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 9.2 (Commentary)
[Guhyagarbha-Tantra, Text section 9.2]
In the palms of the great seal.
The most subtle and supreme commitment [2][Tibetan]
shin-tu phra-ba'i dam-tshig mchog /
phyag-rgya chen-po'i phyag-mthil-du / [2]
Commentary:
[The revelation of the maṇḍala (of the female consort) has five sections, among which the first concerns the location in which the maṇḍala is projected:]
The supremely secret great bliss is a most subtle (shin-tu phra-ba'i) topic because it is hard to know and appreciate; and it is the supreme commitment (dam-tshig mchog), inappropriate for those who would not attain supreme (accomplishment) in this very lifetime. Therefore, the maṇḍala which confers empowerment abides in (du) the pure secret (or sexual) centre of the female consort, (seated) upon the palms (phyag-mthil) of (-'i) the body sealed with great (chen-po) bliss, i.e. in union with a seal (phyag-rgya) or mudrā possessing the appropriate signs, who is created from and retains (that bliss).[1]
[The second concerns the dimensions of the maṇḍala. (It comments on Ch. 9.3):]
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Footnotes and references:
[1]:
On the appropriate signs for the mudrā or female consort, see below. Ch. 11, pp. 900-908.