January 22, 2014

+ པར་གྱིས་ཤིག །

There are a couple of ways to construct “imperative” in Classical Tibetan. One way is: “verb-stem + par/bar + gyis shig.” Here are some nice examples (RZ2: 224):

rtag ces zer na yang yid ches par gyis shig | mi rtag ces zer na yang yid ches par gyis shig | med ces zer na yang yid ches par gyis shig |

“Even if [the scriptural sources] state that [a Buddha Body] is perdurable, give credence to it! Even if [these] state that [it] is not perdurable, give credence to it! Even if [these scriptural sources] state that [it] is non-existent, give credence to it!”



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