Madhyantavibhagatika: Analysis of the Middle Path and the by Sthiramati

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Representations 2 5 ) [ of sense-data] and are good, bad and indifferent :2 6 ) . Therefore. by reason of the store� consciousness which is dependent on cooperating conditions 2 7 ) and which is contained in the driving force 2 8 ) [ of phenomenal existence ] , these eight forms of consciousness together with their associates , app earing as things, s entient b eings, ego-substance and ideas , respectively contro1 2 9 ) the five g atis , the five modes of phenomen al existence 3 0 ) . A certain peculiarity 3 1 ) of the store-consciousness is the trans� formation 3 2 ) of the va:sanas, the impregnations [ of the active forces which p erfume as it were the store-consciousness ] , into good, bad and indifferent elements of existence 33 ) .

P. 1 4. phenomenal worl d ] 92 ) has n o real existence 9 3 ) , in s o far as it is imagined 9 4 ) to h ave the nature of subject and obj ect. By the word " parikalpa, ideation, imagination " , h owever he indicates that an artha, an object 9 5 ) does not exist, such as it is imagined [ to exist] . In this way it h as been made clear that [ the C onstructive I d eation ] is characterized by its b eing free 9 6 ) from [ a real existence of] , subject and object. W hat then is it? T he C onstructive Ideation as a whole 9 '7 ) " ind elud es the mind and th e mental phenomena 9 8 ) which relate to the past, the future and the present, represent cause and effect, relate to the three spheres of existence 99 ) , p ertain to time without b eginning, have their final issue in NirvaIfa, and proceed in accordance with th e stream of Ph enomenal Life" 1 0 0 ) .

39 F. THE CHARACTERISTIC O F THE SYNONYMS. Next he sets forth the Characteristic of the Synonyms, viz. while explaining the division into citta. mind and caittas. mental phenomena . h e explains the characteristics of th e synonyms [ applied ] to th e C onstructive I deation. I n what manner? The mind and mental phenom en a come forward [ an d are active] 2 ) throu gh the productive imagination 2 ) of a real. in� dependent nature and the special qualiti es 3 ) of a thin g imagin� able 4 ) , The mind and mental phenomena [ on the on e han d ] and the C onstructive Ideation [ on the other hand ] are synonyms in as much as their inherent nature is concerned.

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