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

 

west

Od.d.iyana

 

south

Arbuda

 

SE

Goda-vari

upa-pit.ha of the Gandharva-s

 

SW

Rama-is`vari

 

NW

Devi-kot.a

 

NE

Malava

8

east

Kama-rupa

ks.etra of the Yaks.a-s

 

north

Od.ra

 

west

Tri-s`akuni

upa-ks.etra of the Yaks.a-s

 

south

Kos`ala

 

SE

Kalinga

chandoha of the Raks.asa-s

 

SW

Lampaka

 

NW

Kan~ci

upa-chandoha of the Raks.asa-s

 

NE

Himalaya

 

east

Preta-puri

melapaka of the Naga-s

 

north

Gr.ha-devata

 

west

Saura-as.t.ra

upa-melapaka of the Naga-s

 

south

Suvarn.n.a-dvipa

 

SE

Nagara

s`mas`ana of the Asura-s

 

SW

Sindhu

 

NW

Maru-des`a

upa-s`mas`ana of the Asura-s

 

NE

Kulata

       
 

direct.

deity

category of deity

 

front

Nila-

-rahu (feminine – p. 27, n. 20)

 

left

Harita-

-upa-rahu

 

behind

Rakta-

-andhika

 

right

Pita-

-upa-andhika

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pp. 162-208 – 78. Per Kvaerne : "On the concept of sahaja".

p.

Seka (‘Consecration’)

refererence

 

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

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

 

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)

184

maha (great)

svacitta-pratibhasa

appearance of one’s thought

 
 

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

 

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.

 

231

7. Jamko neclklace, on kuhmaka thread, to protect child

 

#

deity

substance

 

1st

Aditya

gold

 

2nd

S`oma

hiular

 

3rd

Bhangal

Costus speciosus

 

4th

Budha

sobhay fruit

 

5th

Br.haspati

patak

 

6th

S`ukra

jatamas herb

 

7th

S`anis`car

iron

 

8th

Rahu

harthe

 

9th

Ketu

copper

 

10th

all together

silver

   

233-4

18-20. rites in old age

 

age

full moons

jamko

mand.a.la of __

233-4

77 y., 7 m., 7 d.

 

upa-nayana

 

234

 

950

bhima-ratha

 
 

88 y. 8 m., 8 d.

1000

deva-ratha

Basundhara

 

90 y., 9 m., 9 d.

1200

maha-ratha

Us.n.is.a-vijaya

   

236

28. pin.d.a (rice-balls) offered to the dead

 

pin.d.a

result

 

kaka [‘crow’]

"all the works will be successful."

 

s`vana [‘hound’]

"will see the dharmamarga.

 

preta

"will be free from the preta destiny."

   

237

33. release of family-member from the death-pollution

 

ati (sugarcane), amba (myrobalan-fruit), sesame, oil-seed, kvo-oil

   

237-8

35. 10-pin.d.a ritual, so that the dead one "will be complete in manifesting [new] body parts."

 

__ day

for the __

237

1st

head

 

2nd

eye

 

3rd

nose

 

4th

ear

238

5th

heart

 

6th

hand

 

7th

stomach

 

8th

sense-organs

 

9th

leg

 

10th

hair & nails

   

239-40

40. ingredients added to pin.d.a-s

239

rhinoceros-meat, so that "the dead one will be lots of meat"

 

jaki (uncooked husked rice), baji (flattened rice); rice-flour, barley, wheat-flour

240

magnolia-flower, masvam (fragrant green) flower, waterlily, tahapyam-flower, or cihapyam-flower

 

"sesame and kus`a are essential."

   
 

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

319

2

Kuan Tzu-tzai (Avalokita-is`vara)

HRIS on lunar disk; adhis.t.hana at own heart, shoulders, throat, top of head

320

3

Ti-tsan (Ks.iti-garbha)

red HRIS on lunar disk; open locks on gates of hell

   

gate

beings

   

south

hells

   

southwest

preta-s

   

west

animals

   

northwest

humans

   

north

asura-s

   

east

deva-s

 

4

Tri-lokya-Vi-jaya

black HRIS

 

5

‘Wonderful Body’

VAM for kan-lu ("sweet dew")

   

white A for opening throats

 

6

Pao-s^en (‘Pretious Conqueror’)

 

320-1

 

Li Pu-wei (‘Bestower of Fearlessness’)

peace & joy

321

 

Kuan-po S^en (‘Wide Vast Body’)

 
   

Miao-ssu S^en (‘Wonderful Body’)

 
   

Tuo-pao (‘Many Treasures’)

 
   

A-mituo

 
   

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"

 

8

‘Limitless Majestic Virtue of Self-Existent Light’

"feed all beings with a nourishing sea of sweet dew."

 

9

‘Victorious Worthy’

us.n.is.a

 

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.

   

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).

     

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."

 

– "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

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

LS 17

ditto, of the 7 D.akini families

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"

 

4th

"Vajradhatu"

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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Vol. VI = "Tantric Buddhism".