# Ornament 27a 1989-11-30
**Collection:** Rinpoche Recordings — Ornament of Clear Realisation (1989-90)
**Duration:** 53.8 minutes
**Words:** 3,076
**Model:** Deepgram Nova-3
**Corrections applied:** 4
**Transcribed:** 2026-02-28 23:25
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The explanation at the moment is on the nine features or attributes representing our base knower and among the nine so far four has been explained the part knower not abiding in existence, part knower not abiding in the peace and the base nowhere far from the resultant mother base nowhere close to the resultant mother. And regarding the base knower distant or far from the resultant mother and base knower close to the resultant mother regarding those two, they are these two are set apart from the other two those other two are the what called the base knower of the negative class and base knower of the concordant class. So these four are being separated into group of two is because of the principal purpose that that they were called, that the person training on the part may have a good idea about the presentation and about the stages of the part where as in actual case all these four can be grouped into two. The base knower result far from resultant mother is same to the base knower of the negative class and the base knower close to the resultant mother is same to the base knower of the concordant class or positive class.
So now we come to the next one. That’s the base knower of the negative class and regarding it, it has three parts, definition divisions and ranging border so definition already explained ahead let me show what I’ll say after. And regarding the definition the definition of the base knower of the negative class the definition is being a base knower that’s the first part being a base knower and the second part of definition is free of free of the special means and wisdom and why it is called called why in the definition the first part being a base knower is because it is a base knower so that’s why it is a base knower. And why it is free or separate from the special what I call compared special means in wisdom is because it’s without great compassion and without wisdom realizing emptiness. And second part is not division it is synonym so synonym is this what called base knower of the negative class is synonym with the base knower bound by truth grasping which is in the continuum of the inferior vehicle superior.
So to repeat this base knower of the negative class is a synonym to the base knower bound by truth grasping which is within the continuum of a superior of inferior vehicle or inferior vehicle superior. And regarding the ranging border, it starts from the path of seeing of inferior vehicle. It’s it ranges from the path of seeing of inferior vehicle up till the path of no more learning. So it ranges from path of seeing of inferior vehicle up till the path of no more learning of inferior vehicle. So regarding the definition where it says free of the special means and wisdom or it doesn’t need further explanation means refers to bodhicitta and compassion and wisdom refers to our realization of emptiness.
So now we come to the second one, the base knower of the positive clause or literally it is called base knower of the concordant class. So the definition is So the definition starts our first part being a being a knowledge of being a knower of great vehicle superior belonging to the group of thorough realization of inferior vehicle the definition second part of definition, held by special means and wisdom. So this base knower of the concordant clause is synonym with the base knower within the continuum of great vehicle superior. So that would become the second part definition synonym. It is this is synonym to the base knower within the continuum of great vehicle superior.
So regarding the border, the ranging border normally is of five paths, and this is not in the first two paths. It’s not in the path of accumulation and path of preparation. So it starts from the third part, the path of seeing of great vehicle and goes on up till buddhahood. So perhaps there may not be any need to explain about what what is meant by held by special means and wisdom and also no need to explain on what is meant by belonging to the group of thorough realization of inferior vehicle they have already been explained in the past. And now it’s the seventh one and seventh one is called the Bodhisattva’s application.
Normally, it’s translated as application or alternative you can have what’s called integration. So bodhisattva’s integration shown in the context of base knower and that’s the seven one and regarding the seven one how it is the seven one, already six has gone in the path. The first six being starting from the base knower not abiding in existence, base knower not abiding in peace, base knower far from the resultant mother, base knower close to the resultant mother, base knower belonging to the negative class, and base knower belonging to the concordant clause, and this one is the seventh. So this has a definition of division and range in border, and the definition is quite too long. So with definition, first, let’s I’ll call explain it this way.
Normally there are two truths the what is normally called conventional truth literally called all false truth, truth of all false. So this conventional truth has two or I call it has two aspect or two things can be said about it. The entity of the conventional truth and the difference of conventional truth. Difference of conventional truth means the divisions, the functions, whatever divisions the conventional truth has and the same is with the second truth. It is called the truth of ultimate truth and in literally it is called sublime meaning truth.
So this ultimate truth also has two aspects or two two things can be said about it. The entity of ultimate truth and the differences of ultimate truth and differences same means the divisions, the functions of ultimate truth. It is like let’s say Adelaide is the general thing and then Adelaide has effect. Adelaide has a factory, places, markets and so forth and they’re like in this context the differences, divisions of Adelaide. So the first part of the our definition it will need afterward to work or reverse in the translation.
