Enlightened Rainbows

Enlightened Rainbows [S`ar-dza’s bKa> >Bum (‘Collected Works’) are g.Yun-drun Bon and "show a remarkable absence of New Bon influence." (p. xxii)]

[section #s on pp. 119 to 403 refer to writings in the Collected Works of S`ar rdza from bsDa in mDo khams (eastern Tibet)]

p. xxiv the 3 great categories of texts

*text*	*meaning*
zab-mo mdzod	Profound Treasuries
>grel	commentaries
dag snan	Pure Visions

pp. xxiv-xxv the 5 Great Treasuries (mDzod chen lna)

p.	*cycle*	*texts*	*in __ rim-khan (chapters)*	*__ mDzod (Treasury)*	*contents*
xxiv	1.	# 9	12	Lun-rigs	9 Vehicles
	2.	#s 4-8	21	sDe-snod	5 Supreme Citadels
xxv	3.	#s 1-2	21	dByins-rig	42 tantra-s
	4.	# 14	7	Legs-bs`ad	g.Yun-drun
	5.	#s 15-155		Nam-mkha>	rDzogs-chen

p. 285, fn. 134 the 5 Supreme Citadels are :

1.	sTso mchog mkha> >gyin
2.	dBal gsas rnam pa
3.	Lha rgod thog pa
4.	dBal chen dbud >dul
5.	>Brug gsas chem pa

p. 35 the 2 colors of instructions in A khrid [cf. also section 360 (p. 403)]

dkar khrid (‘White Instructions’)	standard instructions
dmar khrid (‘Red Instructions’)	especially for retreats

spiritual visions

p.	*vision*
25	["49 days dark retreat" (mun mtshams) :-] "visions of Clear-Light ... appearing as five-colored luminous disks (thig le) and seed syllables. During the second week, ... all the ten directions were filled with five-colored disks. ... During the third week, he saw the Couples of the Five Clans ... . ... Then [during the 4^th week], visions of the four continents, Mount Meru, ... etc., started to appear, forming entire pure realms... . ... he could dive underground, pass through rocks and mountains without impediments, and manifest in multiple emanations at the same time."
26	"During the following three remaining weeks, he had a lasting vision of ... sky ... in which silver-like disks {UFOs are most commonly silvery} appeared ... in great numbers." ["these are sometimes called re kha" (p. 26, fn. 109)]
29	"As he was performing his yogic practice, several signs occurred, such as fragrant smells filling his mediation cell, sparkles appearing when he was beating his drum or his gshang bell, *eagles (khra glag) hovering above his cell, etc."*
69, fn. 245	n~in mthan >khor yug ("Horizon of Day and Night") : "the adept experiences the natural Clear-Light ... in a continuous way (day and night)."
72	"to see vertical luminous lines (gyen >greng), concentric wheels, domes of light, and rainbows in which appeared" the deities.

p. 25, fn. 108 [thig-le] "This is sometimes translated as "spheres" but experience shows that they look more like disks." {cf. the appearance of UFO "flying saucers’}

p. 95 dispersal of weapon-holding daimones

*those holding __*	*were __*
blazing tsha-tsha	"turned into charcoal"
cudgels & stones	"turned into sticks and pebbles"
rifles	"scattered"
curse-lassoes, disease-lassoes, snake-lassoes, and iron chains	"suddenly consumed by fire."

p. 105 #s of MS vols. of scriptures

*volumes*	*of __*
50	Sutra-s
62	>Bum-sde
11	tantra-s
4	rDzogs-cen

p. 109 miraculous powers

"his face was radiating as if oiled.

Some of his disciples could see deities within his body,

other attendants would report that he was seen walking without his feet touching the ground. ...

Some people saw that Shardza’s body would not cast any shadow under the light of the butter lamps."

p. 109 similes for deaths of practitioners

*the __*	*dieth like unto a __*
best	"old dog"
medium one	"beggar"
last one	"king"

pp. 110-111 death of the master

p.	*event*
110	"as soon as the sun rose, he gained power over the natural glow of the spontaneous Clear-Light ... : a dome of rainbows looking like a large drum appeared above the tent with very bright colors, while in the four directions of this dome, smaller circular lights arose, with five-colored vertical lines standing above these ... . On the second day ..., a big earthquake shook the whole area accompanied by roaring sounds. On the third day, thundering noises were heard in the sky and during the night, as five-fold rainbows were radiating
111	around, a giant white rainbow ... entered the tent from the heights of the sky. On the dawn of the following day, rains of four- and eight-petaled flowers fell above the tent and the surroundings, dissolving just before touching the ground. When the sun rose, a cluster of rainbows spread out of the tent ... and started to dissolve in the sky. ... the body of the master ... was levitating one cubit above the ground. His body had decreased in size".

