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LESSON 1 - अ / A

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As in अनुत्पन्न anutpanna (’birthless’)

阿字門一切法初不生故

The syllable A is a gateway because all things (dharmas) are, from the beginning, un-arisen (birthless, anutpanna अनुत्पन्न).

- Kumarajiva

入[褒-保+可]字門,悟一切法本不生故

Entering the gateway of the syllable A, one realizes all things are originally un-arisen (anutpanna).

-Xuanzang

阿字門一切法本不生故

A is a gateway because all things are originally un-arisen (anutpanna).

- Amoghavajra

The syllable A is a door to the insight that all dharmas are un-produced from the very beginning (ady-anutpannatvad)

- Conze

The syllable A is an opening because of the primal quality of not arising (anutpanna) of all mental phenomena.

- Jayarava