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 7.16 (Commentary)
[Guhyagarbha-Tantra, Text section 7.16]
At these mantras, (the blessings) dissolved, radiated, and blazed forth. [16]
[Tibetan]
—zhes brjod-pas / thim-par-gyur / gsal-bar-gyur 'bar-bar-gyur-to / [16]
Commentary:
[iii. Thirdly, there is the appearance of the blessings which emerge therefrom. (It comments on Ch. 7.16):]
At these (zhes brjod-pas) mantras which confer empowerment and blessing, the blessings granted through the power of those deities dissolved (thim-par gyur) indivisibly in the body, speech and mind of those to be trained, whereby the five poisons of conflicting emotion radiated (gsal-bar gyur) as the essence of the five pristine cognitions, and whereby all the components, sensory bases and activity fields blazed forth ('bar-bar gyur-to) light as the maṇḍala of the deities.
[Establishing the Nature of the Secret Mantras (270.5-276.5)]
The third part (of this chapter) is the establishing of the nature (of the secret mantras—see p. 688). It has five sections, namely: the Inexpressible essence of buddha-speech; its inconceivable natural expression; its originally pure abiding nature; its supreme apparitional nature; and its mode of being which does not deviate from the expanse.
[i. Among these, the first (section on the inexpressible essence of buddha-speech comments on Ch. 7.17):]
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