So first part goes clinging or apprehension, normally it’s also translated as apprehension or clinging whatever. So clinging clinging mistakenly clinging mistakenly on the entity entity of the mode of existence of conventional truth, playing in mistakenly on the mode of existence of conventional truth and its differences. So that’s the first part. And second part clinging mistakenly to the mode of existence of ultimate truth and its differences and after that all or any And the third part goes like any any any meditation any meditation any meditation yoga of mind. So all together in the translation would become reversed so any yoga of mind meditating so sorry the last bit I missed, meditation of the yoga of mind as antidote as antidote and now in the full translation it becomes reversed.
Or any yoga of mind or any mental yoga are being meditated as being meditated as an antidote for either against the clinging of for either against mistaken clinging regarding the mode of existence of ultimate or conventional truth and its differences or regarding the mode of existence of the ultimate or conventional truth and its differences. And so it becomes reversed. So this is the definition of the bodhisattva’s application or we stick to application instead of integration so that’s choice and this is the definition of bodhisattva’s application shown in the context of base knower. Sorry. Is it clear?
Bodhisattva’s application shown in the context of base knower. So meaning, Bodhisattva’s base knower, which is shown in the context while explaining base knower. Is it clear? It has 10 divisions or perhaps not needed to write down or it’s means they’re all the 10 not needed. So we just write there are ten ten divisions.
Divisions. And regarding the ranging border, it ranges from great vehicle’s path of accumulation up till the last continuum. So in the definition where it says the first part are mistakenly apprehending or clinging mistakenly or same, clinging mistakenly to the mode of existence of the conventional truth. So to insert here to clarify would be clinging mistakenly to the nature of the mode of existence of conventional truth and this means conventional truths mode of existence for example is like the impermanence nature of conventional things and conventional impermanence or impermanence which is one of the what called mode of existence which is one of the way conventional truth are. So regarding that conventional truth because of being impermanent, they don’t last moment.
So momentarily they disintegrate but still a practitioner in course of not being perfect may some occasionally have a miss apprehension, mistaken clinging or what called mind grasping that all these things are not disintegrating moment after moment instead thinking that they are quite stable, steady and permanent. So that is is called what is in the definition says or apprehending mistakenly regarding the entity or regarding nature of the mode of existence of conventional truth. As conventional truth or things of conventional truth have the aspect of impermanence on momentarily dis integrating therefore if there is a mind which holds, claims that things are not disintegrating moment after moment then that mind can be called as mistaken mind. And what can be, what measure or means can be used or applied to overcome that mistaken mind regarding the means or it is the realization of the impermanence and that realization of impermanence understands that conventional truth things or things of conventional truth nature are impermanent because they don’t last after a moment. So that very realization of impermanence that things momentarily disintegrate, it is helpful because if one has that mind then it will call, it eliminates the mistaken mind holding things as not disintegrating moment, moment after moment.
Therefore in the definition we have the term called antidote and that mental so to correlate with the context meaning our mental yoga of the mental yoga as antidote so that’s why it is called antidote. So that’s what I call the mistaken mind regarding the conventional truth mode of existence generally speaking and the antidote also or generally speaking and not to take a specific particular or difference out of that general let’s say our body are literally called in this context aggregate. So this body it is an impermanent thing that it doesn’t last after a moment or disintegrates moment after moment but still out of our mistaken attitude if we think and cling to the idea that our body is impermanent or permanent and it doesn’t disintegrate moment after moment then that mind is a mistaken mind of particular what called mistaken regarding the mode of existence of conventional truth in particular. So in the definition where it says clinging mistakenly to the nature of the mode of existence of conventional truth and its differences. So and its differences to translate more ornamentally can be in and its particular particulars.
