Buddhism – critical concepts
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6:1-31 – 73. Ronald M. Davidson : "Reflections on the Mahes`vara subjugation myth".
pp. 7-8 How Heruka Was Born [a Sa-skya scripture]
p. |
direct. |
country |
category of country |
7 |
east |
Pullira Malaya |
pit.ha of the gods |
north |
Jalandhara |
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west |
Od.d.iyana |
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south |
Arbuda |
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SE |
Goda-vari |
upa-pit.ha of the Gandharva-s |
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SW |
Rama-is`vari |
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NW |
Devi-kot.a |
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NE |
Malava |
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8 |
east |
Kama-rupa |
ks.etra of the Yaks.a-s |
north |
Od.ra |
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west |
Tri-s`akuni |
upa-ks.etra of the Yaks.a-s |
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south |
Kos`ala |
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SE |
Kalinga |
chandoha of the Raks.asa-s |
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SW |
Lampaka |
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NW |
Kan~ci |
upa-chandoha of the Raks.asa-s |
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NE |
Himalaya |
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east |
Preta-puri |
melapaka of the Naga-s |
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north |
Gr.ha-devata |
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west |
Saura-as.t.ra |
upa-melapaka of the Naga-s |
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south |
Suvarn.n.a-dvipa |
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SE |
Nagara |
s`mas`ana of the Asura-s |
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SW |
Sindhu |
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NW |
Maru-des`a |
upa-s`mas`ana of the Asura-s |
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NE |
Kulata |
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direct. |
deity |
category of deity |
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front |
Nila- |
-rahu (feminine – p. 27, n. 20) |
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left |
Harita- |
-upa-rahu |
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behind |
Rakta- |
-andhika |
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right |
Pita- |
-upa-andhika |
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pp. 162-208 – 78. Per Kvaerne : "On the concept of sahaja".
p. |
Seka (‘Consecration’) |
refererence |
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168 |
Kalas`a (‘Jar’) |
ST, p. 22 |
"the preceptor ... lets him touch ... the breasts of his Seal [whore]" |
169 |
Guhya (‘Secret’) |
HSP, p. 30 |
"that naked woman whose form is beautiful wantonly places the drops of honey [her vaginal secretion?] remaining inside her own Lotus [vulva] on his lips" |
170 |
Prajn~a-Jn~ana (‘Wisdom-Knowledge’) |
ST, p. 21 |
"thrust the Vajra [penis] with its seed [semen] into the mouth" |
ST = Seka-uddes`a-T.ika
HSP = Hevajra-seka-Prakriya
relations among Moments, Joys, and Sigils
p. 204, n. 107 |
p. 179 HVT |
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FBT, p. 323 |
1:1:28; 1:11:13; 2:3:9 |
1:1:24; 2:3:6 |
2:3:10 |
places of Joys |
ananda (‘joy’) |
ks.ana (‘moment’) |
seka (‘consecration’) |
neck |
ananda |
vi-citra (‘variety’) |
acarya |
heart |
parama-ananda |
vi-paka (‘development’) |
guhya |
navel |
virama-ananda |
vi-marda (‘consummation’) |
prajn~a |
tip of vajra |
sahaja-ananda |
vi-laks.ana (‘blank’ {a Daoist term}) |
caturtha (‘4th’) |
FBT = Fundamentals of Buddhist Tantras (INDO-IRANIAN MONOGRAPHS, Vol VIII. The Hague, 1968.)
