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 11.24 (Commentary)
[Guhyagarbha-Tantra, Text section 11.24]
For genuine accomplishment, the Mantrin
Should meditate without attachment
On skillful means and discriminative awareness,
And by all means upon the five 尘补峁囜笉补濒补蝉
And the row of wrathful deities.
These should be dissolved without dichotomy.
And the nucleus of supreme accomplishment will be achieved. [24][Tibetan]
sngags-'chang dngos-grub yang-dag-ni /
thabs-dang shes-rab thams-cad-kyis /
dkyil-'khor lnga-dang khro-'phreng bsgom /
chags-pa med-pa'i tshul-gyis-ni /
gnyis-su med-par bstim-par-bya /
dngos-grub mchog-gi snying-po 'grub / [24]
Commentary:
[Concerning the 尘补峁囜笉补濒补 of five clusters:]
This section also has two parts, namely the type of individual who attains this 尘补峁囜笉补濒补 and the manner of the attainment: For genuine accomplishment (dngos-grub yang-dag-pa-ni) to be obtained in the mind, the Yogin who is a Mantrin (sngags-'chang) radiantly visualises the male and female consorts as skillful means and discriminative awareness (thabs-dang shes-rab) and should meditate on (bsgom) the five 尘补峁囜笉补濒补蝉 (dkyil-'khor lnga) of clusters and (dang) the row of wrathful deities (khro-phreng) outside them, by all means (thams-cad-kyis) of ritual, including the three kinds of contemplation. Without attachment (chags-pa med-pa'i tshul-gyis-ni) to the desired attributes, these should be dissolved (bstim-par-bya) without (med-par) clinging to the offering in terms of the subject-object dichotomy (gnyis), and in accordance with the dissolution of deity into deity. The result is that the nucleus of supreme accomplishment (dngos-grub mchog-gi snying-po), the awareness-holder of spontaneous presence, will be achieved ('grub).
There are some who hold that there are different accomplishments, i.e. that the awareness-holder of the seal is attained by means of the single cluster, the awareness-holder with power over the lifespan by means of the three clusters, and the awareness-holder of spontaneous presence by means of the five clusters. There is no such implication here because, through each of these clusters, one provisionally becomes accomplished as the three (lower) kinds of awareness-holder, and conclusively accomplished as the awareness-holder of spontaneous presence.[1]
[iv. The fourth, concerning the attainment of the 尘补峁囜笉补濒补 of the Indestructible expanse (vajradh膩tu尘补峁囜笉补濒补鈥攃omments on Ch. 11.25):]
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