Guhyagarbha Tantra (with Commentary)

by Gyurme Dorje | 1987 | 304,894 words

Buddhism Tibetan Buddhism

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Summary: 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 states that “liberation is obtained through union with the indivisible superior truth by relying emphatically on the creation stage of skillful means”.

Mahayoga is a Sanskrit word, literally meaning “great union (of the mind with non-dual truth”. The view of Mahayoga holds (a) ultimate truth to be spontaneous awareness without conceptual elaboration, (b) relative truth to be the ideas or mental energy of that awareness which manifest as a mandala of Buddha-body and pristine cognition, and (c) the superior indivisible truth to be the unity of these two—emptiness and pure appearance.

The Guhyagarbha Tantra is known in Tibetan as rgyud gsang ba'i snying po. Longchenpa is spelled as kLong-chen Rab-'byams-pa's. His commentary is known as phyogs-bcu mun-sel.

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The full text of the Guhyagarbha Tantra (with Commentary) in English is available here and publically accesible (free to read online). Of course, I would always recommend buying the book so you get the latest edition. You can see all this book’s content by visiting the pages in the below index:

. 1. The rNying-ma School and the Three Inner Classes of Tantra

. 2. Compilation of the Kangyur and Nyingma Tantras

. 3. The texts of Mahāyoga

. 4a. The Māyājāla Cycle (Introduction)

. 4b. Tantra-texts of the Māyājāla cycle

. 4c. Chapters of the Guhyagarbha

. 5. Structured Contents of the Guhyagarbhatattvaviniścayamahātantra

. 6. Origin of the Guhyagarbhatattvaviniścayamahātantra

. 7. The Indian historical tradition of the Guhyagarbhatattvaviniścayamahātantra

. 8. Appearance and Translation of the Māyājāla Cycle in Tibet

. 9. The bka'-ma lineage

. 10a. The Zur family (Introduction)

. 10b. The Zur Lineage in Central Tibet

. 11. The Khams Tradition of Kah-thog

. 12. The resurgence of the bka'-ma lineage in Central Tibet

. 13. Extensive Propagation of the “distant lineage” in Khams

. 14. The Treasure-Doctrines associated with the Guhyagarbha

. 15. Ten Philosophical Topics of the Guhyagarbha

. 16. Mahāyoga and Atiyoga Interpretations of the Guhyagarbha

. 17. The editions consulted in this study

About the Title

+ Chapter 1 (text and commentary)

+ Chapter 2 (text and commentary)

. Chapter 2 - Generation of Ultimate and Relative Enlightened Mind

. Text 2.1 (Commentary)

. Text 2.2 (Commentary)

. Text 2.3 (Commentary)

. Text 2.4 (Commentary)

. Text 2.5 (Commentary)

. Text 2.6-11 (Commentary)

. Text 2.12 (Commentary)

. Text 2.13 (Commentary)

. Text 2.14 (Commentary)

. Text 2.15 (Commentary)

. Text 2.16 (Commentary)

. Text 2.17 (Commentary)

. Text 2.18 (Commentary)

+ Chapter 3 (text and commentary)

. Chapter 3 - The Establishment of All Dharmas

. Introduction 1: (A Single Supreme Emanational Buddha-body)

. Introduction 2: (Inconceivable Emanations)

. Text 3.1 (Commentary)

. Text 3.2 (Commentary)

. Text 3.3 (Commentary)

. Text 3.4 (Commentary)

. Text 3.5 (Commentary)

. Text 3.6 (Commentary)

. Text 3.7 (Commentary)

. Text 3.8 (Commentary)

. Text 3.9 (Commentary)

. Text 3.10 (Commentary)

. Text 3.11 (Commentary)

. Text 3.12 (Commentary)

. Text 3.13 (Commentary)

. Text 3.14 (Commentary)

. Text 3.15 (Commentary)

. Text 3.16 (Commentary)

. Text 3.17 (Commentary)

. Text 3.18 (Commentary)

. Text 3.19 (Commentary)

. Text 3.20 (Commentary)

. Text 3.21 (Commentary)

. Text 3.22 (Commentary)

. Text 3.23 (Commentary)

. Text 3.24 (Commentary)

+ Chapter 4 (text and commentary)

. Chapter 4 - Cyclical Array of the Garland of Syllables

. Introduction 1: (Definition and Nature of the term "syllable")

. Introduction 2: (The Essence, Classification and Purpose of Syllables)

. Text 4.1 (Commentary)

. Text 4.2 (Commentary)

