dpe khang

nine similes [for the buddha body of form]. According to the Uttaratantra: "Like the buddha in an ugly lotus, like honey in bees, like kernels in husks, like gold in alluvium, treasure in the earth, the stages beginning with the sprout in a tiny seed alpha, a conqueror's body in sodden clothes, royalty in the womb of a vile, and a precious image in clods of earth." [RY]

9 similes [for the buddha body of form (according to the supreme continuum of the greater vehicle, rgyud bla ma, sanskrit ed by e a Johnston, patna, 1950, pp 59 60 verses 1-9697 "like the buddha in an ugly lotus buddhah kupadme, like honey in bees [[madhu maksik su, like kernels in husks tusesu s r ny, like gold in alluvium ashucau suvarnam, treasure in the earth nidh hksit v, the stages beginning with the sprout in a tiny seed alpa phale 'nkur di, a conqueror's body in sodden clothes [[praklinnavastresu jin tmabh vah, royalty in the womb of a vile woman jaghanyan r jathare n patvam and a precious image in clods of earth (bhaven m tsu ca ratnabimbam) [IW]

9 similes [IW]