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 16.4 (Commentary)
[Guhyagarbha-Tantra, Text section 16.4]
翱峁� VAJRA 膧RYATEJATE峁� JA岣�
翱峁� VAJR膧MOGH膧 H弄峁�
翱峁� VAJRA LOK膧 VA峁�
翱峁� VAJRA BHASM莫 VALAYAVAT莫 HO岣� [4]
Commentary:
[The fourth section comprises the mantras of the four female gatekeepers. (It comments on Ch. 16.4):]
膧RYATEJATE峁�, meaning "sublime charisma", refers to the horse-headed one (Vajratejas墨); 础惭翱骋贬膧, meaning "successful", refers to the sow-faced one (Vajr膩mogh膩); VAJRALOK膧, meaning鈥漣ndestructible illuminator of the world", refers to the bear-faced one (Vajralok膩); and BHASM莫 V膧LAYAVAT莫, meaning "turning to ashes", refers to the wolf-faced one (痴补箩谤补惫别迟腻濒墨).[1] The terminating syllables JA岣�, H弄峁�, VA峁�, and HO岣� are their respective seed-syllables.
[The fifth section comprises the mantras of the 莫艣var墨s or mighty queens. (It comments on Ch. 16.5):]
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Footnotes and references:
[1]:
It is hard to determine correctly the Sanskrit for this set of mantras. Cf., Lo-chen Dharma艣r墨, op. cit., p. 396, where the first is glossed "'phags-ma sring-'gro-ma-'am ring-'gro-ma". The second is interpreted by him as "gdong-mo'am don-yod-ma, showing that he is very much aware of the alternative readings鈥擵AJR膧MOGH膧 and VAJRAMUKH莫. in the case of the fourth, he reads BHASM莫 VALAYAVATU, and interprets this to mean "she who turns to ashes" (thal-bar byed-ma).