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 6.4 (Commentary)
[Guhyagarbha-Tantra, Text section 6.4]
There is a diverse display, like a mass of clouds.
And it is adorned with forty-two maṇḍalas. [4] ...[Tibetan]
rol-mo sna-tshogs sprin-phung-bzhin /
dkyil-'khor bzhi-bcu gnyis-kyis brgyan / [4]
Commentary:
[Concerning the ornaments]
In order to symbolise the thirty-seven aspects of enlightenment, there is a diverse display (rol-mo sna-tshogs) of parasols, victory banners, and so forth which densely congregates like a mass of clouds (sprin-phung-bzhin). And it is adorned with the forty-two maṇḍalas (dkyil-'khor bzhi-bcu gnyis-kyis brgyan) or different seats which beautify it, equal in number to the locations of the deities. There is no occasion for the deities themselves to be included among the ornaments of the celestial palace.
[iii. The third (concerning the thrones, comments on Ch. 6.5):]
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