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 9.17 (Commentary)
[Guhyagarbha-Tantra, Text section 9.17]
Having performed all these, the mighty lord
Should enter with awareness.
Then the student should be ushered in. [17][Tibetan]
kun-byas dbang-phyug rig-pas 'jug /
de-nas slob-ma gzhug-par-bya / [17]
Commentary:
[The former (comments on Ch. 9.17):]
It has two sections. First there is the entrance of the master himself. Having performed all these (kun byas-nas) requisites which precede the ritual. beginning with the meditation on the contemplation of the real,[1] the mighty lord (dbanz-phyug) of the assembled feast-offerings and of yoga, a master of indestructible reality in person, should enter ('jug) first into the 尘补峁囜笉补濒补 with awareness (rig-pas) of contemplation.
Then there is the entrance of the student: Once the master has entered, then the student (de-nas slob-ma) should be ushered in (gzhug-par-bya) to the 尘补峁囜笉补濒补 in accordance with the seventeen procedures for entering.[2]
The latter is the empowerment, which includes both the presentation of offerings (for empowerment) and the actual empowerments connected with the degrees of (the students鈥�) intelligence.
[The first has two sections, and the first of these concerns the actual offerings which are presented. (It comments on Ch. 9.18):]
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Footnotes and references:
[1]:
I.e. the first of the three contemplations outlined above, note 22.
[2]:
On these seventeen procedures ('jug-pa'i chos bcu-bdun), see above, pp. 786-795.