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...
Introduction 1: Drawing the Maṇḍala and its Beneficial Attributes
[Commentary (294.5-370.5):]
The third part (of the general teaching on the nature of the three maṇḍalas of buddha-body, speech and mind, see p. 543) concerns the maṇḍala of images which clarifies (the aforementioned maṇḍala of contemplation). It Includes an overview and an interlinear commentary.
[Overview (294.6-332.2)]
The overview has three aspects, namely, a teaching on the drawing of the maṇḍala and its beneficial attributes; the visual creation of the deities and the making of offerings to them; and a teaching on empowerment and its result.
[Drawing the Maṇḍala and its Beneficial Attributes (295.1-304.2):]
The first of these has four subdivisions—the ritual associated with the site: the ritual associated with the coloured lines; the drawing (of the maṇḍala) and the arrangement of its ornaments; and a teaching on the preparation of the offerings and their beneficial attributes.
[1: The ritual associated with the site]
[2: The ritual associated with the Coloured Lines]
[3: The drawing of the Maṇḍala]
[4: The preparation of the Offerings]