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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 4.26 (Commentary)

[Guhyagarbha-Tantra, Text section 4.26]

Then this secret description of these very ṇḍ, where the assembled host of ղٳ岵ٲ and their queens are without duality, emerged from the indestructible body, speech, mind, attributes, and activities. [26]

[Tibetan]

de-nas de-bzhin gshegs-pa btsun-mo'i tshogs-dang gnyis-su med-pa'i dkyil-'khor de-dag-nyid-kyi gsang-ba 'di-nyid / sku-gsung-thugs yon-tan 'phrin-las rdo-rje-las phyung-ngo / [26]

Commentary:

[Summary of this Chapter (202.3-206.2)]

The third section (of the exegesis of the meaning of its words—see p. 558) is a summary of both (the above general teaching and detailed exegesis of the syllables). It Includes both the emergence of this summary and its actual words.

[The former (comments on Ch. 4.26):]

Once the syllables had been explained in detail, then (de-nas) this ('di) great secret (gsang-ba) description (nyid) of the cloud-mass of syllables, forming the nucleus of these very ṇḍ (dkyil-'khor de-dag-nyid-kyi ) where the assembled host of (tshogs-dang) the self-manifesting ղٳ岵ٲ and their queens (de-bzhin gshegs-pa btsun-mo'i) are naturally without duality (gnyis-su med-pa'i), emerged from the indestructible body, speech, mind, attributes and activities (sku-gsung-thugs yon-tan phrin-las rdo-rje-las byung-ngo) of all the ղٳ岵ٲ.

[The latter (comments on Ch. 4.27):]

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