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 13.19 (Commentary)
[Guhyagarbha-Tantra, Text section 13.19]
The result, definitive and most secret.
Has been transformed into the path. [19][Tibetan]
'di-ni gsang-chen nges-pa-yi /
'bras-bu lam-du gyur-pa yin / [19]
Commentary:
[The fourth concerns its superiority over the causal vehicles. (This comments on Ch. 13.19):]
This ('di-ni) system of Atiyoga or Great Perfection has made into the path (lam-du) the maṇḍala of primordial Buddha-hood, the essence of the result ('bras-bu), in this very lifetime, in accordance with the definitive (nges-pa-yi) esoteric instructions which actualise the most secret (gsang-chen) result that is merely proclaimed in the lower vehicles. Therefore one has actually been transformed (gyur-ba-yin) by this short-cut of the buddhas, which is effortlessly present without having to be extraneously attained.
It says in the Indestructible Peak (T. 480):
Ordinary beings accomplish Buddha-hood.
But do not do so not extraneously.
[The third section (of its superiority over other teachings) teaches that there are no other paths superior to this one. (It comments on Ch. 13.20):]
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