A CRITICAL TANTRISMpohi chen po Ia sems gcig ~pan Ia chen pohi hbrin po Ia ni giiis span I
chen pohi chun nu Ia gsum ~pan I hbrin gi chen po Ia bshi span I hbrin
gi hbrin Ia ni Ina span I hbrin gi chun nu Ia ni drug span I chun nuhi
chen po Ia bdun span I chun nuhi hbrin Ia brgyad span I hog nas hbyun
bahi tshul gyis de !tar sems brgya drug cu mas pas spyod pahi sa nas
sbyan shin mas pas spyod pahi sa de rdsogs par byed do II de Ia dgu po
rnams kyi tha rna chun nuhi yan chun nu ni mas pas spyod pahi sa nas
hphar nas span ste I yeses hyi sa Ia hjug parses par byaho 1r
"Even when we increase the (number of) substantial minds from
sixty to one hundred and sixty, they are thought to be classified into
nine as we divide the degrees of the obstruction (of these minds) into
three in accordance with its grossness and minuteness and again sub-
divide each of these three classes into three.
When the obstruction (of the one hundred and sixty horizontal
minds) is (to be classed as) the gross of the gross, (the mind of) the first
(stage of the vertical process of progressing grades of the mind) aban-
dons (these one hundred and sixty minds). When (the obstruction is)
the medium of the gross, the second (mind) abandons (the one hundred
and sixty horizontal minds corresponding to it). When (the obstruction
is) the minute of the gross, the third abandons. When the gross of the
medium, the fourth abandons. When the medium of the medium, the
fifth abandons. When the minute of the medium, the sixth abandons.
When the gross of the minute, the seventh abandons. When the medium
of the minute, the eighth abandons. In the manner shown later, one
completes thus the adhimu kticaryii-bhiimi ({~!Wrr:it!!) by exterminating
the one hundred and sixty (horizontal) minds (which correspond to the
vertical mind) of adhimukticaryii-bhiimi.
Then, exterminating (the one hundred and sixty minds the obstacle
of which is) the minute of the minute, (and which correspond to) the
last of all the nine (stage of the vertical process of mind), he is known
to enter into the stage of wisdom (jiiiina-bhiimi ~it!!)".This enigmatic passage makes sense only when we apply our hypothetical
understanding of the above-mentioned structure of human mind.
Here, the nine layers of the one hundred and sixty horizontal minds, which
are described as "substantial minds" (sems kyi dnos po, citta-vastu?), are aligned
vertically according to the decreasing grossness of the obstruction (sgrib pa,
iivara1Ja); or, according to the factor of each of these one hundred and sixty
minds which obstructs or conceals the original brightness of these "substantial
minds". On top of these nine layers, is added the tenth layer of one hundred and
sixty minds each of which has no obstructions at all. These ten layers of hori-
zontal minds form the ordinate of the vertical process of ten progressing stages
of the mind.
The key to a satisfactory translation of this passage is found in the last