. Text 4.3 (Commentary)

. Text 4.4 (Commentary)

. Text 4.5 (Commentary)

. Text 4.6 (Commentary)

. Text 4.7 (Commentary)

. Text 4.8 (Commentary)

. Text 4.9 (Commentary)

. Text 4.10 (Commentary)

. Text 4.11 (Commentary)

. Text 4.12 (Commentary)

. Text 4.13 (Commentary)

. Text 4.14 (Commentary)

. Text 4.15 (Commentary)

. Text 4.16 (Commentary)

. Text 4.17 (Commentary)

. Text 4.18 (Commentary)

. Text 4.19 (Commentary)

. Text 4.20 (Commentary)

. Text 4.21 (Commentary)

. Text 4.22 (Commentary)

. Text 4.23 (Commentary)

. Text 4.24 (Commentary)

. Text 4.25 (Commentary)

. Text 4.26 (Commentary)

. Text 4.27 (Commentary)

. Text 4.28 (Commentary)

+ Chapter 5 (text and commentary)

. Chapter 5 - Contemplation that Attains the Magical Net

. Text 5.1 (Commentary)

. Text 5.2 (Commentary)

. Text 5.3 (Commentary)

. Text 5.4 (Commentary)

. Text 5.5 (Commentary)

. Text 5.6 (Commentary)

. Text 5.7 (Commentary)

. Text 5.8 (Commentary)

. Text 5.9 (Commentary)

. Text 5.10 (Commentary)

. Text 5.11 (Commentary)

. Text 5.12 (Commentary)

. Text 5.13 (Commentary)

. Text 5.14 (Commentary)

. Text 5.15 (Commentary)

+ Chapter 6 (text and commentary)

. Chapter 6 - Emanation of the Maṇḍala

. Commentary (the maṇḍala of contemplation)—Introduction

. Text 6.1 (Commentary)

. Text 6.2 (Commentary)

. Text 6.3 (Commentary)

. Text 6.4 (Commentary)

. Text 6.5 (Commentary)

. Text 6.6 (Commentary)

. Text 6.7 (Commentary)

. Text 6.8 (Commentary)

. Text 6.9 (Commentary)

. Text 6.10 (Commentary)

. Text 6.11 (Commentary)

. Text 6.12 (Commentary)

. Text 6.13 (Commentary)

. Text 6.14-17 (Commentary)

. Text 6.18 (Commentary)

. Text 6.19 (Commentary)

. Text 6.20 (Commentary)

. Text 6.21 (Commentary)

. Text 6.22 (Commentary)

. Text 6.23 (Commentary)

. Text 6.24 (Commentary)

. Text 6.25-26 (Commentary)

+ Chapter 7 (text and commentary)

. Chapter 7 - Absorption of the Maṇḍala and the Secret Mantras

. Text 7.1 (Commentary)

. Text 7.2 (Commentary)

. Text 7.3 (Commentary)

. Text 7.4 (Commentary)

. Text 7.5 (Commentary)

. Text 7.6 (Commentary)

. Text 7.7 (Commentary)

. Text 7.8 (Commentary)

. Text 7.9 (Commentary)

. Text 7.10 (Commentary)

. Text 7.11 (Commentary)

. Text 7.12 (Commentary)

. Text 7.13 (Commentary)

. Text 7.14 (Commentary)

. Text 7.15 (Commentary)

. Text 7.16 (Commentary)

. Text 7.17 (Commentary)

. Text 7.18 (Commentary)

. Text 7.19 (Commentary)

. Text 7.20 (Commentary)

. Text 7.21 (Commentary)

. Text 7.22 (Commentary)

. Text 7.23 (Commentary)

. Text 7.24 (Commentary)

+ Chapter 8 (text and commentary)

. Chapter 8 - Consecration of All Limbs as the Maṇḍala

. Text 8.1 (Commentary)

. Text 8.2 (Commentary)

. Text 8.3 (Commentary)

. Text 8.4 (Commentary)

. Text 8.5-6 (Commentary)

. Text 8.7-8 (Commentary)

. Text 8.9-10 (Commentary)

. Text 8.11-12 (Commentary)

. Text 8.13-14 (Commentary)

. Text 8.15 (Commentary)

. Text 8.16 (Commentary)

. Text 8.17 (Commentary)

. Text 8.18 (Commentary)

. Text 8.19 (Commentary)

. Text 8.20 (Commentary)

. Text 8.21 (Commentary)

. Text 8.22 (Commentary)

. Text 8.23 (Commentary)

