[Buddha-l] MMK 25.09 (was: as Swami goes...)

[Richard P. Hayes]

On Wed, 2010-04-28 at 09:05 -0400, Richard Nance wrote:
> Re:
> 
> >>>> ya ājavaṃjavībhāva upādāya pratītya vā |
> >>>> so 'pratītyānupādāya nirvāṇam upadiśyate || MMK_25,09

> 
> "The state of coming and going which is dependent or conditioned:
> That, neither dependent nor conditioned, is taught to be nirvāṇa."

That is very close to how I interpret the Sanskrit. The only further
thing I would point out is that the compound ending in -bhāva is one
formed with the pratyaya cvi. So I would render the compound something
like "the process of making something come and go". Substitute that for
Richard's "state of coming and going" and you have my translation.




-- 
Richard P. Hayes
Department of Philosophy
University of New Mexico