1 (p. 119) terms in the language of Z`an-z`un

*Z`an-z`un*	*meaning*	*Bodish*	*figurative meaning*	*Bodish*
mu-ye	space	dbyins
ha-ra	wisdom	ye-s`es	awareness	rig-pa
pu-rad	jewel	nor-bu	pretious	rin-po-che
mu-gun	treasury	mdzod	storeroom
u-ya	secret	gsan-ba
de-ded	certain	nes-pa
ne-ra	mirror	me-lon	ornament	rgyan
da-dod-ci	title	ces-bya-ba

18 (pp. 159-160) the 12 subdivisions on rtsa rlun (‘winds [&] channels’)

p.	*subdivision*	*exposition*
159	rtsa rlun practice
	lus gnad (‘body point’)
160	bden gn~is (‘2 truths’)
	>du byed (‘51 formations’)
	rus rgyan drug (‘6 bone ornaments’)
	bdud bz`i (‘4 daimones’)
	>khor lo (‘wheels’)
	rtsa rlun visualizations
	bar chad (‘obstacles’)	outer, inner, secret
	rdzu >phrul gyi mkha> >gro (‘Prodigious Sky-Dancer’)
	rtsa rlun exercises
	blessing	for channels, winds, essences

179 (p. 269) the 3 kinds of bcud len (‘extracting of elixirs’)

*bcud len*	*__ sku (‘__ Body’)*	*best capacity*	*medium capacity*	*lower capacity*
superior	bon (‘Absolute’)	air	water	hot water
intermediate	rdzogs (‘Perfection’)	arura	pills	calcite
ordinary	sprul (‘Emanation’)	milk soup & porridge	nettle soup	flat bread

191 (p. 277) the 3 Mothers (ma gsum)

*color of Mother*	*riding on __*
white	crystal bird
brown	black mule
black	turquoise Garud.a

192 (p. 278) the 4 goddesses known as rDzu >phrul sman bz`i (‘the 4 Magical Fae:ries’)

*name*	*__ sman (of __, Fae:ry)*	*complexion*	*riding on __*
gNam phyi gun rgyal	dbyins (‘space’)	white	crystal lion
Ye phyi gon sans	mkha> (‘sky’)	yellow	turquoise dragon
Phyo ma ye sans	klon (‘vast expanse’)	red	brown Garud.a
gNam sman chen mo	las (‘karman’)	blue	pretious cow

200 (pp. 285-286) the 4 initiation rituals

p.	*__ initiation*	*is based on __*
285	outer	Sa le >od mantra
	inner	letters of the mantra-s of the 9 Wrathful Blood-Drinkers
285-6	secret	svastika, jewel, waterlily, wheel, victory-banner
286	innermost secret	confrontation with the Base and with the Awareness

201 (p. 287) the 4 divisions of the 3^rd dban (‘initiation’) ritual

*division*	*its principles*
s`es-rab ye-s`es (‘Knowledge-Wisdom’)	sbyor-ba (‘union’)
gsan don no sprod (‘confrontation with the secret principles’)	Base, Path & Fruit, Meditation & Conduct, etc.
don rtags phyag rgya (‘mudra-s which are signs illustrating the principle’)	victory-banner, svastika, wheel, waterlily, jewel
bdra rtags (‘garments illustrating symbols’)	gzan, trousers, belt, etc.

202 (pp. 287-288) the 4 divisions of the 4^th initiation ritual

p.	*division*	*its principles*
287-8	entrance into man.d.ala-s	gzugs sku (Form Bodies) & bon sku (Absolute Body)
288	rig-pa rtsal rdzogs (‘perfecting the dynamism of Awareness’)	bz`ugs stans (‘postures’), lta stans (‘gazes’)
	thog bab no sprad (‘based on sudden confrontations’)
	rjes gnan lun bstan (‘containing prophecies & authorizations’)

205 (p. 290) the 3 Refuges

*__ Refuge*	*consisting in __*
outer	Buddha, teachings, community of practitioners
inner	bla-ma (‘master’), yi-dam (‘tutelary deities’), mkha>->gro (‘Sky Dancers’)
secret	rtsa (‘channels’), rlun (‘winds’), thig-le (‘essences’)

