Passage ID 146

[49.5] khams gsum kun tu sbyor ba'i nyon mongs pa rnams spangs pas dgra bcom pa...

[50.6 f] srid pa'i rtse mo'i nyon mongs pa chung ngu'i chung ngu yang spangs pa ni dgra bcom pa ste/ "a ri ha ta" zhes bya ba'i sgra/ a ri ni dgra'/ ha ta ni bcom pa ste/ khams gsum du skye ba len par byed pa'i nyon mongs pa rnams nyid bdud dang dgra yin la/ de dag bcom pas de skad ces bya'o/ rnam pa gcig du a ri na ha ta ba zhes bya ste/ a ri ni 'os shing rigs pa'i don/ ha ta ba ni mchod sbyin kyi tshig ste/ khams gsum gyi sred pa'i zad pa de la/ 'dod chags dang bcas pa thams cad kyi mchod pa'i 'os yin pas/ mchod 'os zhes bya bar yang bshad do/

Notes

In discussing the goal attainment of the Śrāvakas, Rong zom pa clearly defines the stream enterer (rgyun du zhugs pa), once returner (lan cig phyir 'ong), non returner (phyir mi 'ong pa) and Arhant.

Das dictionary: "'os pa: worthy, suitable, becoming etc. 2. in colloquial language: right (lawful) (for the rigs pa and mi rigs pa of earlier literature)} thus: "appropriate religious sacrifice", though mchod 'os also means "worthy of worship" and is sometimes used as a metaphor for the sun.

References

• rong zom chos kyi bzang po/. slob dpon sangs rgyas gnyis pa'i gsung dngos/ man ngag lta ba'i phreng ba zhes bya ba'i 'grel pa/ In Smanrtsis Shesrig Dpendzod, vol. 73. Leh: S.W. Tashigangpa, 1974, 49.

Passage ID 147

dgra bcom pa ni nyon mongs pa'i dgra sde bcom pa'i phyir te/ ji ltar bcom na dge sbyong gi 'bras bu bzhi'i mthar thug pa yin te 'og tu 'chad par 'gyur ro/

Notes

In detailing the special external qualities of "Buddha", 'Jigs med gling pa provides the following interpretation of the epithet dgra bcom pa.

References

• ‘jigs med gling pa/. yon tan rin po che’i mdzod kyi rgya cher ‘grel pa bden gnyis shing rta/ In Ngargyur Nyingmay Sungrab, v. 29-37. Vol. 1. Gangtok, Sikkim: Sonam T. Kazi, 1970, 1: 339.2.

Passage ID 148

las nyon gyi dgra thams cad bcom zhing 'jig rten gsum gyi mchod 'os su gyur pas na dgra bcom pa'o/ dgra bcom gyi don A rya te zhes pa'i sgra las mchod 'os la 'jug pa'o/

Notes

In detailing the qualities of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, Yon tan rgya mtsho concisely defines the epithet dgra bcom pa in this passage.

References

• yon tan rgya mtsho/. yon tan rin po che mdzod kyi ‘grel pa nyi zla’i sgron me/. Kathmandu: Shechen Publications, 2: 95.2.