HVT = He-vajra Tantra (LONDON ORIENTAL SERIES, Vol. VI. London, 1959.)
pp. 180-181 downward movement of bodhi-citta from its reservoir in the brain (according to ST, pp. 54-55)
__ Joy |
movement from waterlily of __ petals |
located at the __ |
to waterlily of __ petals |
located at the __ |
First |
4 |
us.n.is.a |
16 |
forehead |
Perfect |
32 |
throat |
8 |
heart |
Cessation |
64 |
navel |
32 |
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Simultaneously-arisen |
16 |
8 |
p. 183 blisses bestowed by mudra-s [sigil-whores] (according to ST, p. 36)
__- mudra (‘__ sigil’) |
-sukha (‘__ bliss’) |
karman (action) |
ksara (fleeting) |
jnana (gnosis) |
spanda (quivering) |
maha (great) |
ni[s]-s.panda (motionless) |
pp. 183-184 characteristics of mudra-s [sigil-whores] (according to ST, p. 56)
p. |
_- mudra (‘__ sigil’) |
characteristic |
meaning |
__-dhatu (‘__ realm’) |
183 |
karman (action) |
pratyaya-karin.i |
proof of herself |
ka[ma] (desire) |
jnana (gnosis) |
syacitta-parikalpita |
imagining of one’s thought |
rupa (form) |
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184 |
maha (great) |
svacitta-pratibhasa |
appearance of one’s thought |
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phala (fruit) |
knowledge of supreme bliss |
p. 187 with the bahya-mudra (‘external sigil’) karma-angana (‘action limbed’), there is (according to CMN) bliss "simultaneously-arisen" [at the same time as the sexual activity, instead of later (as in the case of remembering it)?]
CMN = Catur-mudra-Nis`caya (pp. 32-35 of the A-dvaya-vajra-Sangraha)
pp. 193-194 luminosity of the mind
p. |
reference |
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193-4 |
PK 1:43 |
"consciousness [vi-jn~ana] is itself luminosity [prabha] ... – |
194 |
PK 5:31 |
the world emerges from it as suddenly and spontaneously as a fish jumps out of the water of a river" |
PK = Pan~ca-krama by Naga-arjuna
p. 197 paradoxical non-duality of the "Yuganaddha-krama" (6th chapter of PK)
samsara |
nirvan.a |
form |
formless |
object |
subject |
aeternity |
dissolution |
not-self of the person |
not-self of the elements |
the relative |
the absolute |
as to __ |
thus to __ |
oneself |
one’s enemy |
wife |
daughter |
mother |
servant-girl |
d.ombi |
twice-born woman |
clothes |
skin |
jewel |
chaff |
rice |
dung |
camphor |
stench |
daimon |
holder-of-vajra |
night |
day |
dream |
"that which is seen" |
that which is destroyed |
that which remaineth |
bliss |
pain |
as __ |
thus __ |
villain |
son |
hell |
heaven |
evil |
good |
p. 198 these exhibit clear instances of "auto-interpretation with a low degree of ramification"
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pp. 222-264 -- Todd T. Lewis : "A modern Newar guide for Vajrayana life-cycle rites".
Nepal Jana-Jivan Kriya Paddati
p. |
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231 |
7. Jamko neclklace, on kuhmaka thread, to protect child |
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# |
deity |
substance |
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1st |
Aditya |
gold |
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2nd |
S`oma |
hiular |
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3rd |
Bhangal |
Costus speciosus |
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4th |
Budha |
sobhay fruit |
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5th |
Br.haspati |
patak |
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6th |
S`ukra |
jatamas herb |
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7th |
S`anis`car |
iron |
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8th |
Rahu |
harthe |
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9th |
Ketu |
copper |
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10th |
all together |
silver |
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233-4 |
18-20. rites in old age |
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age |
full moons |
jamko |
mand.a.la of __ |
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233-4 |
77 y., 7 m., 7 d. |
upa-nayana |
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234 |
950 |
bhima-ratha |
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88 y. 8 m., 8 d. |
1000 |
deva-ratha |
Basundhara |
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90 y., 9 m., 9 d. |
1200 |
maha-ratha |
Us.n.is.a-vijaya |
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236 |
28. pin.d.a (rice-balls) offered to the dead |
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pin.d.a |
result |
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kaka [‘crow’] |
"all the works will be successful." |
