Text 10.5 (Commentary)

[Guhyagarbha-Tantra, Text section 10.5]

Clearly visualised in the celestial palaces
Of the wheel-shaped hands.
The essential nature of the seminal points
Form the supreme assembly of the seals of HĀṂ.
From these, the maṇḍala of enlightened activity
Is radiantly emanated and absorbed.
OṂ! You should engage in activity of indestructible reality.
Perform all activities without exception.
All the emanations and absorptions
Of the multitude of intermediaries
Perform your requirements. [5]

[Tibetan]

lag-pa'i 'khor-lo'i gzhal-yas-su /
gsal-ba'i thig-le'i ngo-bo-nyid /
hāṃ-gi phyag-rgya'i tshogs-mchog-las /
las-kyi dkyil-'khor gsal-spro thim /
oṃ khyod-ni rdo-rje las yin-gyis /
las-rnams ma-lus kun-gyis shig /
pho-nya mang-po'i 'du-'phro kun /
khyod-kyi dgos-pa byed-pa yin / [5]

Commentary:

[The third is the contemplation associated with the empowerment of enlightened activity ('phrin-las-kyi dbang;—It comments on Ch. 10.5):]

The consciousness of contact^[1] is clearly visualised (gsal-ba'i) in the celestial palaces of the hands which are wheel-shaped (lag-pa'i 'khor-lo'i gzhal-yas-su). The essential nature of the (-'i ngo-bo-nyid) translucent seminal points (thig-le) which sustain that consciousness forms the supreme assembly of the seals of the syllable HĀṂ (HĀṂ-gi phyag-rgya'i tshogs-mchog).^[2] and from (las) the natural transformation of these syllables the maṇḍala of enlightened activity (las-kyi dkyil-'khor) is radiantly (gsal) visualised.^[3] The being of pristine cognition is emanated (spros) and absorbed (thim). Melting. this is transformed into the male and female consorts Amoghasiddhi, and the following promissory initiation is granted:

OṂ!, son of the enlightened family, from today as Amoghasiddhi, you (khyod-ni) should engage in (yin-gyis) the enlightened activity of indestructible reality (rdo-rje las). Perform all activities without exception (las-rnams ma-lus kun gyis-shig) which respectively benefit sentient beings and make offerings to the buddhas. Thereby, all (kun) the assemblies of the multitude of intermediaries (pho-nya mang-po'i), or emanations of buddhas and bodhisattvas naturally confer accomplishment through their incoming absorptions ('du) and attain enlightened activity through their outgoing emanations ('phro). They perform (byed-ba-yin) actions so as to attain all your requirements (khyod-kyi dgos-pa). Alternatively, the accomplishments will be attained through meditation by means of an intermediary.^[4]

[The fourth is the contemplation associated with the empowerment of the expositor ('chad-pa'i dbang—which comments on verses Ch. 10.6):]

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Footnotes and references:

[1]:

"consciousness of contact" (Tibetan reg-shes).

[2]:

kLong-chen Rab-'byams-pa, p. 373. reads HŪṂ-gi phyag-rgya, but see above p. 223. note 20, and Lo-chen Dharmaśrī, gsang-bdag dgongs-rgyan. p. 287.

[3]:

For the deities in the maṇḍala of enlightened activity (phrin-las-kyi dkyil-'khor). which is that of Amoghasiddhi, see above. Ch. 9. PP. 799-800.

[4]:

On the class of Intermediaries (pho-nya) who perform the activities of the central deities, see Nebesky-Wojkowitz, Oracles and Demons of Tibet. pp. 303-304; also see below. Ch. 20, p. 1271.