The Great Chariot
by Longchenpa | 268,580 words
A Commentary on Great Perfection: The Nature of Mind, Easer of Weariness In Sanskrit the title is ‘Mahāsandhi-cittā-visranta-vṛtti-mahāratha-nāma’. In Tibetan ‘rDzogs pa chen po sems nyid ngal gso’i shing rta chen po shes bya ba ’...
Part 3e.1 - Nirmanakaya: The brief teaching
The fifth kaya, nirmanakaya, leads the buddha children, noble ones and so on, to the land of peace. Therefore, it is called “the teacher who is the precious guide.” Moreover, from the sambhogakaya reflections appearing to excellent students and the various emanations appearing to ordinary ones, the first appear having the five certainties, the place of Akanishta and so forth.[1]
The second are craftsmen and so forth who benefit ordinary beings, shravakas, and pratyekabuddhas. From where do these two kinds of emanations arise? They arise from the field of self-appearance of sambhogakaya:
Coming from within this into the world of students,
Here are the different taming teachers that appear:
The self-existing taming, and various nirmanakayas ?[2]
These three are producers of benefit for beings.
From the state of self-appearance, bodies proliferate again to benefit sentient beings. Here there are self- existing, taming, and various nirmanakayas .[3]
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