The document discusses the beginning of movement or going. It states that prior to the commencement of movement, there exists neither what is currently being traversed, what has already been traversed, nor where the movement should begin. It questions how movement can occur in something that has not yet been traversed. The document also notes that the concepts of what has been traversed, what has not yet been traversed, and what is currently being traversed, which are all connected to movement, are not evident at the start of movement.
The document discusses the beginning of movement or going. It states that prior to the commencement of movement, there exists neither what is currently being traversed, what has already been traversed, nor where the movement should begin. It questions how movement can occur in something that has not yet been traversed. The document also notes that the concepts of what has been traversed, what has not yet been traversed, and what is currently being traversed, which are all connected to movement, are not evident at the start of movement.
The document discusses the beginning of movement or going. It states that prior to the commencement of movement, there exists neither what is currently being traversed, what has already been traversed, nor where the movement should begin. It questions how movement can occur in something that has not yet been traversed. The document also notes that the concepts of what has been traversed, what has not yet been traversed, and what is currently being traversed, which are all connected to movement, are not evident at the start of movement.
The document discusses the beginning of movement or going. It states that prior to the commencement of movement, there exists neither what is currently being traversed, what has already been traversed, nor where the movement should begin. It questions how movement can occur in something that has not yet been traversed. The document also notes that the concepts of what has been traversed, what has not yet been traversed, and what is currently being traversed, which are all connected to movement, are not evident at the start of movement.
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how can it begin to gO?30
Alternately: 13. Prior to the commence.ent of going, there exists neither what is being traversed nor "hat has been traversed nor where going should begin. How will it occur in what has not yet been traversed? 3 1 1". It is thought, how is there what has been traversed? How is there what has not yet been traversed? How is there what is being traversed? All (of these which are) connected to going are not evident in (their) commence.ent. 32 [Commentary: ] 30 Sanskrit "gate narabhyate (cf. De Jong, 371 narabhyate 'gatel narabhyate gamyamane gantumarabhyate kuhal I" 31 Sanskrit (Poussin) "(na gamanarambhad na va yatrarabhyeta gamanam agate Poussin's mss. read."agasti gamanarambhat" for the first pada. Since this did not make he suggests Rna in keeping with the sense of the passage. However, Akira Saito's work with some additional manuscripts has allowed him to correct the first pada to be prag astiR. His explanation is as follows:"_TD 250, 251, 252, MBB-I, -II agasti; R. gasti. Agasti is most probably due to the misreading of the letter pra as a. 'Prior to the commencement of going, there exists neither what is being gone over (gamyamana) nor what has been gone over (gata)'" Saito, Akira. "Textcritical Remarks on the Mulamadhyamakakarika as cited in the Prasannapada." Journal of Indian and Buddhist Studies, 33 (2 1985): 844. I have adopted his reading. 32 Sanskrit vikalpyatel arambhe gamanasyaiva sarvathal I"