ལས་བརྒྱ་ཐམ་པ་པ notes.166

notes.166

166. “The four observations,” for the Tib. rnam pa’i bzhi’i gzigs. Though we were unable to find an exact reference in Negi or Rigzin, the closest contender, on which we have based our translation (on the assumption that the “four types of observations” here is a shorter version of the same), was, under gzigs pa lnga, Rigzin’s “pañca darśana / Buddha’s five observations; five predeterminations of Buddha Shakyamuni before he came to this world: 1. dus la gzigs pa, observation of the time for his appearance; 2. rus la gzigs pa, observation of the family of his birth; 3. rigs la gzigs pa, observation of the caste of his lineage; 4. yum la gzigs pa, observation of the mother to whom he would be born; 5. yul la gzigs pa, observation of the land in which to disseminate his doctrine.” (Rigzin, p. 366).