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 20.5 (Commentary)
[Guhyagarbha-Tantra, Text section 20.5]
In the supreme ṇḍ of feast-offerings
In the shape of the syllable VA�,
(The Mantrin) should make offerings
With an attitude of attachment
To the resplendent and enormous blaze.
Even indestructible speech will be subjugated. [5][Tibetan]
va�-gi tshogs-kyi dkyil-'khor mchog /
'bar-ba gzi-brjid lhun-chen-la /
chags-pa'i yid-kyis mchod-sbyin-bya /
rdo-rje gsung-yang dbang-du 'gyur / [5]
Commentary:
[ii. The rite of subjugation also has three sections. Among them the first is the rite of the burning fire (which comments on Ch. 20.5):]
In this case the hearth is symbolised by the shape of the syllable VA� (�-⾱) and drawn as a semi-circle. The supreme ṇḍ of the feast-offerings (tshogs-kyi dkyil-'khor mchog) conveys and entirely corresponds to the characteristic nature of the hearth and the central and peripheral deities.[1] In it the fire of the hearth and Agni, the fire-god, are present in the subjugating form of an Intense blaze ('bar-ba), resplendent (gzi-brjid) and enormous (lhun-chen) in stature. The Mantrin should make offerings (mchod-sbyin-bya) to (la) it with an attitude of attachment (chags-pa'i yid-kyis) for the victim, offering to the fire those sacraments corresponding to the rite of subjugation.[2] Thereby, even (yang) , the one of indestructible speech (rdo-rje gsung) will be subjugated (dbang-du-'gyur).
[The second is the rite of the stabbing ī (which comments on Ch. 20.6):]
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Footnotes and references:
[1]:
On the rite of subjugation and its hearth, shaped as a semi-circle in the manner of the Sanskrit syllayle VA�, see also above, p. 784.
[2]:
The sacraments of this rite are enumerated above, pp. 784-785. Cf. Lo-chen, op. cit.. p. 4311.