Sarva Rahasya Tantra

Author(s): Alex Wayman
Publisher: Alex Wayman

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The Sarvarahasyatantra
525 sems can kun la phan pa'i phyir / cues from samsara, endowed with com/thugs rje'i ñams dan yan dag ldan / passionate heart for the benefit of all
sentient beings. (7-8) "continuity of consciousness" : by experiencing, being aware of, and understanding "suffering". "Vairocana" : because illuminating pervasively; the Svābhāvika-kāya, that is "all the Buddha", i. e. all the Buddha-dharmas with single taste. "Jina": because engendering possession of Dharma in the sense of all (the best) aspects; the Sambhogakāya, i.e. "all that was comprehended by the Buddhas." "Nātha" : because performing the aims of sentient beings in every way; the Nirmāņakāya, i. e. "the Buddha who rescues from samsara." (9) /rgyu yi de ñid mñam sbyor bas / (9) By equipoise which is the reality of
/ 'bras bu'i de ñid rnams kyan ston/ the cause he shows the realities of the /bras bu'i de ñid yan dag íugs / fruit. Rightly installed in the realities of - gyu yi de ñid mi 'dod do /
the fruit, he does not desire the reality of gan du 'dod pa skyes gyur pa/ the cause. Wherever occurs a desire, at
de ni 'khor ba'i bag chags yin / that place is the habit-energy of samsära. (9). "realities of the fruit" : bodies of the Buddha. "shows" teaches its praxis. "habit
energy", : cause of rebirth. (10) mkhas pa yi ni cho ga yis /
(10) one may fully discern it in a contem/bsgom pa ru ni yons su brtags/ plation with wise manner. What is again Igań źig slar yan gcig gyur pa/ one is the yoga of the yogin.
| rnal 'byor pa yi rnal 'byor byun // (10) "again one”: the contemplation attended with the reality of yoga.
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II. The leader. (11) sans rgyas rjes dran la dmigs sin/ (11) With meditative object in mindfulness chos ni rjes su dmigs pa yi/
of the Buddha and subsequent meditation tshogs gñis kyi ni sbyor ba yis / on Dharma, by the praxis of the two col| rkan gñis dam pa ñid du 'gyur / lections he becomes the sublime two
footed one. (11) "two collections": [usually stated as collection of merit (punya) and of knowl.
edge (jnana)]. "sublime two-footed one" : "best of gods and men”. (12) / bha-ga lin-ga rab bzag stel (12) The yogin with mindfulness of the
/ sans rgyas skur ni rnam par sgom / Buddha places the linga in the bhaga
sans rgyas rjes dran rnal 'byor pa / while contemplating as the body of a Bud| sans rgyas sprin ni sgom par bya || dha. He should contemplate the cloud