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 1.19 (Commentary)
[Guhyagarbha-Tantra, Text section 1.19]
... This completes the first chapter from the Tantra of the Secret Nucleus Definitive With Respect To The Real, entitled the Introductory Scene. [19]
[Tibetan]
gsang-ba'i snying-po de-kho-na-nyid nges-pa-las gleng-gzhi'i le'u-ste dang-po'o / [19]
Commentary:
[The conclusion]:
These descriptions of the (five) kinds of excellence form the content of the Introductory Scene (gleng-gzhi) from the Tantra of the Secret Nucleus Definitive With Respect to the Real (gsang-ba'i snying-po de-kho-na-nyid nges-pa) in Twenty-Two Chapters. The Introductory Scene is so-called because it forms the background narrative, provides authentication and establishes the basis for the tantra which will unfold. The word chapter (le'u) is derived from (the Sanskrit) pariccheda and conveys the sense of “segmented” or “fragmented”, which is what is also implied in this context. This is the first (dang-po) in that it is is described as the initial chapter, positioned at the beginning of a series. Sections indicating the number of lines (in a text = bam-po) are estimated from the beginning downwards and chapter numbers are estimated from the end upwards. therefore, this (usage of a number) as the final word indicates that it completes (-'o) each of the different chapters.