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 6.20 (Commentary)
[Guhyagarbha-Tantra, Text section 6.20]
Perfect in all the major and minor marks,
The maṇḍala present throughout the perceptual range
Perfectly displays the two great provisions as well. [20] ...[Tibetan]
mtshan-dang dpe-byad thams-cad rdzogs /
spyod-yul kun-tu maṇḍala /
tshogs-chen gnyis-kyang rdzogs-par rol / [20]
Commentary:
[The second concerns their presence in great self-manifesting spontaneity. It comments on Ch. 6.20):]
The buddha-body of perfect rapture which appears in that way is Indeed perfect in all the major and minor marks (mtshan-dang dpe-byad thams-cad rdzogs), and it appears as the maṇḍala (maṇḍala) of Buddha-body and pristine cognition, present throughout the perceptual range (spyod-yul kun-tu) of self-manifesting pristine cognition, where there is sameness with respect to the four times. As such, it is spontaneously present in a nature without good or ill, and it displays (rol), perfectly (rdzogs-par) and with great spontaneity in that self-manifesting nature, the two great provisions (tshogs-chen gnyis) as well (kyang)—namely, the provision of merit whereby all excellent attributes are selfmanifest and the provision of pristine cognition whereby there is in no subjective apprehension at all.
[The second aspect is (the detailed exegesis) concerning the perfection of the levels (which comments on Ch. 6.21):]
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