Text 19.24 (Commentary)

[Guhyagarbha-Tantra, Text section 19.24]

Those who enter the range of the Sugatas themselves
Unite with fearless Samantabhadra. [24]

[Tibetan]

bde-gshegs-nyid-kyi yul-la bzhugs /
'jigs-med kun-tu bzang-por sbyor / [24]

Commentary:

[The third, concerning the beneficial attributes of one who has attained the perceptual range of the conqueror, (comments on Ch. 19.24):]

Those who have kept the commitments enter the (la-zhugs) perceptual range of the sugatas themselves (bde-gshegs nyid-kyi yul) as the three kinds of awareness-holders, namely, those who enter into that level, those who abide on it, and those who are mature on it. Finally they unite with (sbyor) and obtain (the nature of) supreme Samantabhadra (kun-tu bzang-por) who is fearless ('jigs-med) with respect to all things.

Now, Samantabhadra is explained to be the resultant buddha who is fearless with respect to the two obscurations, the four demons, the dichotomy of saṃsāra and nirvāṇa, and anything that is to be known. The awareness-holders who enter into that level are those who, entering the maṇḍala, first receive the creation and perfection stages. The awareness-holders who abide on that level are those who have obtained realisation and contemplation, and who then continually abide therein. The awareness-holders who are mature on that level are those who have become most powerful through that very attainment. Once one has obtained the status of an (awareness-holder) of maturation, of power over the lifespan, and of the great seal, one unites with and obtains (the status of) an awareness-holder of spontaneous presence.^[1]

[The fourth, concerning the beneficial attributes of one who has gathered the enlightened attributes of vows and commitments, (comments on Ch. 19.25):]

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Footnotes and references:

[1]:

On the four kinds of Vidyādhara, see also above, pp. 810-811, 853-854. and 959-976.