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In 4B the elements of the material sphere are explicitly compared to their counterparts in the spiritual realm. Nevertheless, what A. Jiilicher has convincingly demonstrated for the interpretation of similes in the New Testament, namely that they were undermined by the "Gefahr unsachgemiill er allegorischer Auslegung, als man jeden Zug in ihnen tiefsinnig zu deuten versuchte," 3 9 should serve as a warning for the interpretation of our similes. Let us keep in mind that it was not the intention of the author(s) to construct allegories with perfect proportional relations in regard to all single elements.

Obviously only he can know about the tathiigatas hidden in the petals. The act of removal is compared to the teaching activity by which the Tathiigata induces or directly accomplishes the elimination of the defilements of living beings, which had hitherto veiled their buddha within. The simile of honey shielded by bees contains one irritating element, namely the collecting of honey, which is a highly destructive activity that robs bees of a source of life. 43 Nevertheless, it was used by the author to illustrate how a person with skill in means would know about the honey contained in the comb and manage to expel the insects.

Sindbi gabhu ... kernel, pith; ... Nepali . g. of a fruit); : .. Hindi . gab pulp, pith; ... Mariilhl ... gabha heart, core; ... KOIikw;n ... " H. Isaacson kindly drew my attention to three relatively late passages: one in the Yogaratnamala, a commentary on the Hevajratantra, where garbha in the term vajragarbha is syoonymized as hrdaya (David L. Snellgrove, The Hevajra Tantra, A Critical Study, Part 2: Sanskrit and Tibetan Texts, London: Oxford Univ. Press, 1 959, p. siinti's as yet unpublished Muktavali, another commentary on the Hevajratantra, where the same gloss is given (National Archives, Katbmandu, MS 4-19 = Nepal-Gennan Manuscript Preservation Project Reel No.

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