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...
Text 4.20 (Commentary)
[Guhyagarbha-Tantra, Text section 4.20]
CA is the supreme buddha-body of buddha-eye.
CHA is the supreme buddha-body of buddha-ear.
JA is the supreme buddha-body of buddha-nose.
JHA is the supreme buddha-body of buddha-tongue.
ÑA is the buddha-body, yet also the destroyer. [20] ...[Tibetan]
ca-ni spyan-gyi sku-yi mchog /
cha-ni snyan-gyi sku-yi mchog /
ja-ni shangs-kyi sku-yi mchog /
jha-ni ljags-kyi sku-yi mchog /
ña-ni sku'ang 'jig-byed-pa'o / [20]
Commentary:
CA (CA-ni) is (the syllable of) the supreme (mchog) Lāsyā, the buddha-body of buddha-eye (spyan-gyi sku-yi) who is pure form. CHA (CHA-ni) is that of the supreme (mchog) Gītā, the buddha-body of buddha-ear (snyan-gyi sku-yi) who is pure sound. JA (JA-ni) is that of the supreme (mchog) Mālyā, the buddha-body of buddha-nose (shangs-kyi sku-yi) who is pure fragrance. JHA (JHA-ni) is that of the supreme (mchog) Nartī, the buddha-body of buddha-tongue (ljags-kyi sku-yi) who is pure taste. ÑA (ÑA-ni) is revealed as (the syllable of) Mahābala, the wrathful deity of buddha-body who is the buddha-body (sku), and yet also (yang) the destroyer ('jig-byed-pa'o) who purifies grasping apprehension with respect to these objects and the three media (of body, speech and mind).
iii. The syllables of the outer spiritual warriors along with their gatekeepers comprise those of the four male spiritual warriors of the sense-organs with their gatekeeper of buddha-speech, and the four female spiritual warriors of time with their female gatekeepers.
[The former (comments on Ch. 4.21):]
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