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The Essence of the Tantra4.12

4.12

किं तु गुरोर् आगमनिरूपणे व्यापारः आगमस्य च निःशङ्कसजातीयतत्प्रबन्धप्रसवनिबन्धनसमुचितविकल्पोदये व्यापारः तथाविधविकल्पप्रबन्ध एव सत्तर्क इति उक्तः स एव च भावना भण्यते अस्फुटत्वात् भूतम् अपि अर्थम् अभूतम् इव स्फुटत्वापादनेन भाव्यते यया इति

Transliteration (IAST)

kiṃ tu guror āgamanirūpaṇe vyāpāraḥ āgamasya ca niḥśaṅkasajātīyatatprabandhaprasavanibandhanasamucitavikalpodaye vyāpāraḥ tathāvidhavikalpaprabandha eva sattarka iti uktaḥ sa eva ca bhāvanā bhaṇyate asphuṭatvāt bhūtam api artham abhūtam iva sphuṭatvāpādanena bhāvyate yayā iti

— of the guru ; — in the elucidation of scripture ; — function, operation, role ; — in the rise of the appropriate conceptual construct that becomes the ground for generating an unwavering, homogeneous continuum of it ; — a continuum of conceptual construction of such a kind ; — sound reasoning (sat-tarka) ; — contemplative cultivation, realizing meditation ; — because of [its] non-vividness ; — by bringing about vividness ; — is made to be realized/vividly present

Rather, the guru's role lies in elucidating scripture, and scripture's role lies in producing the rise of the appropriate conceptual construct that grounds the generation of an unwavering, homogeneous continuum of it. A continuum of conceptual construction of just this kind has been called "sound reasoning," and that very thing is termed bhāvanā (contemplative cultivation), since by it even what is already real, being non-vivid, is brought to vivid presence as though it were not yet real.