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 18.3 (Commentary)
[Guhyagarbha-Tantra, Text section 18.3]
The supreme offering produced by embrace
And derived from sexual union,
Is pleasing to oneself.
And thereby should confer pleasure. [3][Tibetan]
'khril-ba'i mchod-chen mnyam-sbyor-bas /
bdag-nyid mnyes-pas mnyes-par bya / [3]
Commentary:
[The latter concerns the offering associated with the rites of sexual union. (It comments on Ch. 18.3):]
In accordance with the aforementioned explanation,[1] the 尘补峁囜笉补濒补 is invited into the secret centres of oneself and one's female consort who are visually created as the deities. Then, the supreme (chen) sacrament of offering (mchod) or blissful "enlightened mind鈥� (seminal fluids) produced by the non-dual embrace ('khril-ba'i) of the male and female consorts, which is an essence derived from the sexual union (mnyam-sbyor-bas) of the vajra (penis) and lotus (vagina), is pleasing to oneself (bdag-nyid mnyes), and thereby (-pas), it should confer pleasure (mnyes-par-bya) on all the 罢补迟丑腻驳补迟补蝉.
[ii. Secondly, the particular exegesis of the offerings of the desired attributes which are sacramental substances has two aspects, of which the former concerns the offering of nectar as a sacrament. (It comments on Ch. 18.4):]
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Footnotes and references:
[1]:
See Ch. 11, pp. 900ff., esp. pp. 912-913.