Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Preface ii
Acknowledgments iii
Dedication iii
Introduction 1
Root Text 2
Practice Texts 3
Other Tantras 4
Audio 50
Internet Resources
Art 51
Buddhist Texts 54
Miscellaneous 55
Preface
This project was compiled in anticipation of two upcoming events. First is the year-long
teaching and translation project The King of Tantras: The Generation and Completion Stages of
the Guhyasamaja Tantra Based on a Commentary by Aku Sherab Gyatso being given at Instituto
Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomania, Italy by Geshe Jampa Gyatso. Secondly, and synchronisticly is
the Guhyasamaja Initiation and teachings to be given in 2004 by Denma Locho Rinpoche which
were arranged by Kyabje Gelek Rinpoche of Jewel Heart Tibetan Buddhist Center.
Not having a grasp of Sanskrit or Tibetan, these materials knowingly contain errors and
omissions (e.g., diacritical marks) that are solely reflective of my ignorance and laziness. May
this text nevertheless be of some use to others.
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Acknowledgments
I am very grateful for the kindness of both Geshe Thubten Samdup of the Sangwa Dupa
Institute in Burnaby, BC Canada and Geshe Jampa Gyatso of the Instituto Lama Tzong Khapa, in
Pomania, Italy. I am also grateful for the kindness and effort of Joan Nicell and Johanne Jensen.
I am most grateful to my teacher Kyabje Gelek Rinpoche for arranging the upcoming
Guhyasamaja initiation and teachings and to Denma Locho Rinpoche for bestowing this supreme
gift.
Dedication
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Introduction
According to A-myes, the Guhyasamaja Tantra is the only tantra taught by Shakyamuni
Buddha in his lifetime (Wedemeyer, 1999). All subsequent tantras (such as Yamantaka,
Chakrasamvara, Hevajra, etc.) were only revealed later, after Buddha’s parinirvana. According
to Wedemeyer (1999, p.81) ‘Gos Lotsawa recounts in his text Blue Annals, that the actual
transmission of the Arya tradition is as follows: King Indrabhuti of Oddiyana requested and
received the teachings from the historical Buddha. The lineage is said to have continued through
a dakini that descended from the realm of the Nagas, to King Visukkalpa, and eventually passing
on to Saraha and then Nagarjuna, and to his four disciples Sakyamitra, Aryadeva, Nagabodhi,
and Candrakirti.
There are seven traditions of the Guhyasamaja according to A-myes: Arya, Jnanapada,
Santipa, Lalitavajra, Smrti[jnanakirti], a hybrid Kalacakra/Guhyasamaja, and Anandagarbha
(Wedemeyer, 1999). The Arya and Jnanapada schools are the most prominent, with the Arya
tradition predating the Jnanapada school. Wedemeyer indicates that Nagarjuna, Aryadeva,
Nagabodhi, Candrakirti and Sakyamitra represent the former while Nagarjuna, Jnanapada,
Dipamkarabhadra, Prasantarnitra, Rahulabhadra, and Vajramahasukha represent the latter.
In the Arya tradition, Akshobya is the central deity and the mandala has 32 deities in all. In
many of the other traditions the central deity is Manjusrivajra and the mandala may contain as
few as 9 deities. The latter form, as typified by the Jnanapada tradition, was said to be revealed
by Manjushri (Wedemeyer, 1999). The reader is referred to the works of Wayman (1977) and
Wedemeyer (1999) for a more detailed account of the Guhyasamaja literature and history.
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Root Text
English translations:
Fremantle, F., see below (Skt., Tib., and English translation)
Thurman, R., Unpublished English translation; also, some portions and excerpts
of the latter appear in his Essential Tibetan Buddhism (chapters 7 and 8),
Tibetan Book of the Dead, and Leidy & Thurman’s Mandala: The
Architecture of Enlightenment (see especially pp. 137 - 143)
Wayman, A., see below, Yoga of the Guhyasamajatantra: Arcane Lore in Forty
Verses. Motilal Banarsidas.
