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The next excerpt explains how the 'tath膩gata dh膩tu' or 'gotra' remains
pure and uncontaminated in spite of being covered with defilements from
beginningless time. Nine metaphors are used to explain this truth.
Like the Buddha in an ugly lotus flower,
Like honey [concealed by] a swarm of bees,
Like a kernel of a fruit in the bark, and like gold buried in impurities,
Like a treasure in the ground (nidh膩na),
And like a sprout hidden in a small seed (phalav峁沰峁�a),
Like the image of the Lord covered by a tattered garment (ratnavigraha),
Like the Chieftain of men (cakravarti-r膩j膩) in the womb of a miserable woman,
And like a precious statue covered by dust. (RGV.1.94鈥�95)181
Ratnagotravibh膩ga further preaches that 'only' the Tath膩gata's gotra
exists in all sentient beings equally and without beginning and the
inhereted gotra exists in all sentient beings from the time of birth.
In Hevajra Tantra, the term 鈥榞otra' as explained in "Ratnagotravibh膩ga
is substituted for Family (kula)' or 'Caste (var峁嚹�)'. The reason for using
the concept of Family is to demonstrate how the predominance of one of
the five afflictions in a practitioner places him/her within the fold of one
of the Five Buddha Families.
[HT] O! Perfection of Wisdom, I will speak of the family appropriate for different
individuals. A man or woman who has a nine-pointed Vajra at the base of the ring
finger belongs to the supreme Ak峁�obhya Family; one with a circle to the Vairocana
Family; one with a lotus to the Amitabha Family; one with a great gem to the
Ratnasambhava Family and one with a sword to the Karma Family. (II.11.2-4)182
ratn膩艣rayatvata岣�//151/ mah膩 dharm膩dhir膩jatv膩t s膩mbhoga艣 cakra vartivat/
pratibimba svabh膩vatv膩n nirm膩峁嘺峁� hema bimbavat//152/ ity evam ebhir ava艣i峁ａ弓ai岣�
pa帽cabhir nidhi taru ratna vigraha cakravarti kanaka bimba d峁涐梗峁�膩ntais tri vidha
buddha kayotpatti gotra svabh膩v膩rtham adhik峁泃ya tath膩gata dh膩tur e峁Ｄ佱箖 garbha岣�
sarva sattv膩n膩m iti parid墨pitam/ tri vidha buddha k膩ya prabh膩vitatva峁� hi
tath膩gatatvam/ atas tat pr膩ptaye hetus tath膩gata dh盲tur iti/ hetv artho 'tra dh盲tv
artha岣�// E.H. Johnston (ed.), E.H. Johnston (ed.), "The Ratnagotravibh膩ga
Mah膩y膩nottaratantra艣膩stra, (Patna: The Bihar Research Society, 1950), p.71,
1.18-p.72, 1.10.
181 E. Obermiller, The Sublime Science of the Great Vehicle to Salvation Being A
Manual of Buddhist Monism (Acta Orientalia, IX, 1931), p.213.
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