གླང་པའ་རྩལ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད notes.20

notes.20

20. We would like to thank Gyurme Dorje for the following note: “Pekar Zangpo (pad dkar bzang po) in his mdo sde spyi’i rnam bzhag, pp. 278–79, classes this discourse among the third turning sūtras and draws a distinction between the provisional purpose of the text (gnas skabs kyi dgos pa), which is to subdue or overwhelm beings with the strength of the elephant in order to alleviate ailments and so forth, and the conclusive purpose (mthar thug gi dgos pa), which is to bring about the attainment of “unsurpassed awakening.” He also classifies the sūtra as representative of Yogācāramadhyamaka (rnal ’byor spyod pa’i dbu ma).”