Explanatory Text
The Secret Assembly Further Tantra, Explanatory Tantra, also Tantric Appendix
Skt: Guhyasamajottaratantra (chapter 18; also Uttara Tantra)
Tib: dpal gsang ba ‘dus pa’i rgyud phyi ma
D Toh 443, vol. Ca, 148a-157b
P, vol. 81
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Practice Texts
Also included in FPMT’s Essential Buddhist Prayers, Vol. III in vinyl booklet
(#E-PB3V), linen booklet (#E-BPC) and CD format (#E-PBCCD)
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Other Tantras
4
D Toh 428
P, vol. 69
Drop of Exalted Wisdom, Great King of Yogini Tantras Called the Supreme Wonder
Skt: Shri jnanatilaka-yogini-tantraraja-paramamahadbhutam-nama
Tib: dpal ye shes thig le rnal ‘byor ma’i rgyud kyi rgyal po mchog tu rmad tu
‘byung wa zhes bya wa
D toh 422, vol. Nga 96b6-136b4
P 14, vol. 2
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Explanatory Texts, Commentaries and Related Materials
Notes from a Discourse on “A Ritual to Honor the Spiritual Master” Interspersed with
Mahamudra The Tantra of Interpenetrating Union
Tib: bla-ma mchod-pa phyang-chen-dang sbrags-pa’i khrid-kyi zin-bris
6
Notes from a Discourse on “A Ritual to Honor the Spiritual Master” Interspersed with
Mahamudra: A Stream of Nectars Eliminating the Deficiencies of Compulsive Existence
and Stilled Apathy
Tib: bla-ma mchod-pa phyang-chen-dang sbrags-pa’i khrid-kyi zin-bris srid-zhi’i
gdung-sel bdud-rtsi’i chu-rgyun
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J Extensive Commentary on the Supreme Glory Tantra
Skt: Sri-paramadya-mantrakalpakhanda-nama
Tib: dpal mchog dang po’i rgya cher bshad pa
D Toh 2512, vol. Si 49b2-242a7
P vol. 73, p. 127-130
Aryadeva (also ‘Phags-pa-lha; Aryadeva I, 3-4th cent.?; Aryadeva II, 8th cent. C.E.?)
Benarasi Lal, Aryadeva Evam Unki Tanrik Racnayem. Dhih: A Review of Rare
Buddhist Texts, XIII, 1992 (Skt. & Tib.)
J. Pandey, Durlabh Granth Paricaya, Dhih: A Review of Rare Buddhist Texts, X,
1990
A, CS The Discernment of the Self-Consecration Stage, also Discriminating the Stages of Self
Blessing
Skt: Svadhisthanaprabheda
Tib: bdag byin gyis brlab pa’i rim pa rnam par dbye ba
8
D Toh 1805, vol. Ngi, 112a3-114b1
P 2670, vol. 62
9
Tib: rnal ‘byor spyod pa’i sa (also ‘sa mang pos’)
D Toh 4035, vol. Tsi 1b1-283a7
P 5536, vol. 109
Bhavabhadra
Jewel Garland
Skt: Pancakrama-tika manimala-nama (attributed to Nagabodhi, see below)
P, vol. 62
???
Skt: Pradipoddyotanabhisamadhi-prakasika-nama-vyakhya-tika (also Prakasika)
P, vol 60-61
10
Tib: sgron ma gsal bar byed pa’i [tsig gi] dka’ ba btus pa’i grel pa zhes bya ba
D Toh 1792, vol. A 201b4-212a7
P 2657, vol. 60
Blo Min-pa
Brtson-’grus-’phags, Srad-rgyud-pa
Condensed General Presentation of the Tantra Sets: Key Opening the Door of the
Precious Treasury of Tantra Sets
Tib: rgyud sde spyi’i rnam bzhag bsdus pa rgyud sde rin po che’i gter sgo ‘byed
pa’i lde mig
D Toh 5167
Extensive General Presentation of the Tantra Sets: Jeweled Adornment of the Tantra Sets
Tib: rgyud sde spyi’i rnam par gzhag pa rgyud sde rin po che’i mdzes rgyan
D Toh 5169
11
Middling General Presentation of the Tantra Sets: Illuminating the Secrets of All Tantra
Sets
Tib: rgyud sde spyi’i rnam par gzhag pa rgyud sde thams cad kyi gsang ba gsal bat
byed pa zhes bya ba
D Toh 5168
A, CS An Illuminating Lamp [for "The Guhyasamaja Root Tantra"] also Bright Lamp
Skt: Pradipoddyatana (also guhyasamajatantrapradipodyotanatika-satkotivyakhya)
Tib: sgron-gsal (also sgron ma gsal bar)
D Toh 1785, vol. Ha 1b1-201b2
P 2650, vol. 59-60
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Celu-pa (also Celuka)
J ???
