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 19.16 (Commentary)
[Guhyagarbha-Tantra, Text section 19.16]
If one's ancillary commitments have degenerated,
There is no result, and one falls into evil destinies. [16][Tibetan]
yan-lag dam-tshig nyams-gyur-na /
'bras-bu med-cing ngan-song ltung / [16]
Commentary:
[The next, concerning the defect of degeneration in the ancillary commitments, (comments on Ch. 19.16):]
If one's ancillary commitments have degenerated (yan-lag dam-tshig nyams-gyur-na), in this life there is no (med) supreme or common accomplishment at all, i.e. no result ('bras-bu) of attainment, and (cing) in the next life one falls into evil destinies (ngan-song ltung).
It says accordingly in the Indestructible Reality (NGB. Vol. 15):
Through the degeneration of commitments one goes downhill.
In this life, too, there is no positive result.
[iii. The third section (of the particular exegesis), the exegesis of their natural expression and classification, has two aspects, among which the former is the natural expression of the commitments, (commenting on Ch. 19.17):]
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