. Text 8.24 (Commentary)

. Text 8.25 (Commentary)

. Text 8.26 (Commentary)

. Text 8.27 (Commentary)

. Text 8.28 (Commentary)

. Text 8.29 (Commentary)

. Text 8.30 (Commentary)

+ Chapter 9 (Text And Commentary)

. Chapter 9 - Secret Commitment of the Indestructible Array

. Introduction 1: Drawing the Maṇḍala and its Beneficial Attributes

. Introduction 1.1: The Ritual associated with the site

. Introduction 1.2: The Ritual associated with the Coloured Lines

. Introduction 1.3: The drawing of the Maṇḍala

. Introduction 1.4: The preparation of the Offerings

. Introduction 2.1: The Creation and Visualisation of the Deities

. Introduction 2.2: Making of offerings to the Maṇḍala

. Introduction 3.1: A Teaching on the Burnt Offerings

. Introduction 3.2: The Entry and Empowerment of the Student

. Introduction 3.2.1: The preparatory ritual for the student’s entry

. Introduction 3.2.2: The Sequence of the actual Foundation of Empowerment

. Introduction 3.2.3: The Beneficial Attributes which have been Proclaimed

. Introduction 3.3: The result Achieved through Meditation

. Text 9.1 (Commentary)

. Text 9.2 (Commentary)

. Text 9.3 (Commentary)

. Text 9.4 (Commentary)

. Text 9.5 (Commentary)

. Text 9.6 (Commentary)

. Text 9.7 (Commentary)

. Text 9.8 (Commentary)

. Text 9.9 (Commentary)

. Text 9.10 (Commentary)

. Text 9.11 (Commentary)

. Text 9.12 (Commentary)

. Text 9.13 (Commentary)

. Text 9.14 (Commentary)

. Text 9.15 (Commentary)

. Text 9.16 (Commentary)

. Text 9.17 (Commentary)

. Text 9.18 (Commentary)

. Text 9.19 (Commentary)

. Text 9.20 (Commentary)

. Text 9.21 (Commentary)

. Text 9.22 (Commentary)

. Text 9.23 (Commentary)

. Text 9.24 (Commentary)

. Text 9.25 (Commentary)

. Text 9.26 (Commentary)

. Text 9.27 (Commentary)

. Text 9.28 (Commentary)

. Text 9.29 (Commentary)

. Text 9.30 (Commentary)

. Text 9.31 (Commentary)

. Text 9.32 (Commentary)

. Text 9.33 (Commentary)

. Text 9.34 (Commentary)

. Text 9.35 (Commentary)

. Text 9.36 (Commentary)

. Text 9.37 (Commentary)

. Text 9.38 (Commentary)

+ Chapter 10 (Text and Commentary)

. Chapter 10 - Conferral of Empowerment

. Text 10.1 (Commentary)

. Text 10.2 (Commentary)

. Text 10.3 (Commentary)

. Text 10.4 (Commentary)

. Text 10.5 (Commentary)

. Text 10.6 (Commentary)

. Text 10.7 (Commentary)

. Text 10.8 (Commentary)

. Text 10.9 (Commentary)

. Text 10.10 (Commentary)

. Text 10.11 (Commentary)

+ Chapter 11 (Text and Commentary)

. Chapter 11 - Maṇḍala of the Feast-Offerings

. Text 11.1 (Commentary)

. Text 11.2 (Commentary)

. Text 11.3 (Commentary)

. Text 11.4 (Commentary)

. Text 11.5 (Commentary)

. Text 11.6 (Commentary)

. Text 11.7 (Commentary)

. Text 11.8 (Commentary)

. Text 11.9 (Commentary)

. Text 11.10 (Commentary)

. Text 11.11 (Commentary)

. Text 11.12 (Commentary)

. Text 11.13 (Commentary)

. Text 11.14 (Commentary)

. Text 11.15 (Commentary)

. Text 11.16 (Commentary)

. Text 11.17 (Commentary)

. Text 11.18 (Commentary)

. Text 11.19 (Commentary)

. Text 11.20 (Commentary)

. Text 11.21-22 (Commentary)

. Text 11.23 (Commentary)

. Text 11.24 (Commentary)

. Text 11.25 (Commentary)

. Text 11.26 (Commentary)

. Text 11.27 (Commentary)

. Text 11.28 (Commentary)

. Text 11.29 (Commentary)

+ Chapter 12 (Text and Commentary)

. Chapter 12 - Attainment of the Feast-Offerings

. Text 12.1 (Commentary)