Skt: Ratnavrksa-nama-rahasya-samaja-vrtti
P, vol. 63, p. 183-5
Dbyans-can-nag-dban
[Ritual for the Consecration (rab-gnas) of Icons According to the Guhyasamaja and
Samvara Tantras: from the Gyuto Tantric College]
Tib: dpal ldan stod-rgyud grwa-tshan gi phyang bzes ltar gsan-‘dus dan bde-
mchog dan ‘brel bar rab gnas dge legs char ‘bebs bya tshul bzugs so.
Delhi, 1969
Dipamkarabhadra
J Mandala Ritual of the Glorious Secret Assembly (Mandala Ritual in 450 Verses) (also
Esoteric Communion Mandala Rite Four-Hundred Fifty
Skt: Sriguhyasmajamandalavidhinama
Tib: dpal gsang ba ‘dus pa’i dkyil’khor gyi cho ga zhes bya ba (also ‘dkyil ‘khor
gyi cho ga shlo ka bzhi brgya lnga bcu pa
D Toh 1865, vol. Di 69a4-87a3
P 2728, vol. 65
Dpal-ldan-bzan-po, ’Dul-nag-pa
A Presentation of the Teachings of the Guhyasamaja Tantra for the Practice According
to the Systematic Approach of the Dge-lugs-pa Tradition
Tib: dpal gsan ba ’dus pa’i rtsa rgyud le’u bcu bdun po so so’i rdo rje’i tshig rkan
zab mo’i lam ’khrugs pa rnams sgrub pa po’i ñams len gyi rim par bsgrigs pa le’u
so so’i dka’ gnad mtha’ gcod pa’i gun ma [sic] dan bcas pa rin po ohe’i gter
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mdzod
Secret Nectar of Oral Instructions, Stages of the Path of Vajradhara (Secret Assembly)
Skt: Mahavajradharapathakramopadesamrtaguhya
Tib: rdo rje ‘chang chen po’i lam gyi rim pa’i man ngag bdud rtsi gsang ba
D Toh 1823, vol. Ngi 267b1-278a5
P 2687, vol. 62
‘Gos Lo-tsa-ba, Kung-pa Lhas-brtsas (also ‘gos Lo-tsa-ba Khug-pa Lhas-btsas, 11th cent.)
Gung tang zang (also Gung-thang-bzang dKon-mchog bstan-pa’i sgron-me; 18th cent. C.E.)
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Gyalwa Wensapa Lobzang Dondrup (1505-1566 C.E.)
CS Handprints of the Profound Path of the Six Yogas of Naropa: A Source of Every
Realization
Tib: thabs lam na ro’i chos drug gi lag rjes dngos grub kun byung
English translation: see below, Mullin’s Readings on the Six Yogas of Naropa
Gyatso Lodro Palzangpo (also rje ‘brong rtze hla btzun rin po che, rgya mtso blo gros dpal
bzang po
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P 2327
CS Great Exposition of Tenets/ A Presentation of Tenets: The Roar of the Five-Faced Lion
Eradicating Error: A Precious Lamp Illuminating the Path to Omniscience
Tib: grub mtha’i rnam par bzzhag pa ‘khrul spong gdong lmga’i sgra dbyangs kun
mkhyen lam bzang gsal ba’i rin chen sgron me
In Collected Works of ‘jam dbyangs bzhad pa’i rdo rje, New Delhi: Ngawang
Gelek Demo, 1972, Vol. 2, No. 11
CS Showering the Rain of the Three Bodies, the Stages of the Four Yogas
Tib: rnal ‘byor bzhi rim sku gsum char ‘bebs
(cited in Stainless Crystal Rosary)
The Secret Biography of Tsong Khapa (also Song of the Mystic Experiences of Lama Je
Rinpoche)
Tib: je sang wai namthar (also rje rin po che gsang bai nam thar)
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Jnanapada (also Buddhajanapada and BuddhaÑr§jñaña)
J ???
Skt: Visvacakra
Tib: sna tshogs ‘khor lo
J ???
Skt: Ratnajvala
Tib: rin chen ‘bar ba
J ???
Skt: Mahamulajnana
Tib: rtsa ba’i ye shes chen po
J ???
Skt: Gathakosa
Tib: tshigs su bcad pa’i mdzod
J Drop of Enlightenment
Skt: Bodhicittatilaka
Tib: byang chub sems kyi thig le
J ???
Skt: Mangalavyakhya
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Tib: bkra shis rnam bshad
J ???
