འདལ་བ་གཞ notes.3.78
The Chapter on Going Forth; The Chapter on the Restoration Rite; The Chapter on Lifting Restrictions; The Chapter on the Rains; The Chapter on Medicines notes.3.78
- Language
- English
notes.3.78
78. Tib. snyan pa snyan par smra ba’i dge slong dag gis chos snyan dgu bton pa. A similar phrase (Tib. snyan pa snyan pa’i chos snyan par byed; Skt. madhuramadhuraṃ dharmaṃ deśayati) is found elsewhere in The Chapters on Monastic Discipline (e.g., The Chapter on Schisms in the Saṅgha, Tib. vol. ga, F.233.b; Skt. Gñoli 1978, p. 61) and The Hundred Deeds (Toh 340), ; Yijing does not translate this phrase. It is unclear whether “nine” (Tib. dgu) simply means “many” or refers to a specific list of nine teachings. The Yogācārabhūmi mentions “nine types of speaking sweetly that lead to happiness in this and other lives” (’di dang gzhan du bde bar ’gyur ba’i snyan par smra ba rnam pa dgu: Orgyen Nordrang 2008, bar cha, pp. 1989–90), which, in essence, amount to an exhortation to abandon the ten nonvirtues. We might therefore take this phrase to refer to a monk who teaches the laity.