. Text 12.2 (Commentary)

. Text 12.3 (Commentary)

. Text 12.4 (Commentary)

. Text 12.5 (Commentary)

. Text 12.6 (Commentary)

. Text 12.7 (Commentary)

. Text 12.8 (Commentary)

. Text 12.9 (Commentary)

. Text 12.10 (Commentary)

. Text 12.11 (Commentary)

. Text 12.12 (Commentary)

. Text 12.13 (Commentary)

. Text 12.14 (Commentary)

. Text 12.15 (Commentary)

. Text 12.16 (Commentary)

. Text 12.17 (Commentary)

+ Chapter 13 (Text and Commentary)

. Chapter 13 - Nucleus of Most Secret Esoteric Instructions

. Text 13.1 (Commentary)

. Text 13.2 (Commentary)

. Text 13.3 (Commentary)

. Text 13.4 (Commentary)

. Text 13.5 (Commentary)

. Text 13.6 (Commentary)

. Text 13.7 (Commentary)

. Text 13.8 (Commentary)

. Text 13.9 (Commentary)

. Text 13.10 (Commentary)

. Text 13.11 (Commentary)

. Text 13.12 (Commentary)

. Text 13.13 (Commentary)

. Text 13.14 (Commentary)

. Text 13.15 (Commentary)

. Text 13.16 (Commentary)

. Text 13.17 (Commentary)

. Text 13.18 (Commentary)

. Text 13.19 (Commentary)

. Text 13.20 (Commentary)

. Text 13.21 (Commentary)

. Text 13.22 (Commentary)

. Text 13.23 (Commentary)

+ Chapter 14 (Text and Commentary)

. Chapter 14 - The Eulogy Which Pleases

. Text 14.1 (Commentary)

. Text 14.2 (Commentary)

. Text 14.3 (Commentary)

. Text 14.4 (Commentary)

. Text 14.5 (Commentary)

. Text 14.6 (Commentary)

. Text 14.7 (Commentary)

. Text 14.8 (Commentary)

+ Chapter 15 (Text and Commentary)

. Chapter 15 - Cloud-like Emanation of the Natural Maṇḍala of Wrathful Deities

. Commentary 1-2: Teachings on the Wrathful Deities

. Commentary 3.1: The Recognition of the Maṇḍala

. Commentary 3.2: The Recognition of Rudra

. Commentary 3.3: The Recognition of (appropriate) Times and Teachers

. Text 15.1 (Commentary)

. Text 15.2 (Commentary)

. Text 15.3 (Commentary)

. Text 15.4 (Commentary)

. Text 15.5 (Commentary)

. Text 15.6 (Commentary)

. Text 15.7 (Commentary)

. Text 15.8 (Commentary)

. Text 15.9 (Commentary)

. Text 15.10 (Commentary)

. Text 15.11 (Commentary)

. Text 15.12 (Commentary)

. Text 15.13 (Commentary)

. Text 15.14 (Commentary)

. Text 15.15 (Commentary)

. Text 15.16 (Commentary)

. Text 15.17 (Commentary)

. Text 15.18 (Commentary)

. Text 15.19 (Commentary)

. Text 15.20 (Commentary)

. Text 15.21 (Commentary)

. Text 15.22 (Commentary)

. Text 15.23 (Commentary)

. Text 15.24 (Commentary)

. Text 15.25 (Commentary)

. Text 15.26 (Commentary)

. Text 15.27 (Commentary)

. Text 15.28 (Commentary)

. Text 15.29 (Commentary)

. Text 15.30 (Commentary)

. Text 15.31 (Commentary)

. Text 15.32 (Commentary)

. Text 15.33 (Commentary)

. Text 15.34 (Commentary)

. Text 15.35 (Commentary)

. Text 15.36 (Commentary)

. Text 15.37 (Commentary)

. Text 15.38 (Commentary)

+ Chapter 16 (Text and Commentary)

. Chapter 16 - Emanation of the Maṇḍala of Buddha-speech

. Introduction: Overview of the Mantras of Buddha-Speech

. Text 16.1 (Commentary)

. Text 16.2 (Commentary)

. Text 16.3 (Commentary)

. Text 16.4 (Commentary)

. Text 16.5 (Commentary)

. Text 16.6 (Commentary)

. Text 16.7 (Commentary)

. Text 16.8 (Commentary)

. Text 16.9 (Commentary)

. Text 16.10 (Commentary)

. Text 16.11 (Commentary)

