with respect to meanings there are two, the interpretable and • the definitive and with respect to definitive meanings one should not rely on • consciousness but should rely on pristine wisdom. དེ་སྐད་དུ་འདི་ཉིད་ལས། །ཞེས་པ་དང་། and Asaṅga’s Grounds of Bodhisattvas (see Interpretable and Definitive, 82) says: From these four reliances, in brief, four validities themselves are indicated: (1) the meanings of the teachings, (2) reasonings, (3) teachers, and (4) pristine wisdoms of realization arisen from རིགས་པ་དང་། སྟོན་པ་དང་། 4. Someone says: It follows that “words” in the phrase “do not rely on the words” are not posited as the words of the Teacher because “meaning” in the phrase “rely on the meaning” is not the mode of subsistence, The reason [which is that “meaning” in the phrase “rely on meaning” is not the mode of subsistence, emptiness] is established because among those [meanings in the phrase “rely on meaning”] there are those as
• with respect to meanings there are two, the interpretable and the definitive • and with respect to definitive meanings one should not rely on consciousness but should rely on pristine wisdom. དེ་སྐད་དུ་འདི་ཉིད་ལས། །ཞེས་པ་དང་། and Asaṅga’s Grounds of Bodhisattvas (see Interpretable and Definitive, 82) says: From these four reliances, in brief, four validities themselves are indicated: (1) the meanings of the teachings, (2) reasonings, (3) teachers, and (4) pristine wisdoms of realization arisen from རིགས་པ་དང་། སྟོན་པ་དང་། 4. Someone says: It follows that “words” in the phrase “do not rely on the words” are not posited as the words of the Teacher because “meaning” in the phrase “rely on the meaning” is not the mode of subsistence, The reason [which is that “meaning” in the phrase “rely on meaning” is not the mode of subsistence, emptiness] is established because among those [meanings in the phrase “rely on meaning”] there are those as