Derge Kangyur/Tengyur e-text, Esukhia/Barom edition — public domain (mechanical reproduction)
The View of the Unconnected (Asambandhadṛṣṭi-nāma) is a text that addresses the impermanence of worldly status and the inevitable dissolution of the self. Based on the provided fragment, the work opens with a traditional homage to the gurus and immediately transitions into a meditation on the futility of pride. The text argues that attributes such as wealth, youth, and noble lineage are transient and provide no security at the moment of death. By highlighting the gap between current social identity and the reality of destruction, the text commits the reader to a realization of non-connection—the idea that the self is not fundamentally linked to these external, temporary markers of value. The fragment suggests a pedagogical approach designed to dismantle arrogance through the contemplation of mortality.
Provenance
About this text
A treatise on the nature of non-connection, the Asaṃbandhadṛṣṭi is a work of the General Unexcelled Yoga Tantra tradition. It is attributed to the Indian author Kṛṣṇa Paṇḍita. The work is preserved in the classical Tibetan tradition under the title 'brel med kyi lta ba, appearing in volume ཟི of the Tengyur, where it extends over two pages. The text opens with an homage to the gurus and proceeds to dismantle the arrogance associated with youth, wealth, and noble lineage. By reflecting on the moment the self is destroyed, the work argues that these worldly attributes are transient and cannot be maintained, thereby illustrating the fundamental lack of connection between the temporary markers of social identity and the reality of mortality. A scholar or serious reader consults this work today to examine its pedagogical approach to impermanence and its use of meditative imagery, such as the wrecking of a ship in the ocean, to facilitate a realization of the futility of pride.
Cite thisAnuvāda, “The View of the Unconnected” (Toh 2437), machine draft, 2026.https://naxiai.com/tibetan/works/toh2437
Summary & commentary
Significance
The work is significant for its focus on the psychological dismantling of the ego through the lens of impermanence, a central tenet of Buddhist praxis. For the modern reader, it serves as a critique of identity based on socioeconomic status and physical attributes.
Structure
Passages
Section
Description
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Introduction and Opening Verse
Contains the Sanskrit and Tibetan titles, a homage to the gurus, and an initial reflection on the transience of wealth, youth, and lineage.
Themes
Impermanence (1)
Critique of Arrogance (1)
Dissolution of the Self (1)
Summary, significance and provenance note generated by gemma4:31b from the translation and the catalogue record.
In the language of India: Asambandhadṛṣṭi-nāma. In the language of Tibet: ’Brel med kyi lta ba zhes bya ba (The View of Non-Connection). Homage to the gurus.
Arrogant with wealth, youth, and noble lineage,
At the time when the self is destroyed,
Not even one of these will appear.
How could there be a meeting
Of what are called "you" and "I"?
When a ship is wrecked in the ocean,
Will it ever be joined together again?
Like a gathering of father, mother, and grandchildren
To watch a dance,
When the dancer has left and the show is over,
How could there be a meeting
Of what are called "you" and "I"?
When a ship is wrecked in the ocean,
Will it ever be joined together again?
Whether in a marketplace or a street,
On a mountain, a plain, or a riverbank,
I do not know where the body
Will perish.
How could there be a meeting
Of what are called "you" and "I"?
When a ship is wrecked in the ocean,
Will it ever be joined together again?
The Kāpālika speaks:
"I have no realization beyond this.
By coming and going, the self is destroyed.
How could there be a meeting
Of what are called 'you' and 'I'?
When a ship is wrecked in the ocean,
Will it ever be joined together again?"
The ’Brel med kyi lta ba zhes bya ba (The View of Non-Connection), composed by the master Kṛṣṇācārya, is complete.
Translation status: Not among 84000's published translations, and not in progress there. Translations published elsewhere have not been searched for, so one may exist. (source: 84000 catalogue + registry; checked 2026-11-10).
Set in Newsreader and EB Garamond; Tibetan in Noto Serif Tibetan; Chinese in Noto Serif SC.