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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 1 - Tantric Buddhism

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50 (of 63)


External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)


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The svābhāvika kāya, the sāṃbhogika kāya, the other is the nairmāṇika kāya:
these are the bodies of Buddhas; the first is the foundation on which are based the
two others. (MSAK. IX.60)
[commentary] The bodies of Buddhas are of three kinds: (1) natural (svābhāvika),
this is the body of dharma; it is for the index of the revulsion of foundation. (2)
Sambhogika kāya (passionate) this is by which dharma is enjoyed in the circles of
assemblies. (3) Nirmāṇika kāya (metamorphic), this is by which he develops the
artha of creatures. (MSABh)78
In all the dhātus of the worlds the Sambhogyakāya (passionate body) differs with
the circle of assemblies, the fields of Buddhas, the names, the bodies, the acts of
trying to enjoy dharma. (MSAK. IX.61)
[commentary] [Among them] in all the dhātus of the worlds the Sambhogyakaya
differs with the sentient beings, the Buddha fields, the names, the bodies and in the
act of enjoying dharma. (MSABh)79
The Svābhāvika kāya (essential body) is uniform (equal) and microscopic (subtle),
being inherent in natural body; it shows the cause of supremacy of enjoyment at
will. (MSAK. IX.62)
[commentary] The Svābhāvika kaya is uniform for all the Buddha, as there is no
difference between them. It is subtle, as it is difficult to understand (know). It is
related to the sambhogyakaya and it is the cause of supremacy of enjoyment for
showing the enjoyment at will. (MSABh)80
The Bodhisattva after a long and ardour journey that spreads over
three countless eons is able to attain the stage of No More Learning and
Institute, 1970), p.47-48. Henceforth the abbreviated form of
Mahāyānasūtrālamkāra kārikā, as MSAK. and Mahāyānasūtrālamkāra bhāṣya, as
MSABh. will be used.
78 svābhāviko 'tha sambhogya� kayo nairmaṇiko 'parah/ kāyamedä hi buddhānām
prathamastu dvayāśrayam//60/ trividha� kāyo buddhānām/ svābhāviko dharmakāya
āśrayaparāvṛtti lakṣanah/ sāmbhogiko yena parṣan maṇḍaleṣu dharma sambhogam
karoti nairmāṇiko yena nirmāṇena satvārtham karoti// S. Bagchi(ed.), Ibid., p.47.
79 sarvadhātubhu sambhogyo bhinno ganaparigraiha/ kṣetraiśva nämabhi� kāyair
dharma sambhogacestitai�//61/ tatra sāmbhogika� sarva-loka dhātuṣu parṣan
mandala buddha kṣetra nāma sarira dharma sambhoga kriyābhir bhinna�// S.
Bagchi(ed.), Ibid., p.47.
80 sama� sukṣmaśva tacchiṣṭaḥ[cchlasta�:] kāya� svābhāviko mata� sambhoga
vibhutāheturyatheṣtam bhogadarśane//62/ svābhāvika� sarva buddhānām samo
nirvisiṣṭatayā sūkṣmo durjñānatayā/ tena sambhogikena käyena sambaddha�
sambhoga vibhutve ca hetur yatheṣtam bhoga-darśanāya// S. Bagchi(ed.), Ibid.,
p.47.
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