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 4.24 (Commentary)
[Guhyagarbha-Tantra, Text section 4.24]
O is the destroyer of all.
AU is the destructor of all. [24] ...[Tibetan]
o-ni thams-cad 'jig-par byed /
au-ni thams-cad zhig-pa-yin / [24]
Commentary:
[v. The syllables of the protector of the state and the wrathful deities (comment on Ch. 4.24):]
As to the protector of the gate: O (O-ni) is (the syllable of) 础尘峁泃补办耻峁囜笉补濒颈苍, the wrathful deity of the northern gate, the destroyer ('ijg-par-byed) of all (thams-cad) signs and all conceptual elaborations of the three media, who reveals great miracles.
The syllable of the wrathful deity, AU (AU-ni) is the destructor of all (thams-cad zhig-pa yin) the subject-object dichotomy. It is the glow of the peaceful deities, the nature of the five pristine cognitions, which appears as the wrathful deities. Its superscript point (or circle) is the pristine coznition of reality's expanse, its superscript crescent is the mirror-like pristine cognition, its central form is the pristine cognition of sameness, its vibration is the pristine cognition of discernment, and its natural expression is the pristine cognition of accomplishment.[1]
Now, those who make the last (syllable) out to be the nucleus of 础尘峁泃补办耻峁囜笉补濒颈苍 do not perceive exactly where the 尘补峁囜笉补濒补蝉 of peaceful and wrathful deities emanate from the cloud-mass of syllables. The cloud-mass of syllables abides as the seedsyllables of all the 尘补峁囜笉补濒补蝉 of deities. Thus the 尘补峁囜笉补濒补 of the wrathful deities emanates from AU峁�, the seed-syllable of Buddha Heruka, endowed with the five pristine coznitions.
[Synopsis (201.6-202.2):]
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Footnotes and references:
[1]:
he explanation strictly refers to the syllable AU峁�. with 补苍耻蝉惫腻谤补. The terms for these parts of a written syllable are bindu (superscript point), zla-tshes (superscript crescent), khog-pa (central form), 苍腻诲补 (vibration), and rang-bzhin (natural expression).