Skt: Caturthavatara
Tib: bzhi pa la ‘jug pa
J Revelation
Skt: Mukhagama
Tib: zhal lung
D Toh 1854, vol. Di 17b3-28b6
P 2717, vol. 65
J, CS Revelation: Meditation on the Suchness of the Two Stages (The Great Exposition)
Skt: Dvikramatattvabhavananamamukhadhyapanan (mukhagama)
Tib: rim pa gnyis pa’i de kho na nyid sgom pa zhes bya ba’i zhal gyi lung
D Toh 1853, vol. Di 1b1-17b2
P 2716, vol. 65
Jnanaparama
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CS A Lamp for Further Clarifying the Five Stages [of Guhyasamaja]
Tib: rim-pa lnga'i yang-gsal sgron-me
A Lamp for Clarifying Mahamudra to Establish the Single Intention of the Kagyu and
Gelug Traditions
Tib: bka’-dge dgongs-pa gcig-bsgrub-kyi phang-rgya chen-po gsal-ba’i sgron-ma
A An Ocean of Attainments of the Generation Stage of the Glorious Guhyasamaja, the King
of All Tantras; also Secret Assembly Creation Stage “Ocean of Accomplishment”
Tib: rgyud thams cad kyi rgyal po dpal gsang wa ‘dus pa’i bskyed rim dgnos grub
rgya mtsho zhes bya wab zhugs so (or bskyed rim dngos grub rgya mtso); also
gsang-‘dus bskyed-rim dngos-grub rgya-mtsho (rgyud thams cad kyi rgayl po dpal
gsang ba ‘dus pa’i bskyed rim dngos grub rgya mtsho)
Varanasi: Pleasure of Elegant Sayings Press, 1969; also, Collected Works, New
Delhi: Mongolian Lama Guru Deva, 1982
A The Ritual Fire Offering for Peace: The Thirty Two Deity Guhyasamaja
A, CS Notes of Khedrup Je’s Speech (Pith Instruction on the Completion Stage of the Glorious
Guhyasamaja, the King of Tantras)
Tib: mkhas grub rje’i gsung dzin bris (also as rgyud kyi rgyal po) dpal gsang wa
‘dus pa’i edzogs rim gyi man ngag
Collected Works, vol. A, pp. 812-813
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A Khedrup Je’s Short Writing: Pith Instructions of Khedrup Thamcad Khyenpa
Tib: mkhas grub je’i yig chung (also mkhas grub thams cad mkhyen pa’i man
ngag yig chung bzhugs so)
Collected Works, vol. A, pp. 860
CS On the Five Stages of the Guhyasamaja Completion Stage (also Clarifying the Meaning
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of the Five Stages)
Skt: Pancakramavrttarthavirocananama
Tib: rim pa lnga’i don gsal bar byed pa zhes bya ba
D Toh 1842, vol. Chi 187b1-277a7
P 2702, vol. 62
???
Skt: Pradipoddyotana-visama-pada-panjika-nama
D Toh 1792
J Explanation of the Guru’s Oral Instructions on the Introduction to the Secret Assembly
Tantra
Skt: Guhyasamaja-tantra-nidana-gurupaesa-bhasya
Tib: gsang ba ‘dus pa’i rgyud kyi gleng gzhi bla ma’i man ngag gi bshad pa
D Toh 1910, vol. Phi 89b1-97b5
P 2773, vol. 66
J ???
Skt: Sri-Guhyagarbha-mahatantraraja-tika-nama
P, vol. 82
In The Collected Works of Longdol Lama, Parts 1 and 2. New Delhi: International
Academy of Indian Culture, 1973
Losang Kalsang Gyatso (also Blo Bzang Skal Bzang Rgya Mtsho, Bskal-bzan-rgya-mtsho,
Gel-sang-gya-tso, the Seventh Dalai Lama, 1708-1757 C.E.)
