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 18.5 (Commentary)
[Guhyagarbha-Tantra, Text section 18.5]
As for food, chewables, drink, clothing
And all things that possess the five raptures, [5][Tibetan]
bza'-dang bca'-dang btung-dang bgo /
longs-spyod lnga-ldan thams-cad-ni / [5]
Commentary:
[The latter concerns the offering of the desired attributes. It has two sections, of which the first concerns the sacraments which are offered. (It comments on Ch. 18.5):]
There are sacraments of food (bza'-dang) such as meat and butter, chewables (bca'-dang) including the fruit of trees, drink (btung-dang) such as tea and the wine of grapes, clothing (bgo) such as Khotanese brocade (li-chu) and Sahor cloaks (za-ber), and all things (thams-cad) that possess the five raptures (longs-spyod lnga-ldan) or desired attributes of gods and humans. As for (-nl) these sacraments...[1]
[The second section of the offering of desired attributes concerns the making of these offerings. (It comments on Ch. 18.6):]
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Footnotes and references:
[1]:
This rendering of the obscure terms li-chu and za-ber is suggested by mKhan-po Thub-bstan. As an alternative, "silken cloaks" (zab-ber) has also been suggested. According to Lo-chen, p. 409, the clothing offered is said to be "fine and soft鈥� (grab-'jam).