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 13.18 (Commentary)
[Guhyagarbha-Tantra, Text section 13.18]
All (Yogins) who have emerged.
And those in the future, in their entirety.
Accomplish spontaneous presence through this (path). [18][Tibetan]
byung-dang ma-'ongs thams-cad kun /
'di-yis lhun-gyis 'grub-par 'gyur / [18]
Commentary:
[The third teaches that it is the path of all Yogins. (It comments on Ch. 13.18):]
All (kun) Yogins who have emerged (byung) in the past and in the present, and (dang) all (thams-cad) Yogins or awareness-holders who will emerge in the future (ma-'ongs) in their entirety (kun) accomplish ('grub-par 'gyur) the Buddha-level or the status of an awareness-holder of spontaneous presence (lhun-gyis) through this ('di-yis) path. This is because there is no difference in the paths of all the buddhas of the three times.
It also says in the Yogatantras:[1]
Great is the indestructible reality
Of Buddha-body, speech and mind!
The Buddhas who reside in the three times
Through the power of the secret mantras
Of indestructible reality
Possess the peerless and genuine pristine cognition.
[The fourth concerns its superiority over the causal vehicles. (This comments on Ch. 13.19):]
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Footnotes and references:
[1]:
N.L.