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 6.10 (Commentary)
[Guhyagarbha-Tantra, Text section 6.10]
And they are supple, slender, handsome, upright, youthful.
Radiant, lustrous, respelendent, and charismatic. [10][Tibetan]
mnyen-lcug 'khril-ldem gzhon-tshul-can /
gsal-'tsher lhun-stug gzi-byin 'ldan / [10]
Commentary:
[v. The fifth aspect (of the maṇḍala of the supported deities) concerning their style (comments on Ch. 6.10):]
These deities are supple (mnyen) in body and physically attractive because they have inherently purified birth. Their bodies are at ease because they have inherently purified sickness. and slender (lcug) because they are well-proportioned. Their bodies are handsome ('khril) in demeanour, without laxity, and quite upright (ldem) or erect because they have inherently purified death. Their bodies are soft ('jal sic!), youthful (gzhon tshul-can), and physically attractive in their disposition because they have inherently purified old age. These five are the essential attributes (of the buddha-body). As for their subsidiary attributes: The buddha-body has a most radiant (gsal) hue because is is Immaculately adorned with major and minor marks: the buddha-body is bright and has a lustrous ('tsher) glow because it has perfected the consummation of the elements; the buddha-body is resplendent (lhun-sdug) because it is brilliant and pleasant; and highly charismatic (gzi-byin-ldan) because it overwhelms living beings. There are also some who claim that these (two sets of attributes) are respectively the five styles of the male consort, and the four styles of the female consort.[1]
[vi. The sixth aspect (of the maṇḍala of the supported deities) concerning their emanation of light-rays (comments on Ch. 6.11):]
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Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Lo-chen Dharmaśrī, gsang-bdag dgongs-rgyan. p. 189, speaks of these as the nine styles of the peaceful deities (zhi-ba'i tshul dgu), and describes the first set of five as "essential attributes" (ngo-bo'i yon-tan) and the second set of four as their "secondary attributes" (rnam-pa ' i yon-tan).