Guhyagarbha Tantra (with Commentary)
by Gyurme Dorje | 1987 | 304,894 words
The English translation of the Guhyagarbha Tantra, including Longchenpa's commentary from the 14th century. The whole work is presented as a critical investigation into the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, of which the Guhyagarbhatantra is it's principle text. It contains twenty-two chapters teaching the essence and practice of Mahayoga, which s...
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Text 3.3 (Commentary)
[Guhyagarbha-Tantra, Text section 3.3]
... The sages who demonstrate birth, renunciation, austerity, Buddha-hood, the subjugation of ²ÑÄå°ù²¹, the turning of the doctrinal wheel, the demonstration of great miracles, the passing into ²Ô¾±°ù±¹Äåṇa, and so forth, [3] ...
[Tibetan]
bltams-pa-dang / rab-tu byung-ba-dang / dka'-thub mdzad-pa-dang / sangs-rgyas-pa-dang / bdud-btul-ba-dang / chos-kyi 'khor-lo bskor-ba-dang / cho-'phrul chen-po ston-pa-dang / mya-ngan-las-'das la-sogs-par ston-pa'i thub-pas [3]
Commentary:
The sage who demonstrates (ston-pa'i thub-pas) the great miracles of deeds in order to mature immeasurable living beings through his great emanation of buddha-body instructs Inconceivable living beings; i.e. (he demonstrates) the birth (bltams-pa-dang) of the buddha-body, the renunciation (rab-tu byung-ba-dang) or rejection of household life, the austerity (dka'-thub mdzas-pa-dang) on the banks of the ±·²¹¾±°ù²¹Ã±Âá²¹²Ô²¹ River and so forth, the buddha-hood (sangs-rgyas-pa-dang) in ³Õ²¹Âá°ùÄå²õ²¹²Ô²¹, the subjugation of ²ÑÄå°ù²¹â€™s (bdud-btul-ba dang) host, the turning of the doctrinal wheel (chos-kyi 'khor-lo bskor-ba-dang) in ³ÕÄå°ùÄåṇa²õÄ«, the demonstration of great miracles (cho-'phrul chen-po bstan-pa-dang) at Åš°ùÄå±¹²¹²õ³ÙÄ«, and the passing into ²Ô¾±°ù±¹Äåṇa (mya-ngan-las 'das-pa) at °³ÜÅ›¾±²Ô²¹²µ²¹°ù²¹. The words and so forth (la-sogs-par) refer to (the others) in addition to these eight (deeds) which are universally taught. Included among them are his transference of consciousness from °Õ³Üá¹£i³Ù²¹, his proficiency in the arts, his enjoyment with a retinue of queens, his arrival at the Point of Enlightenment, his subjugation of a rutting elephant at ¸éÄåÂá²¹²µá¹›h²¹, his teaching of the doctrine to hie mother in °Õ³Üá¹£i³Ù²¹, and the subjugation of a great ³Û²¹°ìá¹£a in ´¡á¹a±¹Ä«.[1]
There are some who hold that his deeds number twelve, but that is not definite because he is additionally said to demonstrate miracles, and the other (deeds) are interspersed with these. The enumeration of twelve deeds subsumed in the words and so forth (la-sogs-pa) is merely illustrative. in short, all acts which Instruct living beings by the great miracles of buddha-body are subsumed therein.
[The second (instruction by direct perception, comments on Ch. 3.4):]
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Footnotes and references:
[1]:
in addition to the present account derived from the Lalitavistara, see also the account of ÅšÄå°ì²â²¹³¾³Ü²Ô¾±â€™s life in NSTB, Book 2, Pt. 1, pp. 20-110.