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________________ 557 The Sarvarahasyatantra i grva yi dkyil 'khor dor bar bya || gard (for the purpose) the corner circles. (172) "corner circles": there are four corner circles; when disregarded, five circles are left over. (173) / tha mar khyams dan Idan pa yil (173) Lastly, one should give thought to | dkyil 'khor Inas ni brgyan pa dan / the square adorned with five mandalas | kha dog Ina dan yan dag ldan / and endowed with five colors, that is at | gru bai bar ni brtag par bya // tended with a courtyard. (174) / lta ba lna po bgrod dka' che / (174) It is very difficult to tranverse the | kha dog Ina yi de bzin gsegs / five views. The Tathagatas of five colors 7 sans rgyas Ina dan mnam sbyor ba / mingle equally with the five Buddhas, / sa ni tshon gyis rab tu bsgyur // transformed by the earth-paint. (174) "five views": the "reifying views" (satkayadrsti), namely that the five person al aggregates (skandha) are real. "five Buddhas": Vairocana, Aksobhya, Ratnasambhava, Amitabha, and Amoghasiddhi, who in the given order are in the center of the mandala, and in the East, South, West, and North, as in verse 175. (175) / dkyil 'khor Ina yi dbus su ni / (175) The five Buddhas are to be disposed - / sans rgyas Ina ni dgod par bya / in the centers of the five mandalas. By | kha dog Ina dan tin 'dsin gyis / the five colors and by samadhi they l'dod pa'i yon tan Ina yi khyab // pervade the five "strands of desire" (= the five sense objects). (176) / sel dan zla ba'i 'od 'dra zin/ (176) Like crystal and moonlight, compris | sans rgyas thams cad gcig bsdus pa' ing in one all the Buddhas, is the Tatha| de bzin gsegs pa rnam snan mdsad / gata Vairocana, the Tathagata of heroic | dpa' bo'i lta ba de bzin gsegs 1. gaze. (177) / in-dra-ni-la'i 'od 'dra zin/ (177) Like the light of Indranila (sapphire), 1. rdo rje thams cad gcig bsdus pa/ comprising in one all the vajras, is Ak/ mi bskyod 'ye ses las byun ba / sobhya, consisting of wisdom (jnana), the | rdo rje'i lta ba de bzin gsegs // Tathagata with adamantine gaze. (178) ldsam-bu'i gser gyi 'od 'dra zin/ (178) Like the light of jambu-gold, com | sans rgyas thams cad gcig bsdus pa / prising in one all the Buddhas, is the one | sems can kun gyi don du byun / (i.e. Ratnasambhava) consisting of the /'bar ba'i Ita ba de bzin gsegs // aims of all sentient beings, the Tathagata of flaming gaze. (179) | dpa' bo chen po pad ma 'dra / (179) Like the great-hero lotus with the | pad-ma-ra-ga'i nor bu'i 'od / light of the padma-raga gem (ruby), I chos kyi ye ses las byun ba / is the one (i. e. Amitabha) consisting of
| 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 |