020-Tsadra-BC-Root-Bhavanakrama-1/212 ID: 020-Tsadra-BC-Root-Bhavanakrama-1 <br> Date: February 2026 <br> Creator: Dawa, Ishwor, Karma Jurmay <br> Origin: Tsadra Foundation

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English

Now it might be said that adhering to method is impossible in a state of world-transcending wisdom. The bodhisattva, however, like a magician, remains unmistaken even when adhering to method since, on the basis of world-transcending knowledge, the wisdom that knows the ultimate truth of things as they are, being based on the previous cultivation of their union (prayoga), definitely occurs together [with it] (saṃbhavati). Thus, there definitely exists a path that carries the union of wisdom and method. And the noble Akṣayamatinirdeśa states that the path that embodies the union of wisdom and method should be followed with unfailing concentration.

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Sanskrit

तत्र यदि नाम लोकोत्तरप्रज्ञावस्थायाम् उपायसेवनं न संभवति। उपायसेवनकाले तु बोधिसत्त्वस्य मायकारवद् अविपर्यस्तत्वाल् लोकोत्तरज्ञानात् प्रयोगपृष्ठभावन्यथावद् वस्तुपरमार्थतत्त्वाभिनिवेशना प्रज्ञा संभवत्य् एवेति भवत्य् एव प्रज्ञोपाययुगनद्धवाहीमार्गः। आर्यक्षयमतिनिर्देशे च ध्यानाक्षयतया प्रज्ञोपाययुगनद्धवाहीमार्गो ऽनुगन्तव्य उक्तम्।

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212

SktTransliteration

tatra yadi nāma lokottaraprajñāvasthāyām upāyasevanaṃ na saṃbhavati, upāyasevanakāle tu bodhisattvasya māyakāravad aviparyastatvāl lokottarajñānāt prayogapṛṣṭhabhāvanyathāvad vastuparamārthatattvābhiniveśanā prajñā saṃbhavaty eveti bhavaty eva prajñopāyayuganaddhavāhīmārgaḥ, āryakṣayamatinirdeśe ca dhyānākṣayatayā prajñopāyayuganaddhavāhīmārgo ʼnugantavya uktam,

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38a

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20

TranslationChapterSubsection

Progress in meditation, yuganaddhamārga

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SourceAuthor People/Kamalaśīla
SourceCitation Kamalaśīla (པདྨའི་ངང་ཚུལ་). bhāvanākrama [भावनाक्रम]. bsgom pa'i rim pa [བསྒོམ་པའི་རིམ་པ]. [Stages of Meditation 1 of 3]. Tengyur, RKTST 4228 http://www.rkts.org/cat.php?id=4228&typ=2.
SourceShortTitle Bhāvanākrama 1
SourceTitleTibetan བསྒོམ་པའི་རིམ་པ།
SourceTitleWylie bsgom pa'i rim pa
SourceWikiPage Texts/Bhāvanākrama of Kamalaśīla (1 of 3)
TranslationCitation Adam, Martin T. "Meditation and the Concept of Insight in Kamalaśīla's Bhāvanākramas." PhD diss., McGill University, 2002.
TranslationPublishedYear 2002
TranslationWikiPage Dissertations/Meditation and the Concept of Insight in Kamalaśīla's Bhāvanākramas
Translator People/Adam, M.
TransMemCreator Dawa, Ishwor, Karma Jurmay
TransMemDate February 2026
TransMemID 020-Tsadra-BC-Root-Bhavanakrama-1
TransMemNum 020
TransMemOrigin Tsadra Foundation
TransMemType Root verses