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Though not explicitly identified as a Mahāyāna sūtra, the APD states that it was taught to a gathering of bodhisattvas, with the bodhisattva Avikalpa­prabhāsa serving as the primary interlocutor. ### [notes.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avikalpapravesadharani*bo~en-84000.notes.2) 2. On the relationship between the APD and the Dharma­dharmatā­vibhāga, see Brunnhölzl 2012, pp. 49–52; Mathes 2005, pp. 12–13; Meinert 2003, p. 180; Robertson 2006, p. 91. ### [notes.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avikalpapravesadharani*bo~en-84000.notes.3) 3. This is the rnam par mi rtog pa la ’jug pa’i gzung gyi ’grel pa, listed in the Denkarma catalog on F.306.a.6; see also Lalou (1953), no. 552, p. 332. ### [notes.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avikalpapravesadharani*bo~en-84000.notes.4) 4. See Denkarma, F.199.a.7; see also Lalou (1953), no. 197, p. 324. ### [notes.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avikalpapravesadharani*bo~en-84000.notes.5) 5. For more on the debate between proponents of the gradual and spontaneous paths to awakening, see Meinert 2003, pp. 179–80, particularly footnote 13; Robertson 2006, pp. 36–87. ### [notes.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avikalpapravesadharani*bo~en-84000.notes.6) 6. See Robertson 2006, pp. 87–91. ### [notes.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avikalpapravesadharani*bo~en-84000.notes.7) 7. For a detailed discussion of the relationship between the APD and the Lamp for the Eye of Meditation, see Meinert 2003. ### [notes.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avikalpapravesadharani*bo~en-84000.notes.8) 8. See Brunnhölzl 2012, pp. 150–51; Mathes 2005, passim. ### [notes.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avikalpapravesadharani*bo~en-84000.notes.9) 9. See Matsuda, 1996. ### [notes.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avikalpapravesadharani*bo~en-84000.notes.10) 10. The extant folia of IOL Tib J 52 correspond to folios 2.b.7–4.b.2 and 5.b.3–6.a.3 of the Degé Kangyur recension. It should be noted that the digitized images of the scans are disordered and one folio is reversed. The Arabic numerals on the right side of the folios do not represent the correct order. There also appears to be one folio missing in the sequence. Only variants that suggest differences between Sanskrit recensions have been noted. ### [notes.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avikalpapravesadharani*bo~en-84000.notes.11) 11. See Meinert 2003, pp. 178–79; Ueyama 1983, pp. 34–35. Ueyama presents an edition of the Ru wu fenbie zongchi jing in the same publication, pp. 38–40. ### [notes.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avikalpapravesadharani*bo~en-84000.notes.12) 12. Instead of Nirvikalpasvara, the Degé translation reads Nirvikalpeśvara (rnam par med dbang phyug). ### [notes.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avikalpapravesadharani*bo~en-84000.notes.13) 13. The Degé translation adds Nirvikalpa- to the name of Maheśvara (rnam par rtog med dbang phyug chen po). ### [notes.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avikalpapravesadharani*bo~en-84000.notes.14) 14. The Degé translation includes the statement “according to the Mahāyāna” (theg pa chen po la). ### [notes.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avikalpapravesadharani*bo~en-84000.notes.15) 15. The Degé translation lacks “noble sons,” but the phrase appears in the Dunhuang version. ### [notes.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avikalpapravesadharani*bo~en-84000.notes.16) 16. The Degé translation and Dunhuang version lack “completely transcends all conceptual signs.” ### [notes.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avikalpapravesadharani*bo~en-84000.notes.17) 17. The Degé translation lacks “secondary afflictive emotions,” but the phrase does appear in the Dunhuang version. ### [notes.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avikalpapravesadharani*bo~en-84000.notes.18) 18. These lines are cited by Ratnākaraśānti in his Sarvarahasyanibandha, a commentary on the Sarvarahasya Tantra (Toh 2623; see Isaacson, forthcoming, p. 16), and in his Sāratamā (or Sārottamā, Toh 3803), a commentary on the Perfection of Wisdom in 8000 Lines (Jaini 1979, p. 82). It is also cited by Sthiramati in his Triṃśikāvijñaptibhāṣya (Toh 4064; see Buescher 2002, p. 45, lines 16–18). ### [notes.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avikalpapravesadharani*bo~en-84000.notes.19) 19. The Tibetan translations lack an equivalent for vibhutva, “power.” ### [notes.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avikalpapravesadharani*bo~en-84000.notes.20) 20. The Degé translation and the Dunhuang version lack an equivalent for vihāra, “maintaining.” ### [notes.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avikalpapravesadharani*bo~en-84000.notes.21) 21. The Degé translation omits “great” here, which is attested in the Sanskrit. ### [notes.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avikalpapravesadharani*bo~en-84000.notes.22) 22. The Tibetan gnyen po la rnam par mi rtog pa’i mtshan ma here lacks an equivalent for the Sanskrit °nirūpaṇa in the compound pratipakṣanirūpaṇavikalpanimitta. ### [notes.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avikalpapravesadharani*bo~en-84000.notes.23) 23. The Degé translation reads rnam par mi rtog pa’i dbyings, “the nonconceptual realm.” ### [notes.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avikalpapravesadharani*bo~en-84000.notes.24) 24. The Degé translation should be emended from gzungs to gzugs following the Sanskrit and the variant attested in the Kangxi and Lhasa Kangyurs. ### [notes.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avikalpapravesadharani*bo~en-84000.notes.25) 25. The Degé translation omits “sign.” ### [notes.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avikalpapravesadharani*bo~en-84000.notes.26) 26. The Degé reading spyod pa should be emended here to dpyod pa in accordance with the Sanskrit °nirūpaṇa. ### [notes.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avikalpapravesadharani*bo~en-84000.notes.27) 27. The Tibetan translation reads, “omniscience is purification,” thus omitting “the three worlds.” ### [notes.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avikalpapravesadharani*bo~en-84000.notes.28) 28. The Degé translation omits the clause beginning with “to think, ‘omniscience arises.’ ” The Dunhuang version reads, “is difficult” (rab tu dka’ ba) instead of “is purified.” ### [notes.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avikalpapravesadharani*bo~en-84000.notes.29) 29. We have followed the Degé translation in including “noble sons” here. ### [notes.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avikalpapravesadharani*bo~en-84000.notes.30) 30. The Degé translation reads, “through any concepts of omniscience” (rnam pa thams cad mkhyen pa’i rnam par rtog pa thams cad kyis). The repetition of rnam pa thams cad mkhyen pa, “omniscience,” in the Tibetan passage suggests the possibility that mkhyen pa was added here by scribal error. ### [notes.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avikalpapravesadharani*bo~en-84000.notes.31) 31. The Degé translation includes “memorizing it” (’chang ba). ### [notes.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avikalpapravesadharani*bo~en-84000.notes.32) 32. These verses are cited in the Guṇavatīṭīkā (Toh 1623), Ratnākaraśānti’s commentary on the Mahāmāyā Tantra (Damron 2014, p. 90). Regarding the phrase “equaled and unequaled” (samāsama), Ratnākaraśānti comments: “\[Nonconceptual bliss\] is ‘equaled’ because it is equivalent with general classes of bliss that are other than it. It is ‘unequaled’ because is distinct through those \[previously mentioned\] four distinctions.” --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avikalpapravesadharani*bo~en-84000.notes](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avikalpapravesadharani*bo~en-84000.notes) · Pramāṇa