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 19.26 (Commentary)
[Guhyagarbha-Tantra, Text section 19.26]
If there is degeneration,
It is perfected through rites of fulfilment.
Such (benefits) are infinitely supreme. [26][Tibetan]
nyams-na bskangs-pas rdzogs-pa-dang /
de-la-sogs-pa mtha'-yas mchog / [26]
Commentary:
[The fifth concerns the beneficial attributes of beings able to restore (the commitments) though they have degenerated. (It comments on Ch. 19.26):]
If there is degeneration (nyams-na) of the basic and ancillary commitments, it is restored and perfected (rdzogs-pa-dang) as before through rites of fulfilment (bskangs-bas). These are effected not by the discipline of the pious attendants which cannot repair them, as if they were a broken clay vase, but by receiving empowerment, confession and so forth.[1] Such (de-la-sogs-pa) benefits are present in the infinitely supreme (mtha'-yas mchog) secret mantras.
[Summary of the Chapter (596.2-596.4)]
[The summary of the chapter (comments on Ch. 19.27):]
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Footnotes and references:
[1]:
See above, pp. 1214-1217.