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 19.15 (Commentary)
[Guhyagarbha-Tantra, Text section 19.15]
If one's basic commitments have degenerated.
All that one would attain is reversed.
And one acquires against one's will
Diversified and unpleasant results. [15][Tibetan]
rtsa-ba'i dam-tshig nyams-gyur-na /
sgrub-pa thams-cad log-par 'gyur /
yid-du mi-'ong sna-tshogs-pa'i /
'bras-bu mi-'dod bzhin-du 'du / [15]
Commentary:
[The second concerns the defects of deseneration which oneself incurs (with respect to the basic commitments. It comments on Ch. 19.15):]
If one's basic commitments have desenerated (rtsa-ba'i dam-tshig nyams-gyur-na) all that one would attain (sgrub-pa thams-cad) is reversed (log-par-'gyur), as if drought were to occur when it rains, or a magical spell which one has cast were to backfire. One acquires ('du) powerlessly and against one's will (mi-'dod bzhin-tu) the suffering of provisional and conclusive results ('bras-bu) produced by deseneration of the commitments of a diversified (sna-tshogs-pa'i) nature, which are unpleasant (yid-du mi-'ong) for oneself. These include all sorts of unpleasant experiences—in this life one has all the undesirable experiences of poverty, sickness, ailments caused by spirits, affliction, and shortening of the lifespan; and in the next life one falls into the hells and endures suffering for many aeons.
[The next, concerning the defect of degeneration in the ancillary commitments, (comments on Ch. 19.16):]
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