So this being a case of a particular example or specific or particular example of a general impermanent thing therefore this mistaken mind is a mind which is mistakenly clinging to a particular impermanent thing or belonging to the group of conventional truth. Is that So this is just a work on one specific example a particular or different or specific out of impermanent or generally impermanent phenomena and same can be applied to all other and regarding this, mist mistaken mind holding this body as not disintegrating moment after moment that mind mistakenly clinging is called a mistaken mind and as an antidote for that one has to generate the actual realization that the body is not permanent that it dis disintegrate moment after moment and same applies to all others. So regarding the second part of the definition where it says we call mistakenly clinging to the nature of the mode of existence so nature has to be inserted because of the following explanation. So the second part of definition says they mistakenly clinging to the nature of the mode of existence of the ultimate truth and its differences. So ultimate truth also truth is the thing we require in English whereas literally it is just ultimate and as I call specified before ultimate literally in Tibetan is the word sublime meaning.
So what is sublime meaning? What is ultimate is the regarding ultimate, regarding what’s sublime meaning? It is the nature everything devoid of existing truly and it is the emptiness. So ultimate truth sublime meaning refers to emptiness and this nature is with everything but still because of our wrong or because of our ignorance if we see or hold an idea clinging to the notion that everything is what could truly existent, then that is mistakenly clinging to the nature of the mode of existence of ultimate as general. And regarding the specific would be like the selflessness of a pot or a vase or a normal clay pot, the selflessness of a pot.
So that selflessness of a pot, the pot being not truly existent is a specific specific example of the ultimate truth but still due to our ignorance if we hold that the pot is truly existing by itself then that is called a mind mistakenly clinging to the particulars of the ultimate truth. So differences ornamentally we can have particulars. So mind mistakenly clinging to the particulars of the ultimate and as an antidote to these two mistaken minds we have to practice this or practice this or what I call seven seven of the nine features as an antidote these are mistaken minds. Practice this seventh one this seventh one seven in the ninth series So in short what is what this what called the seventh one is talking about is normally we group all phenomena into what called two aspects the conventional truth normally called conventional truth and ultimate truth and conventional truth itself is what we call our innumerable diversity. It has a whole lot of different types of different categories or types within it and same applies with the ultimate truth, that ultimate truth also is of countless varieties and because there are those countless varieties of these two truth, therefore there are also our mind in relation to those two.
And if there is any what I call misconception about how these two truths actually are then those misconceptions also will have innumerable diversity or innumerable varieties. So with each of the conventional truth and ultimate truth because of our ignorance we perceive or conceive in a different way and they are all called mistaken mind, they’re all called distorted mind, they’re all called wrong mind. And let’s say with an example, suppose the mic are more specific, let’s say with flower. So the flower on there, over there, it is what are called normally what are called grouped within the explanation as not truly existing but if there’s a mind which are perceived or cling to the idea that the flowers truly existent then that mind is what are called distorted mind and a mistaken mind and in trying to get rid of that what the bodhisattva in this context of the practice has to do is he has to get used to the realization that the flower is impermanent. So getting used to the realization of the flower being impermanent, ultimately he doesn’t have any clinging that the flower is permanent and same with all different kinds of distorted view with only two parts of truth.
The bodhisattva get used to their respective antidotes to each of the distorted views. And same when this flower, because of having aspects of impermanence, if a what I call if the practitioner has misconception that the flower is permanent then in that case in order to abandon that miss what I mistaken mind, he has to get used to the realization that the flower is impermanent. So it’s impermanent if it has the work of mistaken idea that it is not impermanent, it’s permanent, then as an antidote he has to get used to the realization that the flower is imp permanent. And in this way, he gets rid of gets rid of the distorted view that flower is not impermanent and same applies that way. So with this flower already the what we call explanation covers about how there are two types of misconcept, what we mis regarding the flower one from ultimate and one from conventional truth and for both we have respected our antidotes and same applies you could.
Shift the same reasoning of applying antidote to the two types of mistaken mind to everything else. So we come to the eighth one. It is called base knowers better say the evenness of the base knower’s application, or equality or evenness of the base knowers application and it has three parts on definition, divisions and ranging border. And regarding the definition, it is what called mental yoga or mental yoga mental yoga to cease the clinging regarding the divisions, the definitions, the definiendum,
Or object, subject of the base. So to go it over again, it is the mental yoga to cease the clinging regarding the divisions regarding the divisions, the definitions, definite, object, definite so it’s technically called definite by which the definition covers the thing, the thing which is covered by definition. So definitions, definendum, object, subject, of the base. So all these attributes are off the base. Mental yoga held by we missed a little bit.
Mental yoga held by wisdom. Mental yoga held by wisdom and then which is to cease, perhaps we need clarifying which is which is to cease in the case of a helper or which is to cease and the rest is same.