Text 11.6 (Commentary)

[Guhyagarbha-Tantra, Text section 11.6]

Discriminating between Devīs, Nāginīs,
And female (mudrās) of Inferior species.
Or else without discrimination, [6]

[Tibetan]

lha-mo klu-mo rigs ngan-mo /
dbye'am yang-na mi-dbye-bar / [6]

Commentary:

[Interlinear Commentary on the Rites of Sexual Union (394.6-396.6)]

The interlinear commentary on the maṇḍala of sreat bliss or supreme enlightenment, in which sexual union is inherently pure, has five sections.

[i. The first concerns the object (or female partner) with whom one enters into sexual union. (It comments on Ch. 11.6):]

Discriminating between (dbye) the good and bad qualities and the different particular qualities of devīs (lha-mo), who are the twelve-year old secret consorts of Buddha-mind, Nāginīs (klu-mo) who are the sixteen year old secret consorts of Buddha-speech, and female (mudrās) of Inferior species (rigs-ngan-mo) who are the twenty-year old secret consorts of Buddha-body, one should reject those who are bad and adhere to those who are good; or else (ma yang-na) without discrimination (mi-dbye-par), one should resort to whichever object (or female partner) is appropriate.^[1]

[ii. The second, concerning the manner in which one sexually unites (with her, comments on Ch. 11.7):]

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Footnotes and references:

[1]:

For an example of those who do not require such discrimination. see the life of Hūmkara in NSTB, Book 2, Pt. 2, pp. 103-106. On the attributes of diverse female partners and the enlightened families (kula) to which they belong, see above, pp. 900-907.