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s`vana [‘hound’] |
"will see the dharmamarga. |
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preta |
"will be free from the preta destiny." |
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237 |
33. release of family-member from the death-pollution |
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ati (sugarcane), amba (myrobalan-fruit), sesame, oil-seed, kvo-oil |
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237-8 |
35. 10-pin.d.a ritual, so that the dead one "will be complete in manifesting [new] body parts." |
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__ day |
for the __ |
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237 |
1st |
head |
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2nd |
eye |
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3rd |
nose |
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4th |
ear |
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238 |
5th |
heart |
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6th |
hand |
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7th |
stomach |
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8th |
sense-organs |
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9th |
leg |
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10th |
hair & nails |
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239-40 |
40. ingredients added to pin.d.a-s |
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239 |
rhinoceros-meat, so that "the dead one will be lots of meat" |
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jaki (uncooked husked rice), baji (flattened rice); rice-flour, barley, wheat-flour |
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240 |
magnolia-flower, masvam (fragrant green) flower, waterlily, tahapyam-flower, or cihapyam-flower |
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"sesame and kus`a are essential." |
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41. deposit pin.d.a-s at pyamga ["indented stones" in a vihara – p. 262, n. 77] |
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pp. 308-333 -- 82. Charles D. Orzech : "Seeing Chen-yen Buddhism".
Rites for Distributing Food to the Burning Mouths
p. |
sect. # |
deity whom the acarya generateth himself as |
visualization |
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319 |
2 |
Kuan Tzu-tzai (Avalokita-is`vara) |
HRIS on lunar disk; adhis.t.hana at own heart, shoulders, throat, top of head |
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320 |
3 |
Ti-tsan (Ks.iti-garbha) |
red HRIS on lunar disk; open locks on gates of hell |
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gate |
beings |
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south |
hells |
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southwest |
preta-s |
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west |
animals |
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northwest |
humans |
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north |
asura-s |
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east |
deva-s |
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4 |
Tri-lokya-Vi-jaya |
black HRIS |
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5 |
‘Wonderful Body’ |
VAM for kan-lu ("sweet dew") |
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white A for opening throats |
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6 |
Pao-s^en (‘Pretious Conqueror’) |
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320-1 |
Li Pu-wei (‘Bestower of Fearlessness’) |
peace & joy |
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321 |
Kuan-po S^en (‘Wide Vast Body’) |
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Miao-ssu S^en (‘Wonderful Body’) |
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Tuo-pao (‘Many Treasures’) |
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A-mituo |
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S^ih-c^ien Kuan-ta Wei-te Tzu-tzai Kuan-min (‘Broad Majestic Virtue of Self-Existent Light’) |
self-sufficient ju-i; ability to fly through air; "a body and mind like a pearl" |
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8 |
‘Limitless Majestic Virtue of Self-Existent Light’ |
"feed all beings with a nourishing sea of sweet dew." |
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9 |
‘Victorious Worthy’ |
us.n.is.a |
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10 |
Vajra-sattva |
dismissal |
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pp. 392-408 -- 85. Alexis Sanderson : "Vajrayana : origin and function".
