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...
Text 3.19 (Commentary)
[Guhyagarbha-Tantra, Text section 3.19]
This natural Secret Nucleus
Is definitively established as the source
Of all ±è¾±á¹a°ì²¹²õ and all Tantras. [19] ...[Tibetan]
rang-bzhin gsang-ba'i snying-po 'di /
sde-snod kun-dang rgyud-kun-gyi /
'byung-gnas gtan-la nges-par 'bebs / [19]
Commentary:
[Teaching that this text itself is the general commentary on all the ³§Å«³Ù°ù²¹²õ and Tantras]
This natural Secret Nucleus (rang-bzhin gsang-ba'i snying-po 'di) itself, the abiding nature of all things, is the emanational basis and therefore Indeed the source ('byung-gnas) of all (kun) the three ±è¾±á¹a°ì²¹²õ (sde-snod) and (dang) of all (kun-gyi) the six classes of tantras (rgyud). Because it is a gathering of the meaningful nucleus, it abides as the ground that is definitively established (gtan-la nges-par 'bebs) and as the object to be so established. This (text) itself is in fact the establishment of everything.
It says in the All-Accomplishing King (T. 828):
The nature of all the ±è¾±á¹a°ì²¹²õ and all the tantras
Is gathered in this nucleus.
It is the general commentary
On all the ³§Å«³Ù°ù²¹²õ and Tantras.
[The sixth, (teaching that all things apart from their mere names, words and labels, are non-existent in the abiding nature, comments on Ch. 3.20):]
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