Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po)

by George N. Roerich | 1949 | 382,646 words | ISBN-10: 8120804716 | ISBN-13: 9788120804715

This page relates ‘Homage (mchod par brjod pa)’ of the Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po)—An important historical book from the 15th century dealing with Tibetan Buddhism and details the spiritual doctrine and lineages of religious teachers in Tibet. This chapter belongs to Book 1 (The beginning of the story of the Doctrine).

Chapter 1 - Homage (mchod par brjod pa)

[Full title: Homage (mchod par brjod pa. Chandra?;Chengdu 3-20; Roerich 1).]

Namo Buddhāya

yo naiko nāpyanekaḥ svaparahitamahāsampadādhārabhūto
naivābhāvo na bhāvaḥ khamiva samaraso durvibhāvyasvabhāvaḥ |
nirlepaṃ nirvikāram śivainasamasamaṃ vyāpinaṃ niṣprapañcaṃ
vande pratyātmavedaṃ tamahamanupamaṃ dharmakṃyaṃ Jinanam ||

lokātītamacintyaṃ sukṛtaśataphalāmātmano yo vibhūtiṃ
parṣanmadhye vicitrāṃ prathayaci mahat
ī ṃ dhīmatāṃ prītihetoḥ |
Buddhānāṃ sarvalokaprasṛtamaviratodārasaddharmaghoṣaṃ
vande Sambhogakāyaṃ tamahatniha mahādharmarājyapratiṣṭham ||

sattvānāṃ pākahetoḥ kvacidanala ivābhāti yo dīpyam ā naḥ
sambodhau dharmacakre kvacidapi ca punardṛśyate yah praś
āntaḥ |
naikākārapravṛttam tribhavabhayaharaṃ viśvarūpairupāyair
vande Nirmāṇakāyaṃ daśādiganugataṃ tanmahārtham Munīnām ||

trailokyācāramuktaṃ gaganasamagatam sarvabhāvasvabhāvam ś
uddhaṃ śāntaṃ viviktaṃ paramaśivamayaṃ yogināmeva gamyaṃ |
durbodhaṃ durvicāraṃ svaparahitatamaṃ vyāpinaṃ nirnimittaṃ
vande kāyaṃ Jinānāṃ sukhamasamasamaṃ nirvikalpaikamūrtim ||[1]

"Homage to the Buddha!
Which is neither one, nor many, the foundation of great and excellent benefit to itself and others, 
which is neither non-existent, nor existent, equal to Heaven, of equal flavour, of unconceivable nature, 
stainless, immutable, peaceful, matchless, all pervading, unmanifested, 
I salute that, which is to be intuited, the incomparable Spiritual Body (Dharma kāya) of the Jinas
Which is transcendental, inconceivable, consisting of a hundred well-achieved results, magnificent, 
Which causes the source of joy of wise men to spread in the midst of a resplendent assembly, 
manifested in all the Worlds of the Buddhas, eternal, lofty, the Voice of the Good Law, 
I salute this Body of Glory (Sambhoga-kāya), dwelling in the great Realm of the Doctrine! 
Which to some shines like the lustre of fire in order to liberate all living beings
which, serene, manifested to some the Wheel of the 
Doctrine of Supreme Enlightenment, which, having destroyed the perils of the Three Worlds,
manifested itself by various means, and in various forms,
I salute this Manifested Body (Nirmāṇa kāya) of Saints of great purpose, pervading the Ten Directions! 
Emancipated from the laws of the Three Worlds, equal to Heaven, containing all existences, 
pure, serene, profound, which is understood by yogins, endowed with the highest serenity, 
difficult of perception, hard to be investigated, of the highest benefit to one’s self and others,
all pervading, causeless, 
I salute the Body of the Jinas, blissful, matchless, undifferentiated, of one form! "[2]

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

The Sanskrit text of the Trikāyastava after the Amdo edition of the deb ther sngon po was first published by Baron A. von Stael-Holstein in his article "Bemerkungen zum Trikāyastava" in the Bulletin de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St. Petersbourg, No. 11 (1911), pp. 837 45. The Tibetan translation of the poem is found in the bstan 'gyur (bstod tshogs, No. 1123 of the sde sge edition). Professor Sylvain Levi reconstructed the Sanskrit text of the Trikāyastava in an article which appeared in the Revue de l’histoire des Religions, Paris, 1896, vol. XXXIV, pp. 17-21. The above ślokas are found in the Sekkodeśaṭikā of Naḍapāda (Nāro-pa), ed. by Mario E. Carelli, Gaekwad’s Oriental Series, vol XC (1941), p. 57ff.

[2]:

A translation into Tibetan of the ślokas is given by bu ston rin po che in his dbang mdo'i rnam bshad (bu ston gsung 'bum, vol. Ill (ga), foi. 46a). It agrees with that given by 'gos lo tsa ba.

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