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________________ 556 Alex Wayman | sgo khyud kyi ni nan rnams su / the corners and within the gate projec| rdo rje rin chen spras pas ni // tions, one lays the line sof the exter / phyi yi dkyil 'khor thig gdab po // nal mandala (167) / rdo rje'i thig gi yons skor zin / (167) Surrounding with the diamond line / ka ba brgyad kyi ne bar mdses / and beautifying with eight posts, he teach| ka ba brgyad kyi nan gnas pa'i / es eight circles about the eight posts. | dkyil 'khor brgyad par bstan pa // (165--167) "beautified": with arches and with eight posts. (168) / grva yi dkyil 'khor dor bar ni! (168) Omitting the corner circles, one of | rdo rje lha mo'i tshogs kyis mchod / fers by way of the host of diamond god/'khor lo laa dan yan dag ldan / desses, uses the five circles, adorned with | dkyil 'khor Ina yis rnam par five mandalas. brgyan // (168) "host of diamond goddesses": the eight, Rdo rje sgeg mo, and so on. "omitting": part of each of the strip borders of the gods (lha'i snam bu mtshams kyi re cha dor) [The snam bu, Skt. pata, are the colored strips running along inside the palacemandala "walls", broken into segments by the gates.] "five mandalas": for the five Tathagatas, in each of which there are five deities-a total of twenty-five. (169) | dra ba dra phyed kyis brgyan cin/ (169) Adorned with nets and half-nets and | rna yab kyis ni ner spras pa / decked with yak tail (whisks), it can be khru ni bcu gnis bya ba'am / constructed with twelve hasta or sixteen / khru bcu drug tu rab tu brtag // hasta (measures). (170) / yan na khru ni ni su tsam/ (170) Or else one rightly empowers the Ini su Ina dan Idan pa yis / mandala with twenty hasta or with | dkyil 'khor yan dag byin gyi brlab // twenty-five hasta.. (171) / sgo rnams kyi ni dbus ma'i cha ) (171) The sections of the middle respective | cha dgu ru ni rnam dbye ba / to the gates are divided into nine parts. | dkyil 'khor sgo ru bsams nas ni / Having given thought to the mandala| sgo khyud der ni bya ba yin // gates, one should prepare there the gate projections. (171) "sections of the middle": the square originally in four parts, a section-going with a gate--divided into nine squares, the central area also in nine squares; in each of which five areas one may seat five deities, a total of twenty-five. (172) / sgo khyud dkyil 'khor rnam pa ni / (172) The circle at the gate projection pre / soin po'i dkyil 'khor dan mnam par / pared in nine parts is the same kind as | dgu cha ru ni rnam bgos te/ the nave-mandala, and one should disre
| SR No. | 269565 |
| Book Title | Sarva Rahasya Tantra |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Alex Wayman |
| Publisher | Alex Wayman |
| Publication Year | |
| Total Pages | 29 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Article |
| File Size | 4 MB |