Prasannapada · Chapter 45
ityācāryacandrakīrtipādoparacitāyāṃ prasannapadāyāṃ madhyamakavṛttau bandhamokṣaparīkṣā nāma ṣoḍaśamaṃ prakaraṇam ||
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karmaphalaparīkṣā saptadaśamaṃ prakaraṇam |
atrāha- vidyata eva saṃsāraḥ, karmaphalasaṃbandhāśrayatvāt | yadi iha saṃtānāvicchedakrameṇa janmamaraṇaparaṃparayā hetuphalabhāvapravṛttyā saṃskārāṇāmātmano vā saṃsaraṇaṃ syāt, syāttadānīṃ karmaphalasaṃbandhaḥ | yathāvarṇite saṃsārābhāve tu utpattyanantaravināśitvāccittasya karmākṣepakāle ca vipākasyāsadbhāvāt karmaphalasaṃbandhābhāva eva syāt | saṃsārasadbhāve tu sati iha kṛtasya karmaṇe janmāntare 'pi vipākaphalasaṃbandhāt karmaṇāṃ phalasaṃbandho na virodhito bhavati | tasmādvidyata eva saṃsāraḥ karmaphalasaṃbandhāśrayatvāditi | kāni punastāni karmāṇi kiṃ vā tatphalamiti tatprabheda vivakṣayedamucyate-
ātmasaṃyamakaṃ cetaḥ parānugrāhakaṃ ca yat |
maitraṃ sa dharmastadbījaṃ phalasya pretya ceha ca
Original text: Prasannapada · Edition: P.L. Vaidya: Madhyamakaśāstra of Nāgārjuna, with the Commentary: Prasannapadā by Candrakīrti. Darbhaga 1960 (Buddhist Sanskrit Texts, 10). · Data entry members of the Digital Sanskrit Buddhist Canon Input Project · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0