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− | 21. Investigation of Rising and Passing | + | '''21. Investigation of Rising and Passing''' |
− | (Disappearance) | + | '''''(Disappearance)''''' |
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+ | 1. 'jig pa 'byung ba med par ram/<br> | ||
+ | lhan cig yod pa nyid ma yin/<br> | ||
+ | 'byung ba 'jig pa med par ram/<br> | ||
+ | lhan cig yod pa nyid ma yin /<br> | ||
1. Passing does not exist without or together with rising. Rising does not exist without or together with passing. | 1. Passing does not exist without or together with rising. Rising does not exist without or together with passing. | ||
− | [The Sanskrit terms sambhava ( | + | [The Sanskrit terms sambhava ([['byung ba]] - rising) and vibhava ([['jig pa - passing) are related to bhava ([[dgnos po]] - thing); also cf. svabhava and parabhava. So "appearance" and "disappearance" would capture the play on the two words. Note also that in verses 15-16 the Tib. [['byung]] - [['jig]] does not translate sambhava / vibhava, but udaya / vyaya]. |
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+ | 2. 'jig pa 'byung ba med par ni/<br> | ||
+ | ji lta bur na yod par 'gyur/<br> | ||
+ | skye ba med par 'chi bar 'gyur/<br> | ||
+ | 'jig pa 'byung ba med par med /<br> | ||
2. How can passing exist without rising? Is there death without birth? There is no passing without rising. | 2. How can passing exist without rising? Is there death without birth? There is no passing without rising. | ||
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+ | 3. 'jig pa 'byung dang lhan cig tu/<br> | ||
+ | ji ltar yod pa nyid du 'gyur/<br> | ||
+ | 'chi ba skye dang dus gcig tu/<br> | ||
+ | yod pa nyid ni ma yin no /<br> | ||
3. How could passing exist together with rising? Death does not exist at the same time as birth. | 3. How could passing exist together with rising? Death does not exist at the same time as birth. | ||
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− | [Lha. *ji ltar yod pa nyid du | + | |
+ | 4. 'byung ba 'jig pa med par ni/<br> | ||
+ | ji lta bur na yod par 'gyur*/<br> | ||
+ | dngos po rnams la mi rtag nyid/<br> | ||
+ | nam yang med pa ma yin no /<br> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ['''Lha.''' *ji ltar yod pa nyid du 'gyur] | ||
4. How could rising exist without passing? Things are never not impermanent. | 4. How could rising exist without passing? Things are never not impermanent. | ||
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+ | 5. 'byung ba 'jig dang lhan cig tu/<br> | ||
+ | ji ltar yod pa nyid du 'gyur/<br> | ||
+ | skye ba 'chi dang dus gcig tu/<br> | ||
+ | yod pa nyid ni ma yin no /<br> | ||
5. How could rising exist together with passing? Birth does not exist at the same time as death. | 5. How could rising exist together with passing? Birth does not exist at the same time as death. | ||
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+ | 6. gang dag phan tshun lhan cig gam/<br> | ||
+ | phan tshun lhan cig ma yin par/<br> | ||
+ | grub pa yod pa ma yin pa/<br> | ||
+ | de dag grub pa ji ltar yod /<br> | ||
6. How can those that are not established either mutually together or not mutually together be established? | 6. How can those that are not established either mutually together or not mutually together be established? | ||
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+ | 7. zad la 'byung ba yod ma yin/<br> | ||
+ | ma zad pa la'ang 'byung ba med/<br> | ||
+ | zad la 'jig pa yod ma yin/<br> | ||
+ | ma zad pa la'ang 'jig pa med /<br> | ||
7. The finished does not rise; the unfinished too does not rise; the finished does not pass; the unfinished too does not pass. | 7. The finished does not rise; the unfinished too does not rise; the finished does not pass; the unfinished too does not pass. | ||
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+ | 8. dngos po yod pa ma yin par/<br> | ||
+ | 'byung dang 'jig pa yod ma yin/<br> | ||
+ | 'byung dang 'jig pa med par ni/<br> | ||
+ | dngos po yod pa ma yin no /<br> | ||
8. Rising and passing do not exist without the existence of things. Things do not exist without the existence of rising and passing. | 8. Rising and passing do not exist without the existence of things. Things do not exist without the existence of rising and passing. | ||
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− | + | 9. stong la* 'byung dang 'jig pa dag/<br> | |
+ | 'thad pa nyid ni ma yin no/<br> | ||
+ | mi stong pa la'ang 'byung 'jig dag/<br> | ||
+ | 'thad pa nyid ni ma yin no /<br> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ['''Lha.''' *las. '''Ts.''' *la] | ||
