Essay name: Hevajra Tantra (analytical study)
Author:
Seung Ho Nam
Affiliation: University of Kerala / Faculty of Oriental Studies
This is an English study of the Hevajra Tantra: an ancient Sanskrit text that teaches the process of attaining Buddha-hood for removing the sufferings of all sentient beings. The Hevajratantra amplifies the views and methods found in the Guhyasamaja Tantra (one of the earliest extant Buddhist Tantras) dealing with Yoga and Mandalas.
Chapter 2 - Place of Hevajra Tantra in Tantric Literature
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[HT] Firstly, emanate Friendliness (maitri), secondly, emanate Compassion
(karu峁嚹�), thirdly, emanate Joyfulness (mudit膩) and finally, emanate Equanimous
Detachment (upek峁Ｄ�). Then after that: firstly the Awakening to Voidness, secondly
the Collecting of the Seed-syllable, thirdly the Manifestation of the Physical Form
and fourthly the Placing of the Letter. (1.3.1-2)123
[HT] In the First phase of Six-phased Yoga the yogi should emanate black, in the
Second red, in the Third yellow, in the Fourth green, in the Fifth blue and in the
Sixth white. In this order the yogi should emanate the Six-phased Yoga, and then,
the culmination of the Joy of Cessation thus. (1.8.21-22)124
In Hevajra Tantra, just as in "Guhyasam膩ja Tantra, the path of
spiritual practise is divided into two stages. They are called stage of
Generation and Completion instead of the Ordinary and Supreme stage.
The difference in name does not mean that the practise recommended by
the two Tantras is different "Guhyasam膩ja Tantra刹. The practise
recommended in the generation stage of "Hevajra Tantra, and that in the
ordinary stage of "Guhyasam膩ja Tantra is identical. Both recommend the
emanation of Voidness, collection of seed syllable, manifestation of
Physical form and placing of the letter. However it is not quite the same
with the Completion stage of "Hevajra Tantra, and supreme level of
Guhyasam膩ja Tantra. Though both recommend the Six yogas as the
essential practise of this stage and without mastering the Six yogas one
can not attain the Body Speech or Mind of a Buddha, but the Six yogas
are not described in the same manner in the two texts of Tantra. While
"Guhyasam膩ja Tantra, mentions each stage of Six yoga by a specific -
name and a particular feat that is to be specialized and accomplished in
that level, (such as praty膩h膩ra is to be achieved in level one of Six
yoga); it is not quite so in "Hevajra Tantra. Here the yogi is advised to
123 prathamam bh膩vayen m谩itr墨m dvit墨ye karu峁嚹乵 tath膩/ t峁泃墨ye bh膩vayen mudit膩m
upek峁Ｄ乵 sarva艣e峁ta岣�//1/tasm膩t punar api/ prathamam 艣奴nyat膩bodhim dvit墨yam
b墨jasamgraham/ trtiyam bimbani峁attim caturtham ny膩sam ak峁ram//2// (HT[F&M].,
pp.37-38)
124 prathame bh膩vayet k峁涐梗峁嚹乵 dvit墨ye rakt膩m eva ca/ t峁泃iye bh膩vayet p墨t膩m
caturthe harit盲n tath膩//21/ pa帽came n墨lavar峁嚹伱� ca 峁峁ａ弓ame sukladehik膩m/ 峁岣峚峁僩am
bh膩vayed yog墨 viram膩ntam punas tath膩//22// (HT[F&M]., p.91)
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