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BCUR DBYE BA'I RGYU MTSAN DE LTAR YIN GYI, BCU PO DE LA NGO BO LA RIGS MI 'DRA BA'I KHYAD PAR MED DE,

This then is the basis on which we divide the levels into two; it’s not though the case that there are any difference between them which reflect a different kind of basic nature.

DPER NA, BYA NAM MKHA' LA BGROD PA'I RJES 'JIG RTEN PA'I BRDA' BYANG RNAMS KYI RANG NYID KYIS RTOGS PA JI LTA BA BZHIN BRJOD MI NUS PA DANG, GZHAN LA STON MI NUS PA DE BZHIN DU,

It’s like, for example, the case with the track left by a bird as it crosses the sky. Even though a person may be someone who is well acquainted with the necessary words, they may not be able to describe this track as they have seen it to someone else, nor able to show it to them.

{@check KYI later edition KYANG}

NAM MKHA' LTA BU'I DON DAM BDEN PA LA, BYA LTA BU'I DON DAM SEMS BSKYED KYIS BGROD TSUL BYANG SEMS RANG NYID KYIS JI LTAR RTOGS PA BZHIN DU, NYAN PA PO LA STON MI NUS NA NYAN PA POS DES JI LTAR BRJOD PA LTAR DU RTOGS MI NUS PA LTA SMOS KYANG CI DGOS PA'I PHYIR TE,

Just so, a bodhisattva may have had a realization—something where the ultimate form of the Wish for enlightenment (which is like the bird here) travels through ultimate reality (which is like the sky); but he or she may not be able to show it to someone who is listening to their description of it. And needless to say, the listener may not be able to realize this object, in the way it’s described to them.

SA BCU PA'I MDO LAS,

,JI LTAR BAR SNANG BYA RJES MKHAS RNAMS KYIS,
,BRJOD PAR NUS MA YIN ZHING MI MTHONG BA,
,DE LTAR RGYAL BA'I SRAS KYI SA KUN YANG,
,BRJOD MI NUS NA NYAN PAR GA LA NUS,
,ZHES GSUNGS PA'I PHYIR,,

As the Sutra on the Ten Levels says,

The wise may not be able
To describe how the track
That a bird leaves as it
Crosses the sky may look;
Nor may the other see it.
It’s the same with the levels—
If the children of the Victorious
Are unable even to describe them,
Then how on earth
Could anyone listen to them?

GNYIS PA SO SO'I NGO BO BSHAD PA LA, SA DANG PO RAB TU DGA' BA SOGS LNGA BSHAD PA DANG, SA DRUG PA MNGON DU GYUR PA BSHAD PA DANG, SA BDUN PA RING DU SONG BA SOGS BZHI BSHAD PA'O,,

Here secondly is our explanation of the nature of each of the individual levels. We proceed in four steps: an explanation of the five levels that begin with the first level, Extreme Bliss; an explanation of the sixth level, the Manifest; and an explanation of the seventh level, Gone Farther, and the rest.

{@ check why not 4}

DANG PO LA LNGA, SA RAB TU DGA' BA BSHAD PA, GNYIS PA DRI MA MED PA BSHAD PA, GSUM PA 'OD BYED PA BSHAD PA, BZHI PA 'OD 'PHRO BA BSHAD PA, LNGA PA SBYANGS DKA' BA BSHAD PA'O,,

The first of these has five parts, which are explanations of the first level, of Extreme Bliss; the second level, the Immaculate; the third level, Radiance; the fourth level, Blazing Light; and the fifth level, Indomitable.

{@sa dang po?} {consider note explaining SKT diff}

DANG PO LA GZHUNG SPYI'I BSDU BA BSHAD PA, GZHUNG DON DNGOS BSHAD PA DANG GNYIS,

The first of these will come in two parts: an explanation where we summarize the text in a general way; and then an explanation of the text itself.

DANG PO LA KHYAD GZHI SA'I NGO BO MDOR BSTAN PA, KHYAD CHOS SA'I YON TAN RGYAS PAR BSHAD PA, SA'I YON TAN BSTAN PA'I SGO NAS MJUG BSDU BA'O,,

The first too will have three sections of its own: a brief presentation of what it is that possesses the qualities—the level; a more extensive explanation of the qualities—the high spiritual qualities of each level; and then a concluding section, where we just indicate the qualities of the particular level.

DANG PO LA THEG CHEN GYI RIGS CAN DBANG RNON RNAMS KYIS TSOGS SBYOR GYI GNAS SKABS SU CHOS GSUM NYAMS SU BLANGS PA LA BRTEN NAS 'BRAS BU'I KHYAD PAR JI LTA BU ZHIG THOB PA YIN ZHE NA,

Here is the first. Someone may ask the following question:

Let’s consider disciples who belong to the type of the greater way, and who are of sharper faculties—at the point where they are on the paths of accumulation and preparation. What different kinds of results do they attain from their practice of the three qualities?

SNYING RJE CHEN PO'I GZHAN DBANG DU GYUR CING, BCOM LDAN 'DAS KUN TU BZANG PO'I SMON LAM GYIS DGE RTZA RDZOGS BYANG DU BSNGOS PAS MTSON PA'I SA DANG PO'I CHA SHAS SU GYUR PA'I DON DAM PA'I SEMS BSKYED THOB PA YIN NO,,

They become slaves to great compassion, and they attain the ultimate form of the Wish for enlightenment which constitutes a part of the first bodhisattva level, typified by using the conquering prayer of Samantabhadra to dedicate all the good things they have done to reaching total enlightment.