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YOUTHFUL PLAY ?f A R E A VI iv The four possibilities of revulsion and so forth 79 Forbearance and knowing suffering And cause can bring revulsion All that discard remove attachment There are thus four alternatives Does a thing by which one develops revulsion free one from desire? you ask There are four possibilities The forbearances and knowings o f suffering and cause, the origin, can bring revulsion, because they focus on things for which one feels revulsion Forbearance and knowing of cessation and path not, because they focus on things that are supremely pleasing All the forbearances and knowings o f suffering, origin, cessation, and path th at discard remove at­ tachm ent, because they are what discards the afflictions T hus there are four alternatives between revulsion and detachment The first, that which is revulsion but not freeing from desire, is the paths that focus on suffering and origin that not discard The second possibility is discarding paths that focus on cessation and path The third is discarding paths that focus on suffering and origin The fourth is paths other than discarding paths that focus on cessation and path Second, presenting the area's name This completes the sixth area called “Teachings on the Paths and Indi­ viduals” from the Verses o f the Treasury o f Abhidharma This completes the explanation of the sixth area called “Teachings on the Paths and Individuals” from The Explanation 0/ t h e “Verses o f the Treasury o f A bhidharm a” called The Essence o f the Ocean o f Abhidharma, The Words o f Those who Know and Love, Explaining the Youthful Play, Opening the Eyes o f Dharma, The Chariot o f Easy Practice A few words here: The only refuge o f all those who yearn for peace, Is the supreme protector, the great and perfect Buddha I followed with respect the Glorious Jewel, Disciple o f the Shakyan King,290 and Vajrakirti, The great master, and received all levels o f the teachings I became unafraid to explain the meaning as it is O f the three baskets and four classes o f tantras In this, the Buddhas teachings were exalted 494 A SPECIFIC EXPLANATION OF PATHS At that time I awakened to all knowledge, And so while dwelling in W hite Cave I wrote This treasury on paths and individuals, The sixth part o f my explanation o f the Treasury The stainless waxing moon o f virtue Destroys the darkness that besmirches The Victors teachings in this Land o f Snow May the teachings o f the Karma Kagyu blaze! 495 SEVENTH AREA 'Teachings on TUisdom O n my m ind’s clean white dukula291 cloth, the many hues O f all dharmas I distinguish clearly are so bright! At that time if I not forget my glorious lama, Youthful Manju, then how could I wander in samsara? T he Ganges current, explanations O f the paths o f three baskets, washes Away all stains o f faulty views This is the cleanser I release The seventh area, the “Teachings on W isdom ,” has an explanation of the text of the area and a presentation o f the areas name The explanation of the text o f the area has four topics: I The knowings, II Explanation of possession, III How the knowings are attained, and IV Qualities o f the knowings I The knowings This has three topics: A Distinctions between forbearances, knowings, and views, B Identifying the ten knowings, and C Examining dis­ tinctions among the knowings A Distinctions between forbearances, knowings, and views This has two points 497 YOUTHFUL PLAY * AREA VII Undefiled 1a-c Stainless forbearances aren’t knowing Minds O f extinction, nonarising are not views The other noble minds than those are both In the abhidharm a, the terms forbearancey knowing, correct view\ and right knowing all appear Is there anything that is a forbearance but not a knowing, or right knowing but not a view? you ask The eight stainless forbearances o f the path o f seeing are views but not knowing, because knowing is inherently recognition, but the forbearances are paths o f no obstacles, so at that point the kernels they discard have not been abandoned and there is doubt with regard to their object Because they are inherently right thought, they are view Saying they are not knowing does not mean that they are not cognition but means that they are not included among the ten knowings Although the undefiled forbearances are views but not knowing, in contrast the m inds or knowings o f extinction and nonarising have no right thought and not have the intention to thoroughly investigate, so they are knowings but no t views T he undefiled full knowing o f other noble m inds than those, the undefiled forbearances and the knowings o f extinction and nonarising, are both view and knowing, because they are right consideration and complete recognition, so they have discarded doubt Defiled Id Others are knowing Six are views as well Those which are other than the undefiled, all that are defiled worldly full knowing, are knowing This relative knowing does not have to be solely free o f doubt Six o f these— personality view and the rest of the five views and the correct worldly view— are not only knowing, they are views as well In par­ ticular, some full knowings of the precursors to clear realization are all three,292 because they are an instance o f the correct worldly view and are also forbear­ ances that are compatible with seeing the truth O ther worldly knowings are knowing but not view B Identifying the ten knowings This has two topics: The actual classifi­ cation, and Teaching knowing others’ minds in particular 498 ... seventh area, the “Teachings on W isdom ,” has an explanation of the text of the area and a presentation o f the areas name The explanation of the text o f the area has four topics: I The knowings,... Cave I wrote This treasury on paths and individuals, The sixth part o f my explanation o f the Treasury The stainless waxing moon o f virtue Destroys the darkness that besmirches The Victors teachings... so at that point the kernels they discard have not been abandoned and there is doubt with regard to their object Because they are inherently right thought, they are view Saying they are not knowing