[9] Examination of the Moment Just Before the Present (12 verses)

1. Function to see something, function to listen to something, and so forth,

Those miscellaneous sense perceptions just exist at the present moment.

And proceeding such a perception, it is said that something concrete exists really,

Just as some momentary accident, which appears only once.


2. Because there is nothing, which does not exist,

The perceptive function to see, and so forth, will be possible to exist even in future.

Therefore even the moment just before can exist,

And so the existence of the moment just before actually exists in the very stable
conditions.


3. Relying upon seeing, hearing, and so forth,

And furthermore relying upon knowledge, and so forth,

The moment just before, exists in the very harmonized situations,

And then with what kind of method, is it possible for Reality to be found actually?


4. In the case when there were no way to see, and so forth,

The situation here and now might continue to exist in the state of completely
harmonized situation.

And those kinds of stuation, might exist even in future.

And without such situations, the moment just before the present would never be
continuing even in future.


5. Relying upon some kind of method, something goes ahead.

And something might be driven by something perhaps.

In the case of there is nothing, where is it possible for something to exist somewhere?

How is it possible for anything to exist anywhere when there is no existent possibility?


6. Even though relying upon all kinds of sense perceptions, for example vision,

It is completely impossible for us to see anything before the time of present moment.

But because being driven by seeing and so forth,

Because of relying upon the time of different before, there is another time.


7. Relying upon all kinds of function to see, and so forth,

It is impossible for us to recognize the moment just before the present.

Leaving from one by one, how is it possible the moment just before the present to exist?

Relying upon only total oneness of all sense perceptions, the moment just before the
moment can be perceived.


8. A person, who looks at something, is real, and at the same time a person, who listen to,
was also real.

And then such situations become real relying upon information.

Leaving from the method of one by one, it is possible for the moment just before the
moment to exist,

But just at that time this Real World is never be harnessed at all.


9. Not a person, who look at things well, or not a person, who listen to sounds well,

And a person, who is not skillful to tell informations to others.

Therefore perhaps it might be related with listening to something, but at the same time it
is related with looking at, too.

And so because of both much volume and individual personality might exist.


10. Action to look at something, or action to listen to something, and so forth,

Announcing, and so forth, is just at the present moment,

And many kinds of pursuits are totally possible to exist just in front of us.

However, it is perfectly impossible for what has past to exist really at all.


11. Action to look at something, or action to listen to something, and so forth,

Announcing, and so forth, is just at the present moment,

And if such a kind of scenery hasn't been seen yet actually,

It is completely impossible for everyone to look at the excellent effect of Buddhist
monk training in their behavior at all.


12. And such a kind of scenery has existed before it has been influenced by
seeing, and so forth,

So the sceneries exist as the situations, which has been established by the
harmony with the time.

Even though it is impossible for us to know the distinction whether such situations
exist, or not,

The very vague scenery exists there, which might be perhaps a product by human
conjectures probably.

[8] Examination of the Fusion between Action and Conduct](13 verses)

MMK (8) Examination of the Fusion between Action and Conduct (13 verse)

1. The Real Existence, Conduct, and Action,

The Real Existence does never produce this World.

To produce something, is never to produce something abstract at all.

Action does sacrifice itself sometimes for getting some abstract fame.


2. In the Real Existence, Practical Action does never really exist at all.

And Action itself might be different from a person, who actually does the Action
directly.

In the Real Existence, Practical Action does never really exist at all.

A person, who acts some thing to accomplish his aim, has possibility that he
sometimes does not have any special clear aim at all.


3. When something abstract is produced.

The something abstract, which are products, are Action and Practice.

Something unreasonable can exist as Action,

And a person, who acts, can also exist as someone unreasonable actually.


4. There is no special stimulus, and at the same time there is no recognition to be
successful, there might be no possibility to succeed,
And the factor of success can not be recognized at all.

Non existence of the Real Practice and non existence of a person, who practice it by
himself,

The factor of success can not be recognized at all.


5. The coexistence of the Universe and the non-Universe are never recognized,

And relating with their Real Practice and so forth, their real situations, and so forth,
are not so clear.

Even inside the Universe there is no fact of existence, and even in the outside of the
Universe there is no fact of existence at all.

Therefore what are called Results, and what has been born from Results, are not
recognized as real existences at all.



6. Not being grasped by result does not mean being in freedom.

And the situation called “as if it were living in the Paradise”, does not appear at all.

Morals are all belonged to what have been done actually,

And so all actions, which have been done as morals, are never attached by Praja-pati at
all.

7. Doing something is coexistence of the real and the unreal.

But something real and something unreal do not create anything concrete.

Because something real and something unreal are contrasting against with each other,

The Real and the Unreal do never be identified at any place at all.


8. Relying upon the Reality, the Unreality is never created ,

And relying upon the Unreality, the Reality is never produced.

Everything can be intended for a while,

Because even bad conducts at the place are also the same as concrete facts there.


9. It is not the unreal world, or it is not the real world.

It is just the world, which is fusion of the unreal world and the real
world.

Doing something is Action,

And before talking, we are also relying upon reasons.


10. The unreal world does never produce the Real World,

The Real World and the unreal world are also two.

Doing something is just Action,

And before talking, we are also relying upon reasons.


11. The Real World and the unreal world are working,

Reality and unreality both are never producing anything.

Action itself is also some kind of theory or dogma,

And before discussions, there is some kind of problem, which should be considered
theoretically.


12. The truth is just Doing, that is the Real Truth, which is the Action itself.

That is just the Real Truth and Doing something.

The Action does never pervade into the different area,

And it is looking for the methods to get the Highest Happiness actually.


13. Therefore giving up some kinds of sacrifices,

And leaving from giving up we get some parts jobs by ourselves,

Relying upon the assistances, or the alternates,

The left parts of existent works, might be solved as far as possible.