D Toh 5833
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Word of Vajrasattva
Tib: dpal gsang ba ‘dus pa mi bskyod rdo rje’i dkyil ‘khor gyi cho ga’i rnam par
bshad pa dbang don de nyid yang gsal snang ba rdo rje sems dpa’i zhal lung (also,
gsan ‘dus dkyil ‘khor cho ga‘i rnam bsad,
Marpa Lotsawa
CS Captivating the Minds of Yogins, Condensed Explanation of the Meanings of the Five
Stages
Skt: Pancakramarthayogimanoharatippaninama
Tib: rim pa lnga’i don mdor bshad pa rnal ‘byor pa’i yid kyi ‘phrog ces bya ba
D Toh 1813, vol. Ngi 148b4-195b6
P 2691, vol. 62
Nag-dban-legs-grub
Nag-dban-tshul-khrims, Sar-chen
[Ritual for the Consecration (rab-gnas) of Icons According to the Guhyasamaja and
Samvara Tantras; from the Liturgy of Gyuto Tantric College]
Tib: dpal ldan stod-rgyud grwa-tshan gi phyag bzes ltar gsan-’dus dan bde-mchog
dan ’brel bar rab gnas dge legs char ’bebs bya tshul bzugs so
Delhi, 1969
Nagabodhi
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gzhag rim pa)
D Toh 1809, vol. Ngi, 121a-131a
P 2674, vol. 61-62
Nagabuddhi (also Nagabodhi?, Klu’i blo, Klu’i byang-chub; 7th cent. C.E.)
CS Treatise of Oral Instructions on the Inner Condensed Five Stages (also Personal
Instruction on Condensing the Stages; Summarized Stages)
Skt: Kramantarbhavopadesa-nama-prakarana
Tib: rim pa khongs su bsdu ba’i man ngag ces bya ba’i rab tu byed pa
D Toh 1812, vol. Ngi 147a1-148b4
P 2677, vol. 62
A The Creation Stage Meditation of the Great Yoga Tantra the Secret Assembly “Combined
with Sutra” (also Merged with the Sutra [Sadhana])
Skt: Shri guhyasamajamahayogatanttropattikrama sadhana sutra melapaka nama
Tib: rnal ‘byor chen po’i rgyud dpal gsang ba ‘dus pa’i bskyed pahi rim pa’i
bsgom pahi thabs mdo dang bsres pa zhes bya ba
D Toh 1797, vol. Ngi, 11a2-15b1
P 2662, vol. 61
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de la Vallee-Poussin, (Skt.)
Mimaki, K. & Tomabechi (eds.), (Skt. and Tib.)
A Compendium of Things
Skt: Dharmasamgraha
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A Extensive Commentary on the Eighteenth Chapter [of the Guhyasamaja Tantra]
Skt: Astadasapatalavistaravyakhya
Tib: le’u bco brgyad pa’i rgya cher ‘grel pa
D Toh (not recorded)
P 2649, vol. 60
CS A Source of Great Ecstacy Realization: A Guide to the Profound Six Yogas of Naropa
Tib: zab lam na ro’i chos drug gi khridyig bde dngos grub ‘byung gnas
Nam-mkha’-grags
CS Vajra Verses of the Whispered Tradition (also Single Vajra Word of the Oral Lineage;
Six Yogas text)
Skt: Karnatantra-vajrapada-nama
Tib: snyan brgyud rdo rje’i tshig rkang zhes bya ba
D Toh 2338, vol. Zhi 302b6-304b4
P (not recorded)
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English translation: see below, Mullin’s Readings on the Six Yogas of Naropa
Jewel Light
Skt: Ratnaprabhanama
Tib: rin po che’i ‘od ces bya ba
D Toh 1342, vol. Ta 350b5-358a4
P 2472, vol. 57
Illuminator of the Tantric Treatises (Presentation of the Stages and Paths of the Great
Secret Four Classes of Tantra)
Tib: gsang chen rgyud sde bzhi’i sa lam gyi rnam gzhag rgyud gzhung gsal byed
ces bya ba rgyud smad par khang edition
also The Collected Works of Chos-rje Nag-dban-dpal-ldan of Urga, vol II. Delhi:
Mongolian Lama Guru Deva, 1983
CS The Method of Practising the Four Yogas of the Completion Stage of Vajrabhairava
Tib: ‘jigs byed rdzogs rim rnal ‘byor bzhi nyams su len tsul
(cited in Stainless Crystal Rosary)
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English translation: see Feiser & Powers, 1998, 2003
Bhagavati Tara’s Two Stages of the Path: A Necklace for the Yoga of Chittamanai
Tib: bjom ldan ‘das ma skrol ma’i lam rim pa knyis kyi rnal ‘byor dzitta mani’i do
shal
In Collected Works, vol. 11, Darjeeling: Kargyud Sungrab Nyamso Khang, 1974
The Secret Accomplishment (also, Secret Attainment, Invoking the Definitive Meaning of
All Tantras; Establishing the Hidden Factors )
Skt: Guhyasiddhi; Sriguhyasiddhi; Sakalatantrasambhavasancodani-
sriguhyasiddhinama
Tib: rgyud ma lus pa’i don nges par skul bar byed pa dpal gsang ba grub pa zhes
bya ba (also gsang-ba grub-pa)
D Toh 2217, vol. Wi 1b1-28b4
P 3061, vol. 68
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???
