Sarva Rahasya Tantra

SR No.: 269565
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Alex Wayman
Publisher: Alex Wayman
Total Pages: 29
Language: English
Classification: Article
File Size: 4 MB

Page 39

The Sarvarahasyatantra 559 XV. Goddesses in charge of magical rites (184) / nam mkha'i dbyins kyi dbus gnas (184) One imagines a perfect moon disk par/ situated in the middle of the sky-realm. | zla ba'i dkyil 'khor dam pa bsam / Contemplating (oneself) as the body of a | sans rgyas sku ni rnam bsgoms la / Buddha, one should imagine Locana in the | spyan ni dbus su bsam par bya || middle (of the moon disk). (184) "Locana": the verse begins the treatment of the karma-gana (set of ritual acts for siddhi) by way of the yoga of Locana and the other goddesses. "body of a Buddha": one imagines one's own body as a Buddha in the sequence of Vairocana, Aksobhya, Amitabha, and Amoghasiddhi. "moon disk": One imagines the moon disk in the heart of that (Buddha); in the middle of it one should contemplate in the given order the germ syllables LAM, MAM, PAM, TAM, and from them the (four) goddesses, Locana, etc. (185) / bzin bzans spyan ni yans pa dan / (185) Whose complexion is lovely, eyes I nor bu chu sel mdog 'dra la / wide, and is colored like the water crys | mtshan rnams thams cad yons su tal gem, one apprehends the best of illu. rdsogs / sory women, with full complement of all | bud med sgyu ma'i mchog 'dsin pa // the marks. (185) "water crystal gem": [the description of Locana.] (186) / phyag tu 'khor lo sgom bya ste / (186) One should contemplate (oneself) | khams gsum pa ni dban byed pa / with wheel in hand, the one who con/ dnos grub kun byed ye ses ni / trols the three realms, whose wisdom l'khor lo yid bain nor bu'i mdog // enacts all siddhis, whose wheel is the color of the wish-granting gem. (186) "all siddhis" [Peking text dnos kun grub corrected to dnos grub kun by au thority of commentary]: the rank of Vairocana. (187) / nam mkha'i rdo rje dbus chud par/ (187) One imagines a sublime moon disk | zla ba'i dkyil 'khor dam pa bsam placed in the middle of the sky-diamond. | sans rgyas sku ni rnam bsgom la / Contemplating (oneself) as the body of a | nam mkha'i rdo rje mchog bsgom Buddha, one should imagine (there) the mo // best sky-vajra. (188) / zal mdses spyan ni yans pa dan / (188) Whose face is lovely, eyes wide, and , ut-pal snon po'i 'dab ma'i mdog/ is coloured like the blue lotus petal, one | mtshan rnams thams cad yan dag imagines the best illusory (woman) of rdsogs / the sky, with full complement of all the | nam mkha'i sgyu ma'i mchog bsam marks.