9. Rising and passing are not possible for the empty; rising, passing are not possible for the non-empty also. | 9. Rising and passing are not possible for the empty; rising, passing are not possible for the non-empty also. | ||
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− | + | 10. 'byung ba dang ni 'jig pa dag/<br> | |
+ | gcig pa nyid du* mi 'thad do/<br> | ||
+ | 'byung ba dang ni 'jig pa dag/<br> | ||
+ | gzhan nyid du yang** mi 'thad do /<br> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ['''Lha.''' *ni. **gzhan pa nyid du'ang] | ||
10. Rising and passing cannot possibly be one; rising and passing also cannot possibly be other. | 10. Rising and passing cannot possibly be one; rising and passing also cannot possibly be other. | ||
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+ | 11. 'byung ba dang ni 'jig pa dag/<br> | ||
+ | mthong ngo snyam du khyod sems na/<br> | ||
+ | 'byung ba dang ni 'jig pa dag/<br> | ||
+ | gti mug nyid kyis mthong ba yin /<br> | ||
11. If you think that you can see rising and passing, rising and passing are seen by delusion. | 11. If you think that you can see rising and passing, rising and passing are seen by delusion. | ||
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+ | 12. dngos po dngos las mi skye ste/<br> | ||
+ | dngos po dngos med las mi skye/<br> | ||
+ | dngos med dngos med mi skye ste/<br> | ||
+ | dngos med dngos las mi skye'o /<br> | ||
12. Things are not created from things; things are not created from nothing; nothing is not created from nothing; nothing is not created from things. | 12. Things are not created from things; things are not created from nothing; nothing is not created from nothing; nothing is not created from things. | ||
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− | + | 13. dngos po bdag las mi skye ste/<br> | |
+ | gzhan las skye ba nyid ma yin/<br> | ||
+ | bdag dang gzhan las skye ba ni/<br> | ||
+ | yod min* ji ltar skye bar 'gyur /<br> | ||
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+ | ['''Lha.''' *na] | ||
13. Things are not created from themselves, nor are they created from something else; they are not created from [both] themselves and something else. How are they created? | 13. Things are not created from themselves, nor are they created from something else; they are not created from [both] themselves and something else. How are they created? | ||
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+ | 14. dngos po yod par khas blangs na/<br> | ||
+ | rtag dang chad par lta bar ni/<br> | ||
+ | thal bar 'gyur te dngos de ni/<br> | ||
+ | rtag dang mi rtag 'gyur phyir ro /<br> | ||
14. If you assert the existence of things, the views of eternalism and annihilationism will follow, because things are permanent and impermanent. | 14. If you assert the existence of things, the views of eternalism and annihilationism will follow, because things are permanent and impermanent. | ||
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+ | 15. dngos po yod par khas blangs kyang/<br> | ||
+ | chad par mi 'gyur rtag mi 'gyur/<br> | ||
+ | 'bras bu rgyu yi 'byung 'jig gi/<br> | ||
+ | rgyun de srid pa yin phyir ro /<br> | ||
15. If you assert the existence of things, eternalism and annihilationism will not be, because the continuity of the rising and passing of cause -effect is becoming. | 15. If you assert the existence of things, eternalism and annihilationism will not be, because the continuity of the rising and passing of cause -effect is becoming. | ||
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− | + | 16. 'bras bu rgyu yi* 'byung 'jig gi/<br> | |
+ | rgyun de srid pa yin 'gyur na/<br> | ||
+ | 'jig la yang skye med pa'i phyir/<br> | ||
+ | rgyu ni chad par thal bar 'gyur /<br> | ||
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+ | ['''Lha.''' *gal te 'bras rgyu'i] | ||
16. If the continuity of the rising and passing of cause-effect is becoming, because what has passed will not be created again, it will follow that the cause is annihilated. | 16. If the continuity of the rising and passing of cause-effect is becoming, because what has passed will not be created again, it will follow that the cause is annihilated. | ||
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+ | 17. dngos po ngo bo nyid yod na/<br> | ||
+ | dngos med 'gyur bar mi rigs so/<br> | ||
+ | mya ngan 'das pa'i dus na chad/<br> | ||
+ | srid rgyun rab tu zhi phyir ro /<br> | ||
