འཁར་གསལ་འཆང་པའ་ཀན་ཏ་སྤྱད་པའ་ཆ་ག notes.26

notes.26

26. Taishō 726a2–3: 常當自近不得指人若畫地作字. “Always keep it close to you; neither point it at others nor use it to draw on the ground or write syllables.” See the corresponding item in the list in the Chinese sūtra at Taishō 725b17–18. The two Chinese versions agree with each other and present no problem to interpretation. The version in the Phukdrak Kangyur is closer to the Chinese here, insofar as it preserves the negation of the verb and therefore the prohibition on using the staff to “touch another person or make designs on the ground” (gzhal [sic] la reg cing sa la ri mo bri bar mi bya’o).