Skt: Sri-Dakarnavamahayoginitantrarajavahikatika-nama
D Toh 1419
Varanasi, 1969
A Root Text for the Gelug/Kagyu Lineage of Mahamudra: The Main Road of the
Triumphant Ones
Tib: dge’-ldan bka’-brgyud rin-po-che’i phyang-chen rtsa-ba rgyal-ba’i gzhung-
lam, phyang-chen rtsa-ba
Practical Instruction (dmar-khrid) for Merging into Union with the Yidam
(sampannakrama) as Expounded in the Pancakrama of the Cakrasamvara Tantra
According to the Ghantapada Lineage
Tib: grub-pa’i-dban-phyug dril-bu-zabs lugs kyi zab lam rim lna’i dmar khrid sin
tu zab pa bzugs so
Gangtok, 1972
English translation: see below, Mullin’s Readings on the Six Yogas of Naropa
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Pan-chen So-nam-drak-ba (also pan chen bsod nams grags pa, 1478-1554 C.E.)
General Presentation of the Tantra Sets, Captivating the Minds of the Fortunate
Tib: rgyud sde spyi’i rnam par bzhag pa skal bsang gi yid ‘phrog
Prasantajnana
J ???
Skt: Upadesa-niscaya, also Upadesa-niscaya-nama-sriguhyasamaja-vrtti
P, vol. 63
J ???
Skt: Sri-Guhyasamaja-mandalavidhi-tika
P, vol. 65
The Creation of Mandalas: Tibetan Texts Detailing the Techniques for Laying Out and
Executing Tantric Buddhist Psychocosmograms
Tib: dkyil ‘khor thig rtsa
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Sahajalalita (also lhan-skyes rol-pa)
A, CS Explanation of the Oral Instructions on Entering the Yoga of the Great Seal
Skt: Mahamudrayogavatarapindartha
Tib: phyag rgya chen po’i rnal ‘byor la ‘jug pa’i man ngag tu bshad pa
D Toh 3776, vol. Tsu 195a5-204a7
P 4594, vol. 81
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Sershul (also Ser-shul dGe-bshes Blo-bzang phun-tshogs)
English translation: see below, Mullin’s Readings on the Six Yogas of Naropa
Varanasi, 1969
Shri Krsna
Drop of Springtime
Skt: Vasanta-tilaka-nama
Tib: dpyid kyi thig le, also dpyid kyi thig le shes bya ba
P 2166
J ???
Skt: Sriguhyasamaja-tantraraja-vrtti
P, vol. 84 (vol. 66?), p.127-4
J Extensive Oral Instructions, Completely Explaining the Questions of the Four Goddesses
Tantra
Skt: Caturdevatapariprcchavyakhyanopadesapaustikanama
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Tib: lha mo bzhis yongs su zhus pa’i rnam par bshad pa man ngag rgyas pa zhes
bya ba
D Toh 1915, vol. Phu 217b3-249b7
P 2778, vol. 66
J ???