17. If things exist essentially, it would be unreasonable [for them] to become nothing. At the time of nirvana [they] would be annihilated, because the continuity of becoming is totally pacified. | 17. If things exist essentially, it would be unreasonable [for them] to become nothing. At the time of nirvana [they] would be annihilated, because the continuity of becoming is totally pacified. | ||
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+ | 18. tha ma 'gags par gyur pa na/<br> | ||
+ | srid pa dang po rigs mi 'gyur/<br> | ||
+ | tha ma 'gags par ma gyur tshe/<br> | ||
+ | srid pa dang po rigs mi 'gyur /<br> | ||
18. If the end stops, it is unreasonable for there to be a beginning of becoming. When the end does not stop, it is unreasonable for there to be a beginning of becoming. | 18. If the end stops, it is unreasonable for there to be a beginning of becoming. When the end does not stop, it is unreasonable for there to be a beginning of becoming. | ||
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+ | 19. gal te tha ma 'gag bzhin na/<br> | ||
+ | dang po skye bar 'gyur na ni/<br> | ||
+ | 'gag bzhin pa ni gcig 'gyur zhing/<br> | ||
+ | skye bzhin pa yang gzhan du 'gyur /<br> | ||
19. If the beginning is created while the end is stopping, the stopping would be one and the creating would be another. | 19. If the beginning is created while the end is stopping, the stopping would be one and the creating would be another. | ||
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− | + | 20. gal te 'gag bzhin skye bzhin dag/<br> | |
+ | lhan cig tu yang rigs min na/<br> | ||
+ | phung po gang la 'chi 'gyur ba/<br> | ||
+ | de la skye ba* 'byung 'gyur ram /<br> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ['''Lha.''' *ba'ang] | ||
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+ | 20. If it is also unreasonable for stopping and creating to be together, aren't the aggregates that die also those that are created? | ||
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− | 21. | + | 21. de ltar dus gsum dag tu yang/<br> |
+ | srid pa'i rgyun ni mi rigs na/<br> | ||
+ | dus gsum dag tu gang med pa/<br> | ||
+ | de ni ji ltar srid pa'i rgyun /<br> | ||
21. Likewise, if the continuity of becoming is not reasonable at any of the three times, how can there be a continuity of becoming which isnon-existent in the three times? | 21. Likewise, if the continuity of becoming is not reasonable at any of the three times, how can there be a continuity of becoming which isnon-existent in the three times? | ||
− | + | 'byung ba dang 'jig pa brtag pa zhes bya ba ste rab tu byed pa nyi shu gcig pa'o //<br> |
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21. Investigation of Rising and Passing
(Disappearance)
1. 'jig pa 'byung ba med par ram/
lhan cig yod pa nyid ma yin/
'byung ba 'jig pa med par ram/
lhan cig yod pa nyid ma yin /
1. Passing does not exist without or together with rising. Rising does not exist without or together with passing.
[The Sanskrit terms sambhava ('byung ba - rising) and vibhava ([['jig pa - passing) are related to bhava (dgnos po - thing); also cf. svabhava and parabhava. So "appearance" and "disappearance" would capture the play on the two words. Note also that in verses 15-16 the Tib. 'byung - 'jig does not translate sambhava / vibhava, but udaya / vyaya].
2. 'jig pa 'byung ba med par ni/
ji lta bur na yod par 'gyur/
skye ba med par 'chi bar 'gyur/
'jig pa 'byung ba med par med /
2. How can passing exist without rising? Is there death without birth? There is no passing without rising.
3. 'jig pa 'byung dang lhan cig tu/
ji ltar yod pa nyid du 'gyur/
'chi ba skye dang dus gcig tu/
yod pa nyid ni ma yin no /
3. How could passing exist together with rising? Death does not exist at the same time as birth.
4. 'byung ba 'jig pa med par ni/
ji lta bur na yod par 'gyur*/
dngos po rnams la mi rtag nyid/
nam yang med pa ma yin no /
[Lha. *ji ltar yod pa nyid du 'gyur]
4. How could rising exist without passing? Things are never not impermanent.
5. 'byung ba 'jig dang lhan cig tu/
ji ltar yod pa nyid du 'gyur/
skye ba 'chi dang dus gcig tu/
yod pa nyid ni ma yin no /
5. How could rising exist together with passing? Birth does not exist at the same time as death.
6. gang dag phan tshun lhan cig gam/
phan tshun lhan cig ma yin par/
grub pa yod pa ma yin pa/
de dag grub pa ji ltar yod /
6. How can those that are not established either mutually together or not mutually together be established?
7. zad la 'byung ba yod ma yin/
ma zad pa la'ang 'byung ba med/
zad la 'jig pa yod ma yin/
ma zad pa la'ang 'jig pa med /
7. The finished does not rise; the unfinished too does not rise; the finished does not pass; the unfinished too does not pass.
