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1. '''Investigation of Conditions'''
 
(Conditions)
 
<span class=TibUni18>བདག་ལས་མ་ཡིན་གཞན་ལས་མིན།</span><br>
<span class=TibUni18>གཉིས་ལས་མ་ཡིན་རྒྱུ་མེད་མིན།</span><br>
<span class=TibUni18>དངོས་པོ་གང་དག་གང་ན་ཡང།</span><br>
<span class=TibUni18>སྐྱེ་བ་ནམ་ཡང་ཡོད་མ་ཡིན།།</span><br>
 
1. [[bdag las ma yin]] [[gzhan las]] [[min]]/<br>
[[gnyis]] [[las ma]] [[yin]] [[rgyu med]] [[min]]/<br>
[[dngos po]] [[gang dag]] [[gang na yang]]/<br>
[[skye ba]] [[nam yang]] [[yod ma yin]]//<br>
 
1. No thing anywhere is ever born from itself, from something else, from both or without a cause.
 
 
2. [[rkyen]] [[rnams]] [[bzhi]] [[ste]] [[rgyu]] [[dang]] [[ni]]/<br>
[[dmigs pa]] [[dang]] [[ni]] [[de ma thag]]/<br>
[[bdag po]] [[yang]] [[ni]] [[de bzhin]] [[te]]/<br>
[[rkyen]] [[lnga pa]] [[ni]] [[yod ma yin]]//<br>
 
2. There are four conditions: Causes, objects, immediate and dominant. There is no fifth.
 
 
3. [[dngos po rnams]] [[kyi]] [[rang bzhin]] [[ni]]/<br>
[[rkyen]] [[la sogs pa]] [[yod ma yin]]/<br>
[[bdag gi]] [[dngos po]] [[yod min]] [[na]]/<br>
[[gzhan dngos]] [[yod pa ma yin]] [[no]]//<br>
 
3. The essence of things does not exist in conditions and so on. If an own thing does not exist, an other thing does not exist.
 
 
4. [[bya ba]] [[rkyen]] [[dang]] [[ldan pa]] [[med]]/<br>
[[rkyen]] [[dang]] [[mi ldan]] [[bya ba]] [[med]]/<br>
[[bya ba]] [[mi ldan]] [[rkyen]] [[ma yin]]/<br>
[[bya ba]] [[ldan]] [[yod]] [['on te]] [[na]]//<br>
 
4. There is no activity which has conditions. There is no activity which does not have conditions. There are no conditions which do not have activity, and none which do have activity.
 
 
5. [['di dag]] [[la]] [[brtan]] [[skye ba]]s [[na]]/<br>
[[de phyir]] [['di dag]] [[rkyen]] [[ces]] [[grag]]/<br>
[[ci]] [[srid]] [[mi skye]] [[de srid du]]/<br>
[['di dag]] [[rkyen]] [[min]] [[ci ltar]] [[min]]//<br>
 
5. Since something is born in dependence upon them, then they are known as "conditions". As long as it is not born, why are they not non-conditions?
 
 
6. [[med]] [[dam]] [[yod pa]]'i [[don la]] [[yang]]/<br>
[[rkyen]] [[ni]] [[rung ba]] [[ma yin te]]/<br>
[[med na]] [[gang gi]] [[rkyen du 'gyur]]/<br>
[[yod na]] [[rkyen gyis]] [[ci zhig bya]]//<br>
 
6. It is impossible for something that either exists or not to have conditions. If it were non-existent, of what would they be the conditions? If it were existent, why would it need conditions?
 
 
7. [[gang tshe]] [[chos]] [[ni]] [[yod pa]] [[dang]]/<br>
[[med]] [[dang]] [[yod med]] [[mi 'grub pa]]s/<br>
[[ci ltar]] [[sgrub byed]] [[rgyu]] [[zhes bya]]/<br>
[[de ltar]] [[yin na]] [[mi rigs]] [[so]]//<br>
 
7. When things cannot be established as either existent, non-existent or both, how can one speak of an "establishing cause."  Such would be impossible.
 
 
8. [[yod pa]]'i [[chos 'di]] [[dmigs pa]] [[ni]]/<br>
[[med pa]] [[kho na]] [[nye bar bstan]]/<br>
[[ci ste]] [[chos]] [[ni]] [[dmigs med]] [[na]]/<br>
[[dmigs pa]] [[yod par]] [[ga la 'gyur]]//<br>
 
8. An existent phenomenon is clearly said to have no object at all. If the phenomenon has no object, where can the object exist?
 
 
9. [[chos rnams]] [[skyes pa]] [[ma yin na]]/<br>
[['gag pa]] [['thad pa]]r [[mi 'gyur ro]]/<br>
[[de phyir]] [[de ma thag]] [[mi rigs]]/<br>
[['gags]] [[na]] [[rkyen]] [[yang]] [[gang zhig]] [[yin]]//<br>
 
9. If phenomena are not born, it is invalid for there to be cessation. Therefore, an immediate [condition] is unreasonable. What, having ceased, can also be a condition?
 
 
10. [[dngos po]] [[rang bzhin med]] [[rnams]] [[kyi]]/<br>
[[yod pa]] [[gang phyir]] [[yod min]] [[na]]/<br>
[['di]] [[yod pas]] [[na]] [['di]] [['byung]] [[zhes]]/<br>
[[bya ba]] [['di ni]] [['thad ma yin]]//<br>
 
10. Because the existence of essence-less things does not exist, it is incorrect to say:"When this exists, that arises."
 
 
11. [[rkyen]] [[rnams]] [[so so]] [['dus pa]] [[la]]/<br>
[['bras bu]] [[de ni]] [[med pa nyid]]/<br>
[[rkyen]] [[rnams]] [[la]] [[ni]] [[gang med pa]]/<br>
[[de ni]] [[rkyen las]] [[ci ltar]] [[skye]]//<br>
 
11. There is no effect at all in the conditions individually or together. How can that which is not in the conditions itself be born from conditions?
 
 
12. [[ci ste]] [['bras bu]] [[de]] [[med]] [[kyang]]/<br>
[[rkyen]] [[de dag]] [[las]] [[skye 'gyur]] [[na]]/<br>
[[rkyen]] [[min]] [[las kyang]] [['bras bu]] [[ni]]/<br>
[[ci yi phyir]] [[na]] [[skye]] [[mi 'gyur]]//<br>
 
12. If, although the effect is not there, it is born from those conditions, why is an effect not born from what are not its conditions?
 
 
13. [['bras bu]] [[rkyen]] [[gyi]] [[rang bzhin]] [[ni]]/<br>
[[rkyen]] [[rnams]] [[bdag gi]] [[rang bzhin]] [[min]]/<br>
[[bdag dngos]] [[min]] [[las 'bras bu]] [[gang]]/<br>
[[de ni]] [[ci ltar]] [[rkyen]] [[rang bzhin]]//<br>
 
13. Effects [are of] the nature of conditions. Conditions do not have own nature. How can those effects of what does not have own nature [be of] the nature of conditions?
 
 
14. [[de phyir]] [[rkyen]] [[gyi]] [[rang bzhin]] [[min]]/<br>
[[rkyen]] [[min]] [[rang bzhin]] [['bras bu]] [[ni]]/<br>
[[yod min]] [['bras bu]] [[med]] [[bas na]]/<br>
[[rkyen]] [[min]] [[rkyen]] [[du]] [[ga]] [[la]] [['gyur]]//<br>
 
 
14. Therefore, [it does] not have the nature of conditions, nor is there an effect with the nature of non-conditions. Since there is no effect, what could [be its] non-conditions or conditions?

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