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...

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Text 12.9 (Commentary)

[Guhyagarbha-Tantra, Text section 12.9]

 Are known as awareness-holders.
In the field of the conqueror. [9]

[Tibetan]

rig-'dzin rgyal-ba'i zhing-du grags / [9]

Commentary:

[The latter, concerning their subsequent modes of attainment, (comments on Ch. 12.9):]

Such beings are known as (-du-grags) awareness-holders (rig-'dzin) either in the fields which give birth to the conqueror (rgyal-ba), or in the fields of (-'i zhing) the buddhas of the ten directions,[1] and they obtain prophetic declarations to the effect that:

Thus, in such and such a world-system.
Such and such an awareness-holder will abide.
And at a specified time,
Will perform the deeds of the buddhas.

[ii. The second part concerns the provisional results accomplished thereby. There are two sections, of which the former concerns the beings who accomplish (those provisional results. It comments on Ch. 12.10):]

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[1]:

The distinction here is again one between causal and resultant modes of Buddha-hood.

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