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 11.7 (Commentary)
[Guhyagarbha-Tantra, Text section 11.7]
There are ritual service, further ritual service.
Rites of attainment, and rites of great attainment. [7][Tibetan]
bsnyen-pa-dang-ni nye-bsnyen-dang /
sgrub-pa-dang-ni sgrub-chen-po / [7]
Commentary:
[Concerning the manner in which one sexually unites (with her):]
There are four branches of ritual service and rites of attainment through which one adheres to or serves a single deity. Accordingly, in this context also there is ritual service (bsnyen-pa-dang) through which the mind of the mudrā is trained and her enlightened mind extended: there is further ritual service (ni-nye-bsnyen-dang) which includes glancing at and touching (the mudrā) with purity of perception; there are rites of attainment (sgrub-pa-dang) which include the radiant visualisation of her as the deity and the consequent embrace; and there are rites of great attainment (ni-sdrug chen-po) wherein, through their display in non-duality, (the seminal fluids) descend from the four centres to the secret centre. Through these four steps, one unites with pristine cognition.[1]
[iii. The third, concerning the essence of sexual union, (comments on Ch. 11.8):]
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Footnotes and references:
[1]:
On these four rites of ritual service and attainment in general, see above, p. 176, note 218; and on the descent of the seminal fluids from above (yas-rim), see also Ch. 13, pp. 1010-1015.