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 15.32 (Commentary)
[Guhyagarbha-Tantra, Text section 15.32]
... At this time, the skillful means which train all the proud Maheśvaras in all the existences of the ten directions of the six world systems manifested diversely and were inconceivably different. But their subjugation occured simultaneously. [32] ...
[Tibetan]
de'i dus-su 'jig-rten drug-gi phyogs-bcu'i srid-pa kun-tu dregs-pa'i dbang-phyug thams-cad 'dul-ba'i thabs sna-tshogs bsam-gyis mi-khyab-par so-sor snang-bas dus-gcig-tu btul-lo / [32]
Commentary:
[ii. This concerns the subjugation (of these proud spirits) which occured equally throughout the chlliocosms. (It comments on Ch. 15.32):]
At this time (de'i dus-su) when the miraculous array of self-manifesting pristine cognition occurred by itself in Akaniṣṭha, the display of the skillful means which train ('dul-ba'i thabs) each of all the proud Maheśvaras (dregs-pa'i dbang-phyug chen-po thams-cad) according to their needs, in all (kun-tu) the three existences of the ten directions of the six world systems ('jig-rten drug-gi phyogs-bcu'i srid-pa), was manifested (snang) diversely (sna-tshogs) and its particulars were visible in inconceivably (bsam-gyis mi-khyab-par) different (so-sor) world-systems, zenith and nadir. But (-pas) for those who were subjected to this training, their subjugation occured simultaneously (dus-gcig-tu btul-lo) without temporal sequence. Accordingly, whatever appears in the spontaneous self-manifesting Bounteous Array is demonstrably manifest to others throughout the ten directions.[1]
[iii. This concerns the acceptance of the proud spirits as subjects.]
[It has four aspects, of which the first is the oath of allegiance which they make as subjects and the offering which they obsequiously make of themselves as seats in the maṇḍala. (It comments on Ch. 15.33):]
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Footnotes and references:
[1]:
On the relationship between this subjugation within the self-manifest maṇḍala and its extraneous or emanational appearances, see the argument outlined above, pp. 10831095.