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 15.38 (Commentary)
[Guhyagarbha-Tantra, Text section 15.38]
This completes the fifteenth chapter from the Secret Nucleus Definitive with respect to the Real, entitled Cloud-like Emanation of the Natural Maṇḍala of the Wrathful Deities. [38]
[Tibetan]
gsang-ba'i snying-po de-kho-na-nyid nges-pa-las khro-bo rang-bzhin-gyi dkyil-'khor sprin rnam-par spros-pa'i le'u-ste bco-lnga-pa'o / [38]
Commentary:
[The conclusion (comments on Ch. 15.38):]
This completes (-'o) the exegesis of the fifteenth chapter (le'u ste bco-lnga-ba) from the (las) supremely Secret Nucleus (gsang-ba'i snying-po), the pristine cognition of the display, Definitive with respect to the Real (de-kho-na-nyis nges-pa) nature of the Buddha-body of perfect rapture. It is entitled the great Cloud-like (sprin) primordial and spontaneous Emanation (rnam-par spros-ba'i) of the Natural Mandala (rang-bzhin-gyi dkyil-'khor) of the Wrathful Deities (khro-bo) in the spontaneous Bounteous Array—self-manifesting and pervasive without extremes or centre.