8. dngos po yod pa ma yin par/
'byung dang 'jig pa yod ma yin/
'byung dang 'jig pa med par ni/
dngos po yod pa ma yin no /
8. Rising and passing do not exist without the existence of things. Things do not exist without the existence of rising and passing.
9. stong la* 'byung dang 'jig pa dag/
'thad pa nyid ni ma yin no/
mi stong pa la'ang 'byung 'jig dag/
'thad pa nyid ni ma yin no /
[Lha. *las. Ts. *la]
9. Rising and passing are not possible for the empty; rising, passing are not possible for the non-empty also.
10. 'byung ba dang ni 'jig pa dag/
gcig pa nyid du* mi 'thad do/
'byung ba dang ni 'jig pa dag/
gzhan nyid du yang** mi 'thad do /
[Lha. *ni. **gzhan pa nyid du'ang]
10. Rising and passing cannot possibly be one; rising and passing also cannot possibly be other.
11. 'byung ba dang ni 'jig pa dag/
mthong ngo snyam du khyod sems na/
'byung ba dang ni 'jig pa dag/
gti mug nyid kyis mthong ba yin /
11. If you think that you can see rising and passing, rising and passing are seen by delusion.
12. dngos po dngos las mi skye ste/
dngos po dngos med las mi skye/
dngos med dngos med mi skye ste/
dngos med dngos las mi skye'o /
12. Things are not created from things; things are not created from nothing; nothing is not created from nothing; nothing is not created from things.
13. dngos po bdag las mi skye ste/
gzhan las skye ba nyid ma yin/
bdag dang gzhan las skye ba ni/
yod min* ji ltar skye bar 'gyur /
[Lha. *na]
13. Things are not created from themselves, nor are they created from something else; they are not created from [both] themselves and something else. How are they created?
14. dngos po yod par khas blangs na/
rtag dang chad par lta bar ni/
thal bar 'gyur te dngos de ni/
rtag dang mi rtag 'gyur phyir ro /
14. If you assert the existence of things, the views of eternalism and annihilationism will follow, because things are permanent and impermanent.
15. dngos po yod par khas blangs kyang/
chad par mi 'gyur rtag mi 'gyur/
'bras bu rgyu yi 'byung 'jig gi/
rgyun de srid pa yin phyir ro /
15. If you assert the existence of things, eternalism and annihilationism will not be, because the continuity of the rising and passing of cause -effect is becoming.
16. 'bras bu rgyu yi* 'byung 'jig gi/
rgyun de srid pa yin 'gyur na/
'jig la yang skye med pa'i phyir/
rgyu ni chad par thal bar 'gyur /
[Lha. *gal te 'bras rgyu'i]
16. If the continuity of the rising and passing of cause-effect is becoming, because what has passed will not be created again, it will follow that the cause is annihilated.
17. dngos po ngo bo nyid yod na/
dngos med 'gyur bar mi rigs so/
mya ngan 'das pa'i dus na chad/
srid rgyun rab tu zhi phyir ro /
17. If things exist essentially, it would be unreasonable [for them] to become nothing. At the time of nirvana [they] would be annihilated, because the continuity of becoming is totally pacified.
18. tha ma 'gags par gyur pa na/
srid pa dang po rigs mi 'gyur/
tha ma 'gags par ma gyur tshe/
srid pa dang po rigs mi 'gyur /
18. If the end stops, it is unreasonable for there to be a beginning of becoming. When the end does not stop, it is unreasonable for there to be a beginning of becoming.
19. gal te tha ma 'gag bzhin na/
dang po skye bar 'gyur na ni/
'gag bzhin pa ni gcig 'gyur zhing/
skye bzhin pa yang gzhan du 'gyur /
19. If the beginning is created while the end is stopping, the stopping would be one and the creating would be another.
20. gal te 'gag bzhin skye bzhin dag/
lhan cig tu yang rigs min na/
phung po gang la 'chi 'gyur ba/
de la skye ba* 'byung 'gyur ram /
[Lha. *ba'ang]
20. If it is also unreasonable for stopping and creating to be together, aren't the aggregates that die also those that are created?
21. de ltar dus gsum dag tu yang/
srid pa'i rgyun ni mi rigs na/
dus gsum dag tu gang med pa/
de ni ji ltar srid pa'i rgyun /
21. Likewise, if the continuity of becoming is not reasonable at any of the three times, how can there be a continuity of becoming which isnon-existent in the three times?
'byung ba dang 'jig pa brtag pa zhes bya ba ste rab tu byed pa nyi shu gcig pa'o //