THE RESULTS OF DISCARDING THE KERNELS Which are the results of what paths 67 They all are o f the noble paths Two o f the worldly Subsequent, too The three results of dharma knowing, Six o f its similar kind, and five They, the nine perfect knowings, all are results o f the noble paths, because they are results revealed by the dharma and subsequent knowing o f the paths of seeing and meditation The two perfect knowings o f that which leads to the lowest and extinction o f desire for Form are the results o f the worldly paths in nobles’ beings The results o f subsequent knowing on the path of meditation are two perfect knowings, too: extinction o f attachm ent to Form and the total elimination o f the fetters T he three perfect knowings of abandonment o f that which leads to the low est and so on are results o f dharm a knowing contained in the path o f medi tation, because dharma knowing is the antidote for the discards o f meditation of all three realms The six perfect knowings, excluding the perfect knowings of the abandonm ent o f the higher realms’ discards o f seeing, are the results of its similar kind, dharma knowing including dharma forbearance, and the per fect knowings similar in kind to subsequent knowing are five: the three perfect knowings o f the abandonm ent o f the higher realms’ discards of seeing that are the results o f subsequent forbearance and knowing, and the last two perfect knowings C Establishing their quantity This has two points Establishing the quantity of the six of the abandonment of discards of seeing 68a-d Since they are undefiled attainm ent O f a removal, weaken the Peak, And utterly destroy two causes, They’re perfect knowings Well then, o f those two types of discards, there are eight, twelve, or eightyone abandonings, so should there not be the same num ber o f perfect know ings? you ask First o f all, since they, the removals that are results o f the forbearances, gain undefiled attainm ent o f a removal, weaken the afflictions 29 YOUTHFUL PLAY i* A R E A V o f the Peak o f Existence, and discard and utterly destroy the universals o f the two causes, suffering and origin, they are superior through three causes, so they are presented as perfect knowings Establishing the quantity of the three of the abandonment of discards of meditation 68d Transcending realms The abandonm ent that is the result of the knowing o f the path of meditation attains the name perfect knowing through those three causes and from com pletely transcending any one of the three realms D How they are possessed by individuals 69 N ot one Those on the path of seeing May possess fully up to five Those on the path o f meditation May possess six or one or two 70ab They are combined when one becomes Detached from realms or gains a result Ordinary individuals n o t have even one perfect knowing, because they not have any undefiled attainm ent of removal Those nobles on the path o f seeing not possess any up through the fifth mom ent, but may possess fully one from the sixth mom ent, two from the eighth, three from the tenth, four from the twelfth, and up to five on the fourteenth and fifteenth m om ents.257 Those nobles on the path o f m editation who are attached or who have re gressed from detachment m ay possess the first six, or if they have previously been or later become detached from Desire, they possess the one perfect know ing of the abandonm ent o f that which leads to the lowest O r if they are de tached from Form, they possess the two perfect knowings o f abandonm ent of the afflictions o f Form and that which leads to the lowest Arhats possess the last, single perfect knowing of the exhaustion of all defilements W hy are nonreturners who are not detached from Form and arhats pre sented as having one perfect knowing? you ask The reason for that is they, the individual abandonm ents, are com bined w hen one becomes detached from a realm or has newly gained a result W hen these two are combined, the individual attainments o f removal for each abandonm ent are forfeited and a single one is acquired, so the individual abandonments are combined and presented as a single perfect knowing 430 THE RESULTS OF DISCARDING THE KERNELS E Forfeiting and attaining 70cd Some forfeit one, two, five, or six; But five cannot be gained How many perfect knowings can one forfeit and attain? you ask Some forfeit one perfect knowing: if one regresses from the state of arhat or detachment, one perfect knowing is forfeited Nonreturners who are detached from Form forfeit two if they regress from detachment from Desire Nonreturners previ ously detached forfeit five when abiding in subsequent knowing o f path, or some forfeit six in instances when the successive nonreturner258 has gradually detached himself from Desire Likewise, there can be attainm ent of one, two, or six, but five cannot be gained, because it is impossible to regress from the state o f a previously de tached nonreturner There is attainm ent o f one in instances such as when a nonreturner attains arhatship There is attainm ent o f two in instances such as when an arhat regresses through the afflictions o f Formless There is attainment o f six in instances such as when an arhat or nonreturner regresses through the afflictions o f Desire Second, presenting the area's name This completes the fifth area called “Teachings on the Kernels” from the Verses o f the Treasury ofAbhidharma T his completes the explanation of the fifth area called “Teachings on the Kernels” from The Explanation o f the “Verses o f the Treasury ofA bhidharm a>> called The Essence o f the Ocean ofAbhidharm a, The Words o f Those who Know and Lovey Explaining the Youthful Playy Opening the Eyes ofDharmay the Chariot o f Easy Practice A few words here: The trunk o f rebirth and stained karmas great tree Is the kernels, two types of discards, and if you Should wish to uproot their attainments, their seed, As the lord of twice-drinkers,259 when scorched by the sun, Dives into the lake spread with full lotus blossoms, All those who have freedoms and riches and zeal Should plunge into dharmas that classify kernels 43 i YOUTHFUL PLAY * AREA V W hen satisfied sippling this nectar that is drunk From the ladle o f listening, contemplate well In a place that is peaceful, one-pointedly meditate— H ow wondrous these victuals of undefiled bliss! 432 SIXTH AREA 'Teachings on the rPaths and Individuals To the all-seeing Teacher, the physician for wanderers, To the unequaled Gautam I prostrate This sixth part, the treasury that tells o f individuals— The focus of two paths, the truths, T he manner to train in abiding in discipline, And listening, reflecting, meditating, How five paths arise, those who enter and dwell, Results o f the spiritual, factors— The treasury that fully classifies these Is what I shall now explain The sixth area, the “Teachings on the Paths and Individuals,” has an explana tion o f the text of the area and a presentation of the areas name The expla nation of the text o f the area has three topics: I Explanation o f the paths, II Explanation o f individuals, and III A specific explanation o f paths I Explanation of the paths This has four topics: A The link between chap ters, B The essence o f the paths, C The focus o f the paths, and D How the paths arise A The link between chapters 1ab It’s taught afflictions are discarded By seeing truth and meditating 433 ... completes the fifth area called “Teachings on the Kernels” from the Verses o f the Treasury ofAbhidharma T his completes the explanation of the fifth area called “Teachings on the Kernels” from The. .. Those nobles on the path o f seeing not possess any up through the fifth mom ent, but may possess fully one from the sixth mom ent, two from the eighth, three from the tenth, four from the twelfth,... become detached from Desire, they possess the one perfect know ing of the abandonm ent o f that which leads to the lowest O r if they are de tached from Form, they possess the two perfect knowings