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...
Commentary 1.4: Retribution exacted for not Guarding the Commitments
[The Nature of Commitments which are to be Guarded (556.4-573.3):]
There are five aspects—verbal definition, classification, beneficial attributes, retributions exacted (for their violation), and their means of restoration.
[iv. The fourth, retribution exacted for not guarding (these commitments), occurs when one's excellent (pledges) have been violated and when one grants them to others with a defective attitude.]
The same text says:
When the commitments have been transgressed,
One's happiness consequently declines.
One experiences diverse unpleasant things
And abides for ten million "countless" aeons
In the suffering cause by terrestrial fires.
And in the All-Gathering Awareness (T. 831):
Just as sour milk, through its sourness
Makes all milk sour.
So does degeneration of a single Yogin
Adversely effect all Yogins.