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 19.17 (Commentary)
[Guhyagarbha-Tantra, Text section 19.17]
Commitments are the supreme indestructible realities.
They are the identity of all the Buddhas. [17][Tibetan]
dam-tshig-rnams-ni rdo-rje che /
sangs-rgyas kun-gyi bdag-nyid yin / [17]
Commentary:
[iii. The third section (of the particular exegesis), the exegesis of their natural expression and classification, has two aspects, among which the former is the natural expression of the commitments, (commenting on Ch. 19.17):]
Basic and ancillary commitments are (dam-tshig-rnams-ni) the essence of the supreme Indestructible realities (rdo-rje che) of buddha-body, speech and mind. They are the (yin) genuine identity of all the buddhas (sangs-rgyas kun-gyi bdag-nyid). Therefore it is appropriate that benefits emerge when they are guarded, and great retributions when they degenerate.
The latter is their classification, which is in two sections, namely the classification of enumerated (commitments) and the classification of inconceivable (commitments).
[The first comprises two aspects, of which the former, concerning the classification of the basic commitments (comments on Ch. 19.18):]
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