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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 14.8 (Commentary)

[Guhyagarbha-Tantra, Text section 14.8]

—Thus did he proclaim. This completes the fourteenth chapter from the Secret Nucleus Definitive with respect to the Real, entitled the Eulogy which Pleases. [8]

[Tibetan]

—zhes ched-du bsgrags-so / gsang-ba'i snying-po de-kho-na nyid nges-pa-las mnyes-pa'i [bstod-pa'i] le'u-ste bcu-bzhi-pa'o / [8]

Commentary:

[The summary of the chapter (comments on Ch. 14.8):]

Thus (-zhes) did he purposefully proclaim (bsgrags-so), unprompted, to the retinue of the pure and self-manifesting field of the spontaneous Bounteous Array.

This completes (-'o) the exegesis of the fourteenth chapter (le'u ste bcu-bzhi-pa) from (las) the Secret Nucleus (gsang-ba'i snying-po) of the result Definitive with respect to the Real (de-kho-na-nyid nges-pa) Buddha-body and pristine cognition, entitled The Eulogy (bstod-pa) according with the abiding nature Which naturally and spontaneously Pleases (mnyes-pa'i) the ṇḍ and the great mighty lord of the ṇḍ.

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