+ Chapter 17 (Text And Commentary)

. Chapter 17 - Revelation of the Maṇḍala of Wrathful Deities

. Text 17.1 (Commentary)

. Text 17.2 (Commentary)

. Text 17.3 (Commentary)

. Text 17.4 (Commentary)

. Text 17.5 (Commentary)

. Text 17.6 (Commentary)

. Text 17.7 (Commentary)

. Text 17.8 (Commentary)

. Text 17.9 (Commentary)

. Text 17.10 (Commentary)

. Text 17.11 (Commentary)

+ Chapter 18 (Text And Commentary)

. Chapter 18 - A Teaching on Genuine Offering and Liberality

. Text 18.1 (Commentary)

. Text 18.2 (Commentary)

. Text 18.3 (Commentary)

. Text 18.4 (Commentary)

. Text 18.5 (Commentary)

. Text 18.6 (Commentary)

. Text 18.7 (Commentary)

. Text 18.8 (Commentary)

. Text 18.9 (Commentary)

. Text 18.10 (Commentary)

+ Chapter 19 (Text And Commentary)

. Chapter 19 - Commitments

. Commentary 1.1: Verbal definition of Commitments (dam-tshig, samaya)

. Commentary 1.2: The classification (of commitments)

. Commentary 1.3: The Benefits for one who has Guarded the Commitments

. Commentary 1.4: Retribution exacted for not Guarding the Commitments

. Commentary 1.5: The means of Restoring the Commitments

. Commentary 2: Distinctions between Commitments and Vows

. Commentary 3: Gathering the Three Trainings without Contradiction

. Text 19.1 (Commentary)

. Text 19.2 (Commentary)

. Text 19.3 (Commentary)

. Text 19.4 (Commentary)

. Text 19.5 (Commentary)

. Text 19.6 (Commentary)

. Text 19.7 (Commentary)

. Text 19.8 (Commentary)

. Text 19.9 (Commentary)

. Text 19.10 (Commentary)

. Text 19.11 (Commentary)

. Text 19.12 (Commentary)

. Text 19.13 (Commentary)

. Text 19.14 (Commentary)

. Text 19.15 (Commentary)

. Text 19.16 (Commentary)

. Text 19.17 (Commentary)

. Text 19.18 (Commentary)

. Text 19.19 (Commentary)

. Text 19.20 (Commentary)

. Text 19.21 (Commentary)

. Text 19.22 (Commentary)

. Text 19.23 (Commentary)

. Text 19.24 (Commentary)

. Text 19.25 (Commentary)

. Text 19.26 (Commentary)

. Text 19.27 (Commentary)

. Text 19.28 (Commentary)

+ Chapter 20 (Text And Commentary)

. Chapter 20 - Consecration of Spontaneous Enlightened Activity

. Text 20.1 (Commentary)

. Text 20.2 (Commentary)

. Text 20.3 (Commentary)

. Text 20.4 (Commentary)

. Text 20.5 (Commentary)

. Text 20.6 (Commentary)

. Text 20.7 (Commentary)

. Text 20.8 (Commentary)

. Text 20.9 (Commentary)

. Text 20.10 (Commentary)

. Text 20.11 (Commentary)

. Text 20.12 (Commentary)

. Text 20.13 (Commentary)

. Text 20.14 (Commentary)

. Text 20.15 (Commentary)

. Text 20.16 (Commentary)

. Text 20.17 (Commentary)

. Text 20.18 (Commentary)

. Text 20.19 (Commentary)

. Text 20.20 (Commentary)

. Text 20.21 (Commentary)

. Text 20.22 (Commentary)

. Text 20.23 (Commentary)

+ Chapter 21 (Text And Commentary)

. Chapter 21 - Eulogy to the Wrathful Deities

. Text 21.1 (Commentary)

. Text 21.2 (Commentary)

. Text 21.3 (Commentary)

. Text 21.4 (Commentary)

. Text 21.5 (Commentary)

. Text 21.6 (Commentary)

. Text 21.7 (Commentary)

. Text 21.8 (Commentary)

+ Chapter 22 (Text And Commentary)

. Chapter 22 - That Which is Pleasing and Retained

. Text 22.1 (Commentary)

. Text 22.2 (Commentary)

. Text 22.3 (Commentary)

. Text 22.4 (Commentary)

. Text 22.5 (Commentary)

. Text 22.6 (Commentary)

. Text 22.7 (Commentary)

. Text 22.8 (Commentary)

. Text 22.9 (Commentary)

The Perfect Conclusion

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