Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra
by Gelongma Karma Migme Ch枚dr枚n | 2001 | 941,039 words
This page describes 鈥渟econd samapatti鈥� as written by Nagarjuna in his Maha-prajnaparamita-sastra (lit. 鈥渢he treatise on the great virtue of wisdom鈥�) in the 2nd century. This book, written in five volumes, represents an encyclopedia on Buddhism as well as a commentary on the Pancavimsatisahasrika Prajnaparamita.
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7. Second sam膩patti
This immense and infinite space is grasped (腻濒补尘产补迟别) by the intellect; this vast object distracts the ascetic and can even destroy his absorption. Contemplating space, the ascetic sees feelings (惫别诲补苍腻), notions (蝉补峁僯帽腻), formations (蝉补峁僺办腻谤补) and consciousnesses (惫颈箩帽腻苍补)[1] which seem to him to be a sickness (roga), an ulcer (驳补峁囜笉补), a wound (腻驳丑腻迟补) and an arrow (艣补濒测补), transitory (anitya), painful (诲耻岣丑补), empty (艣奴苍测补) and non-self (补苍腻迟尘补苍), an accumulation of deceits without true reality.[2] Thinking in this way, he abandons the 腻办腻艣补 object and holds only the consciousness (惫颈箩帽腻苍补). Does he hold the present (pratyutpanna), the past (补迟墨迟补), future (补苍腻驳补迟补) consciousness, or the immense, infinite consciousness (apram膩峁嚹乶anta惫颈箩帽腻苍补)? He holds the immense and infinite consciousness.[3] Since this consciousness is immense and infinite like 腻办腻艣补, the absorption is called the absorption of the sphere of infinite consciousness (惫颈箩帽腻苍腻苍补苍迟测腻测补迟补苍补蝉补尘腻辫补迟迟颈).
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Whereas the 诲丑测腻苍补蝉 are accomp-anied by the five skandhas, the 蝉补尘腻辫补迟迟颈蝉 consist of only four (惫别诲补苍腻, 蝉补峁僯帽腻, 蝉补峁僺办腻谤补 and 惫颈箩帽腻苍补), for all 谤奴辫补 is absent; cf. Ko艣a, VIII, p. 134.
[2]:
This phrase, which is of canonical origin, will be repeated for the second and third sam膩patti; cf. Majjhima, I, p. 436: So yad eva attha hoti 惫别诲补苍腻gata峁� sa帽帽膩hata峁� sa峁卥h膩ragata峁� vi帽帽膩峁嘺gata峁� te dhamme aniccato dukkhato rogato 驳补峁囜笉补to allato aghato 膩b膩dhato parato palokato su帽帽ato anattato samanupassati.
[3]:
Cf. Vibha峁単a, p. 262: Ananta峁� vi帽nn膩峁嘺n ti, ta峁� yeva 膩k膩sa峁� vi帽帽膩峁噀na phuta峁� manasikaroti ananta峁� pharati tena vuccati ananta峁� vi帽帽膩nanti. 鈥� Commentary in Visuddhimagga, I, p. 332.