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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 9.26 (Commentary)

[Guhyagarbha-Tantra, Text section 9.26]

The Great Identity of the ṇḍ
Of the directions and times
Invites all ṇḍ from the ṇḍ
Of non-referential Buddha-mind. [26]

[Tibetan]

phyogs-dus dkyil-'khor bdag-nyid-che /
mi-dmigs thugs-kyi dkyil-'khor-las /
dkyil-'khor thams-cad spyan-drang-ngo / [26]

Commentary:

[The second section (of the attainment of the ṇḍ) is the invitation (which comments on Ch. 9.26):]

The Great Identity of (bdag-nyid chen) all the ṇḍ of the (dkyil-'khor) ten directions (phyogs) and four times (dus) invites all (thams-cad spyan-drang-ngo) ṇḍ (dkyil-'khor) of the beings of pristine cognition which are desired from (las) the disposition of the buddha-body of reality or ṇḍ of Buddha-mind (thugs-kyi dkyil-'khor) which is the fundamental abiding nature, non-referential (mi-dmigs) in any respect, and free from conceptual elaboration.

Now, these (beings) are said to be Invited simply when the intellect wills them to come, and they are also consecrated by all-knowing spirituality because the central deity experiences them as a mere emanation of his own mind. This is consistent because the mind is itself Buddha-hood, and the ṇḍ is attained by its experience and radiance.

[The third section (of the attainment of the ṇḍ) is the absorption in non-duality (which comments on Ch. 9.27):]

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