I note too that bcings nas 'dug pa probably means "those who sit having tied themselves up"
rather than "those who remain bound" -- i.e. it likely refers to an ascetic practice and
not to the state of being unliberated.

Matthew Kapstein
Directeur d'études,
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes

Numata Visiting Pro
fessor of Buddhist Studies,
The University of Chicago