p. 395 acarya-abhis.eka
"All phenomena ... are like reflections and the deity Vajrasattva ... is the mirror in which they appear. {cf. [Aztec] Tezcatla-nextia} ... |
Finally the guru shoot arrows in various directions to remove obstacles from the new officiant’s path" (s`ara-ks.epa-viddhi). {cf. [Aztec] Tlahuizcalpan-tecuhtli} |
pp. 395-396 higher empowerment
p. |
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395 |
by guru |
by s`is.ya (male candidate) |
"A candidate for these higher initiations must leave the feast with the girl who will be his consort, go to the guru, give her to him, and ... The guru copulates with the girl. ... |
The guru then returns the girl to the disciple ... He unites with her and experiences the four blisses" (ananda-s). |
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396 |
carya-vrata, whereat __ |
vira-carya-vrata, during which __ |
"the implements are immediately returned." |
the s`is.ya "will carry these implements and wear these sect-marks." |
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– "A woman who adopts this observance must be visualized as Nairatmya, the consort of Hevajra ..." |
– "a man must be identified with S`am.vara and the woman with his consort Vajravarahi." |
p. 399 propagandist "myth" in the (13th century Chr.E.) Hari-carita-cintaman.i, pat.ala 17
"Garud.a [should be "Garud.i" (feminine)] ... flies to the golden mountain Meru [should be mountain of "Hiran.-maya"], on which the demons have enthroned themselves. Turning ... into a she-ass ... wraps ... tail three times around the mountain’s summit [cf. Kun.d.alini wrapped around linga] and hurls them into ... [pretaloka]. The three demons are the two Vajrad.akas, namely Hevajra and S`am.vara, and the Adibuddha. Their leader is Hevajra, eight-faced, four-legged, sixteen armed and embraced by his consort Nairatmya. He is surrounded by ... copulating Buddhas ..." |
p. 400 tantra-s in the Vidya-pit.ha of the Bhairava section of the S`aiva canon
# |
text |
system (sect, denomination) of that text |
1st |
Siddha-yoga-isvari-mata |
Trika |
2nd |
Tantra-sat-bhava |
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3rd |
Jayad-ratha-yamala (Tantra-raja-bhat.t.araka) |
Krama |
4th |
Picu-mata |
Kapalika |
p. 400 derivation of the Yogini tantra-s from S`aiva tantra-s
Vajra-yana text |
textual content |
Vidya-pit.ha text |
LS 15 |
eka-aks.ara-cchoma (secret jargon of monosyllables) |
"Samaya-acara-cesta Vidhana" chapter of the Yogini-samcara section of the JRY |
LS 16 |
distinctive characteristics of females in the 7 Yogini families |
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LS 17 |
ditto, of the 7 D.akini families |
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LS 19 |
characteristics of the Lama classes of Yogini-s |
SYIM 29 |
AU 43 |
samaya (‘rules’) that bind initiates |
PM 85 |
SU 15 |
classification of skull-bowls |
PM 4 |
LS = Laghu-samvara (Heruka Abhidhana)
AU = Abhidhana-uttara
SU = Samvara-udaya
JRY = Jayad-ratha-yamala
SYIM = Siddha-yoga-is`vari-mata
PM = Picu-mata
pp. 400-401 derivation of a S`amvara tantra from the Mantra-pit.ha
the system of pt.ha-s, from Pullira-malaya (Purn.a-giri) to Arbuda, in the S`amvara-udaya containeth the name "Grha-devata", which is |
found in the corresponding list of pit.ha-s, in the Tantra-sat-bhava, as one of the various classes of deities associated with the pit.ha-s |
p. 401 similarities in titles of books
S`aiva Vidya-pit.ha |
Vajra-yana Yogini tantra |
SARVA-vira-SAMA YOGA |
SARVA-buddha-SAMA-YOGA |
Yogini-JALA-S`AMVARA |
D.akini-JALA-S`AMVARA |
p. 402 icons of S`aiva deities triumphant over Vajra-yana deities
S`aiva deity-victor & -victrix |
Vajra-yana deities vanquished |
goddess Sugata-samharini embracing a bhairava who weareth |
a garland of severed heads of Heruka & of the Krodha-raja-s |
goddess Trailokya-damara trampling upon |
the skeleton of Heruka |
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pp. 409-417 -- 86. Tadeusz Skorupski : "S`akya-muni’s enlightenment according to the Yoga Tantra".
pp. 411-415 the 5 abhi-sam-bodhi-s
p. |
# |
abhi-sam-bodhi |
412 |
1st |
"perceived the lunar disk" |
414 |
2nd |
"Clear Light" |
3rd |
"five-pronged vajra" |
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4th |
"Vajradhatu" |
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415 |
5th |
"dharmadhatu" |
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pp. 418-480 – 87. Shini`chi Tsuda : "A critical Tantrism".