Skt: Vajravidarana-nama-dharani-vrtti
D Toh 2684
Sraddhakaravarma
Surupa
Treatise on Bliss
Skt: Kamasastra-nama
Tib: ‘dod pa’i bstan bcos shes bya ba (also dga’ ba’i bstan bcos)
P 3323
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Tib: chos drug gi man ngag zhes bya ba
English translation: see below, Mullin’s Readings on the Six Yogas of Naropa
Excellent Explanation of the Generation Stage, the Profound Path of the Great Secret
Tib: bskyed rim legs bshad gsang chen zab lam
A, CS The Pure Stages of the Yoga of Guhyasamaja, also translated as “Stages of Pure Yoga”
Tib: gsang-'dus rnal-sbyor dag-rim (also rnal byor dag pahi rim pa)
D Toh 5303
P vol. 160
A, CS A Lamp for Clarifying the Five Stages [of the Guhyasamaja Completion Stage] or Clear
Lamp Illuminating the Five Levels of the Glorious Guhyasamaja; also The Personal
Instruction in the King of Tantras the Glorious Esoteric Communion called the Extremely
Brilliant Lamp of the Five Stages
Tib: rim-lnga gsal-sgron (also rgyud kyi rgyal po dpal gsang wa ‘dus pa’i man
ngag rim pa lnga rab tu gsal wa’i sgron me zhes bya ba bzhugs so)
D Toh 5302
P 6167, vol. 158 (Pha)
TCPP vol. 7 (Ja)
Varanasi, 1969
A, CS Precious Sprout, Deciding the Difficult Points of [Chandrakirti's] "An Illuminating Lamp
[for 'The Guhyasamaja Root Tantra']"
Tib: rgyud kyi rgyal po dpal gsang wa ‘dus pa’i rgya cher bshad pa sgron ma gsal
wa’i dkah wa’i gnas kyi mtha’ gcod rim po che’i myu gu (also sgron-gsal dka'-
gnas-kyi mtha'-gcod rin-po-che'i myu-gu; mtha’ gcod rin po che’i myu gu)
P 6152, vol. 156
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TCPP, vol. Ca
A, CS A Treasury of Commentaries on the Five Stages [of the Guhyasamaja Completion Stage]
Tib: rim-lnga 'grel-mdzod
A, CS Summary of the Chief Points Explained in the Root Tantra of the Guhyasamaja and its
Commentary, the Brilliant Lamp
Tib: rgyud thams cad kyi rgyal po dpal gsang ba ‘dus pa’i rtsa ba’i rgyud sgron ma
rab tu gsal bar byed pa’i rgya cher bshad pas ‘chad pa’i sa bcad bsdus don (also
sgron ma gsal bar byed pa)
D Toh 5282
P vol. 158
TCPP, vol. Ca, (vol. 8 in bound edition)
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TCPP, vol. Ca, (vol. 8 in bound edition)
A, CS Stages of Instruction from the Approach of the Profound Path of Naropa’s Six Practices
Tib: zab lam na ro’i chos-drug gi sgo nas ‘khrid pa’i rim pa
Gangtok, 1972
A, CS A Book of Three Inspirations: A Treatise on the Stages of Training in the Profound Path
of Naropa’s Six Yogas
Tib: zab lam na ro’i chos drug gi sgo nas ‘khrid pa’i rim pa yid ches gsum ldan
D Toh 5317
P 6202, vol. 160
TCPP vol. 9 Ta
A, CS A Practice Manual on the Six Yogas of Naropa: Taking the Practice in Hand
Tib: zab lam na ro’i chos drug gi dmigs skor lag tu len tshul
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English translation: see below, Glenn Mullin’s Readings on the Six Yogas of
Naropa
A, CS A Brief Manual on the Manner of Taking Up the Practice of the Stages in Meditation of
“Naro’s Six Dharmas”, Compiled by Sempa Chenpo Kunzangpa
Tib: na ro chos drug gi dmigs rim lag tu len tshul bsdus pa rje’i gsungs bzhin sems
dpa’ chenpo kun bzang pas bkod pa
Unknown Authors
A, CS Analysis of the Intention (also, Prophecy of the Intention Tantra, Revelation of the
Intention),
(Uncommon explanatory tantra, cited in Nagarjuna’s Pancakrama)
Skt: Samdhivyakarana, also Sandhivyakarana-nama-tantra
Tib: dgongs pa lung bstan pa zhes bya ba’i rgyud
D Toh 444, vol. Ca, 158a-207b
P 83, vol. 3
Ocean of Dakinis
Skt: Sridakarnavamahayoginitantrarajanama (‘dakarnava)
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Tib: dpal mkha’ ‘gro rgya mtsho rnal ‘byor ma’i rgyud kyi rgyal po chen po zhes
bya ba (also ‘bde mchog mkha’ ‘gro rgya mtsho’i rgyud)
D Toh 372
P 19, vol. 2
Union
Skt: Sarvabuddhasamayoga-dakinijalasambara-nama-uttaratantra
Tib: dpal sangs rgyas thams cad dang mnyam par sbyor ba mkha
D Toh 366, vol. Ka, 151b-193a
P 8, vol. 1
Three Dge-lugs-pa dbyans yig: The Dmigs brtse ma Notations of ‘Bras-spuns Sgo-man
and the Cakrasamvara, Guhyasamaja, Vajrabhairava, and Protective Deities Chants of
Smad Rgyud Grwa-tshan
The Mark of Mahamudra, also Mark of the Great Seal, Drop of Mahamudra the Great
Seal
Skt: Sri-mahamudratilikam-nama-yogini-tantraraja-adhipati
Tib: dpal phyang rgya chen po’i thig le zhes bya ba rnal ‘byor ma chen mo’i rgyud
kyi rgyal po mnga’ bdag
D Toh 420, vol. Nga 66a1-90b7
P12, vol. 1-2
