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 7.17 (Commentary)
[Guhyagarbha-Tantra, Text section 7.17]
Emaho! This wondrous, marvelous reality鈥�
The Buddha-speech of all perfect Buddhas.
Transcends all sounds, names and words,
But clearly emerges as diverse sounds. [17] ...[Tibetan]
e-ma-ho ngo-mtshar rmad-kyi chos /
rdzogs-pa'i sangs-rgyas kun-gyi gsung /
sgra-dang ming-tshig kun-las-'das /
sna-tshogs sgra-rnams gsal-bar 'byung / [17]
Commentary:
[i. Among these, the first (section on the inexpressible essence of buddha-speech comments on Ch. 7.17):]
Emaho! (e-ma-ho) is an exclamation of wonder at the mystery of the 罢补迟丑腻驳补迟补蝉鈥� speech, an inconceivable topic, which is particularly sublime. This reality (chos), wondrous (ngo-mtshar) and marvelous (rmad-kyi) in nature, is the buddha-speech of all (kun-gyi gsung) genuinely perfect buddhas (rdzogs-pa'i sangs-rgyas), a sacred wheel of inexhaustible adornment. This essential nature of buddha-speech is wondrous in that it transcends all (kun-las 'das) expressive sounds (sgra) and (dang) the names and words (ming-tshig) applied to phenomena, but, at the same time, it is wondrous because it clearly emerges (gsal-bar 'byung) as the immeasurable languages or sounds (sgra-rnams), which comprise the diverse (sna-tshogs) excellent intonations of speech, corresponding to the perception of living beings.
[ii. The second (the inconceivable natural expression of buddha-speech, comments on Ch. 7.18):]
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