p. 441 160 "monadic minds"
"One hundred and sixty mundane minds etc. are the material cause (upadana-haran.a) of Vairocana." [according to Buddha-guhya] |
"to divide the entire process into ten layers by placing one more layer of one hundred and sixty minds which are completely purified upon these layers" [according to Kukai] |
pp. 465-466 pit.ha-s as bodily sites origins, connected by 3 nad.i-s each , through bodily tissues (STSCh, p. 260sq.)
pp. 468-469 pit.ha-s with bodily tissues, goddesses and their husband-gods (SUT) []
# |
pit.ha |
site |
tissue |
goddess |
god |
1st |
P[h]ullira-malaya |
head |
nails & teeth |
Pra-can.d.a |
Khan.d.aka-palin |
2nd |
Jalan-dhara |
top of head |
hair [deep dermis] |
Can.d.a-aks.i |
Maha-kankala |
3rd |
Od.iyana |
right ear |
skin [epi-dermis] |
Prabha-vati |
Kankala |
4th |
Arbuda |
backbone |
flesh [tendons] |
Maha-nasa |
Vikat.a-damstrin |
5th |
Godavari |
left ear |
muscle |
Viramati |
Suravairin.a |
6th |
Rama-is`vara |
eyebrows |
bone [marrow] |
Kharpari |
Amita-abha |
7th |
Devi-kot.a |
eyen |
liver |
Lanka-is`vari |
Vajra-prabha |
8th |
Malava |
shoulders |
heart |
Druma-cchaya |
Vajra-deha |
9th |
Kama-ru[upa] |
armpits |
eyen |
Airavati |
Ankurika |
10th |
Od.ra |
breasts |
bile [gall-bladder] |
Maha-bhairava |
Vajra-jat.ila |
11th |
Tri-s`akuni |
navel |
lungs |
Vayu-vega |
Maha-vira |
12th |
Kos`ala |
nose |
entrails [large intestine] |
Sura-bhaks.i |
Vajra-hum-kara |
13th |
Kalinga |
mouth |
rectum |
S`yama-devi |
Su-bhadra |
14th |
Lampaka |
throat |
stomach |
Su-bhadra of Garddabhi |
Vajra-bhadra |
15th |
Kan~ci[i] |
heart |
faeces [small intestine] |
Haya-karn.a |
Bhairava |
16th |
Hima-alaya |
penis |
hair-parting [fontanel] |
Khaga-anana |
Virupa-aks.a |
17th |
Preta-adhi-vasini [vasin] |
linga |
phlegm [nasal sinus] |
Cakra-vega |
Maha-bala |
18th |
Gr.ha-devata {Mitra?} |
rectum |
purulent matter |
Khan.d.a-roha |
Ratna-vajra |
19th |
Sau-ras.t.ra |
thighs |
blood |
S`aun.d.ini |
Haya-griva |
20th |
Suvarn.a-dvipa |
shank |
sweat |
Cakra-varmin.i |
Akas`a-garbha |
21st |
Nagara |
toe |
fat |
Su-vira |
Mara-ari |
22nd |
Sindhu |
instep |
"tears" of Rupin.i |
Maha-bala |
Padma-narta-is`vara |
23rd |
Maru |
thumbs |
"phegm at all times" [lymph-glands] |
Cakra-vartini |
Vairocana |
24th |
Kulata |
knees |
snivel |
Maha-virya |
Vajra-sattva |
STSCh = Shinichi Tsuda : The Sam.varodaya-tantra : Selected Chapters. Tokyo, 1974.
SUT = Samput.a-udbhava Tantra
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CRITICAL CONCEPTS IN RELIGIOUS STUDIES. Paul Williams (ed.): Buddhism. Routledge, London, 2005.
Vol. VI = "Tantric Buddhism".