bsags pa’o zhes bya ba yan chad kyis gang gis dran pa bstan to, 2) de dran pa des sngon gyi gnas rjes su dran te zhes bya ba nas brtsams te, bskal pa brgya stong phrag du ma yang dran zhes bya ba yan chad kyis gang dran pa bstan to, 3) sems can ming che ge mo zhes bya ba nas brtsams te, des bdag dang sems can gzhan gyi sngon gyi mtha’ nas bzung ste, sngon gyi gnas rjes su dran zhes bya ba yan chad kyis ji ltar dran pa bstan to, 4) de bdag gi dge ba’i rtsa ba zhes bya ba nas brtsams te, thams cad mkhyen pa’i phyir bsngo ste zhes bya ba yan chad kyis don chen por ’gyur ba bstan to.
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