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 11.19 (Commentary)
[Guhyagarbha-Tantra, Text section 11.19]
One should meditate on the deities of a single cluster,
Namely the enlightened family among enlightened families.
Where the central deity of the enlightened families
Is the mind of Buddha-mind, the supreme Buddha-mind;
And which has a host of wrathful deities. [19][Tibetan]
rigs-kyi rigs-te rigs-kyi gtso /
thugs-kyi thugs-te thugs-kyi mchog /
khro-bo'i tshogs-dang ldan-pa-yi /
tshom-bu gcig-pa'i lha-rnams bsgom / [19]
Commentary:
[The third is the maṇḍala of a single cluster (which comments on Ch. 11.19):]
One should meditate on the (bsgom) eighteen deities of a single cluster (tshom-bu gcig-pa'i lha-rnams), namely (-te), the enlightened family (rigs) of Samantabhadra, the real nature among (kyi) all enlightened families (rigs), where the central deity of (-kyi gtso) the maṇḍala of the five enlightened families (rigs) is in the form of Vairocana. His nature, when the maṇḍala of the Tathāgata is divided into its five enlightened families, is that of the mind of Buddha-mind (thugs-kyi thugs-te). Indeed, it is the supreme Buddha-mind (thugs-kyi mchog) which is adorned with dark-blue Vairocana as the central deity. The periphery of this maṇḍala, which comprises the ten (basic) deities, has a host of wrathful deities (khro-bo'i tshogs-dang ldan-pa-yi), namely, the eight male and female gatekeepers.
[The latter is the maṇḍala of the wrathful deities (which comments on Ch. 11.20):]
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