Text 6.6 (Commentary)

[Guhyagarbha-Tantra, Text section 6.6]

On these seats, in the posture of the perfect (Buddhas)
And the posture of the spiritual warriors, [6] ...

[Tibetan]

gdan-la rdzogs-dang sems-dpa'i tshul / [6] ...

Commentary:

[As for the maṇḍala of the supported deities (232.6-243-2), it has six aspects:]

[i. The first, which concerns their postures (comments on Ch. 6.6):]

On these seats (gdan-la) (the deities) are seated in the posture of indestructible reality, which is that of the twelve perfect (rdzogs) buddhas or male & female consorts, namely, the male & female consorts Samantabhadra and the Tathāgatas who, in the manner of kings, are spontaneously accomplished in the two kinds of benefit.^[1] They are also seated in the posture of the spiritual warriors (dang sems-dpa'i tshul), i.e. with the right leg extended and the left leg contracted, which is that assumed by the male & female consorts who are spiritual warriors, arrayed in the retinue in the manner of ministers.^[2] Along with these, there is the outward gaze and the posture of vigorous gait assumed by the gatekeepers who, in the manner of field-marshals, eradicate obstructing and deviating forces;^[3] and the standing posture^[4] adopted by the sages who, in the manner of petty kings, appear among their respective classes of living beings in the form of a central deity.

[ii. The second, concernins which deities are present in which locations, (comments on Ch. 6.7):]

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Footnotes and references:

[1]:

Benefit of self and others (Tibetan rang-dang gzhan-don gnyis); "posture of indestructible reality" (rdo-rje skyil-krung).

[2]:

"posture of the spiritual warriors" (sems-dpa' skyil-krung).

[3]:

"outward gaze and posture of vigorous gait" (phyir-gzigs-zhing gyad-kyi dor-thabs).

[4]:

"standing posture" (mi-bzhugs-par bzhenga-pa)