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Vajrapani (also lag-na rdo-rje)
Vajra Word
Skt: Vajrapadanama
Tib: rdo rje’i tshig ces bya ba
D Toh 2255, vol. Wi 177b1-180b3
P 3100, vol. 68
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Visvamitra (also sna-tshogs bshes-gnyen)
Drop from the Ocean of Oral Instructions on the Glorious Secret Assembly Tantra
Tib: dpal gsang ba ‘dus pa’i rgyud kyi man ngag gi rgya mtsho thigs pa
D Toh 1844, vol. Ji 53b7-161b1
P 2707, vol. 63
A An Eloquent Presentation - A Port of Entry for the Fortunate Ones into the Paths and
Grounds of Mantra According to the Glorious Guhyasamaja of the Arya (Nagaruna)
Tradition
Tib: dpal gsang wa ‘dus pa ‘phags lugs dang mthun pa’i sngags kyi sa lam rnam
gzhag legs bshad skal bdzang ‘jug ngogs zhes bya wa bzhugs so
Lamp Thoroughly Illuminating the Presentation of the Three Basic Bodies - Death,
Intermediate State and Rebirth
Tib: gzhi’i sku gsum gyi rnam gzhag rab gsal sgron me
In The Collected Works of A-kya Yongs-‘dzin, Vol. I, New Delhi: Lama Guru
Deva, 1971;
also, Delhi: Dalama, Iron Dog year
English Translation: see below, Death, Intermediate State & Rebirth in Tibetan
Buddhism. Translated by Lati Rinbochay & Jeffrey Hopkins. Valois, NY:
Snow Lion, 1979
Clearly Indicating the Main Points from the Oral Teachings of the Gelug Tradition of
Mahamudra
Tib: dga’-ldan phyag-rgya chen-po’i man ngag-gi gnad gsal-bar ston-pa
A Commentary of Lama Chopa Revealing the Secret: The Treasury of Ear Whispered
Instructions
Tib: lama choepae triyig sangwai ne nanpar chewa nyengyue mengag tezoe
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Notes:
A - Arya lineage
CS - Completion stage material
D - sDe-dge bsTan-‘gyur, rGyud-‘grel
J - Jnanapada lineage
P - Peking Edition, bsTan ‘gyur, Tibetan Tripitaka, Tokyo-Kyoto: Tibetan Tripitaka
Research Foundation, 1956
S - Authorship suspect according to Wedemeyer
TCPP - Tibetan Cultural Printing Press catalog of the Collected Works of the Omniscient
Tsongkhapa, Dharmsala, 1981
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Audio
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Internet Resources: Art
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Himalayan Art
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Guhyasamaja Akshobhyavajra (Uncertain Lineage, Item 65003, Date: 1600-1699)
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Mirrors of the Heart Mind - The Huntington Archive of Buddhist and Related Art, Visual
Resources Library, Department of History of Art, The Ohio State University, Columbus,
Ohio, USA
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Exhibit: http://kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu/exhib/sama/samaintr2.html
Guhyasamaja Akshobhya
essay - http://kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu/exhib/sama/*Essays/SP94.008guhyAks.html
image - http://kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu/exhib/sama/adi/pgs/T1035M.html
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The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art - Co-Curators, J. Huntington & D. Bangdel, Los
Angeles Museum of Art, October 5, 2003 - January 4, 2004 & Columbus Museum of Art,
February 6 - May 9, 2004.
Exhibit: http://kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu/exhib/circleofbliss/index.html
Jinas from the Guhyasamaja Mandala and Vajrasattva, Three Folios of Ashtasahashrika
Prajnaparamita Manuscripts
image - http://kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu/exhib/circleofbliss/GhuyJina01C.html
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Guhyasamaja Akshobyavajra
image - http://kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu/exhib/circleofbliss/GhuyGhuyTwo02C.html
Guhyasamaja Manjuvajra
image - http://kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu/exhib/circleofbliss/GhuyMan02C.html
Window of the Sacred World (2002) - Marcel Nies Oriental Art, Lange Gasthuisstraat 28,
2000 Antwerpen, Belgie (print catalog also available)
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Internet Resources: Miscellaneous
Alexander Berzin
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Namgyal Monastery
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Norbulingka Institute
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Tibet House - US
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TibetNet
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