223 (p. 304) the 6 successive lineages of transmission of A-khrid

#	*the __ Ones’*	*__ brgyud (‘__ Transmission’)*
1^st	bder gs`egs (‘Blissful’)	dgons (‘Contemplative’)
2^nd	sems dpa> (‘Mind-Heroes’)	brda (‘Symbolic’)
3^rd	grub thod (‘Accomplished’)	sn~an (‘Oral’)
4^th	sgra bsgyur (‘Translators’)	tshig (‘Word’)
5^th	las >phro (‘Fortunate’)	gter (‘Treasure’)
6^th	rtogs ldan (‘Realized’)	n~ams (‘Experiential’)

285 (pp. 340-1) origin of the tobacco plant

p.	*origin*
340	dying female daimon said : "make sure that people all urinate in this place. The urine will be collected into my vagina. Now may a flower ... grow from my vagina! ..."
341	she died, her body was buried, "and all the people started to urinate on it. The following year, a flower had grown out of her vagina ... ."

292 (p. 345) wheels

*>khor lo (‘wheel’)*	*for __*
>khor-ba (samsara)	12 links of interdependence
bka> (teachings)
sgom-pa (‘meditation’)
>dogs-pa (‘fastened’ / ‘attached’)	amulet
bskor-ba (‘turning’ in prayer)	*element*	*activated by __*
	me (‘fire’)	smoke
	chu (‘water’)	river
	rlun (‘air’)	wind
	sa (‘earth’)	{landslide?}
	lag (‘hand’)	hand

322 (p. 365) classes of Mother-goddesses

*__ Mothers*	*accomplishing welfare of beings in __*
32	infinite compassion
5	non-dual union
5 Sky-
5 Space-
5 Abyssal-

327 (pp. 376-377) praevious incarnations [relinkings] of S`es rab rgyal mtshan

p.	*birthplace*	*incarnation*	*transmitter of __*
376	(Buddha)	>Jam dpal sMra ba>i sen ge	"Wisdom"
	rGyal mkhar ba chod	Mi lus bsam legs	Ma rgyud
	rTag gzigs	Li mur gtsug phud	sTon pa gs` en’s teachings
376-7	Dan ra g.yu bun	Sad ne ga>u	Z`an-z`un Bon
377	India	Gar ba Pra ti
	China	rGya bon Zin pa mthu chen
	gNam mtsho	sTon rgyun mthu chen	rDzogs chen

p. 376, fn. 199 S`es rab rgyal mtshan was an emanation of Bye brag dnos med, the Buddha of the western direction, who is "of red complexion, ... holding a copper scepter and a coral whell. His yum is the Goddess of Fire (me yi lha mo) of similar red complexion."

338 (pp. 391-392) praevious incarnations [relinkings] of S`ar rdza

p.	*incarnation*	*description*
391	[>Phags pa] dGa> ba >dzin	attendant of sTon pa gs`en rab
392	Dran sron ye s`es dpal mchog	from China; attended Mu cho ldem drug, the successor of sTon pa gs`en rab
	Kun la dpag med	from India; served Buddha S`akya-muni
	Se S`a ri dbu chen	from Tibet; followed the 1^st Dran pa nam mkha>
	bZ`od ston dNos grub grags pa>i dpal	*revealed the bsGrags pa skor gsum* & the Yan rtse klon chen in Lho brag mkhar chu**
	Mar ston Kun bzan >gro mgon	*from dBus; received gCod* instruction of a white Sky Dancer**
	rDza bo Rig pa ran s`ar	discovered the rDzogs chen lta ba thog bab
	rTogs ldan A tog dkar po	"reached spontaneous realization at a young age"
	sMon lam rin chen	from Sog yul; "also gained realization at an early age."

p. 422 (Appendix II) lineages [parampara-s] of transmission of the doctrine

gon ma che drug (‘6 Superior Ones’)	1.	gSan ba >dus pa
	2.	sTag la me >bar
	3.	rMa lo
	4.	Yons su dag pa	gs`en of the gods
	5.	Mi lus bsam legs	gs`en of humans
	6.	Ye s`es sn~in po	gs`en of klu [dragons]
gdun brgyud bcu gsum (‘13 Descendants’) [list according to the Mother Tantra-s]	1.	sNan ba mdog can
	2.	Mu khri btsad po
	3.	Ha ra ci par
	4.	sTag wer li wer
	5.	A nu phrag thag
	6.	Sad ne ga>u
	7.	Zins pa mthu chen
	8.	S`ad bu ra khug
	9.	sPe bon thog rtse
	10.	sPe bon thog >phrul
	11.	This dmar thad ge
	12.	Sum pa spu gar
	13.	Glan chen mu wer
lo tsa ba mi bz`i (‘4 Translators’)	1.	sTon rgyun mthu chen
	2.	S` ri dbu chen
	3.	lCe tsha mkhar bu
	4.	Gyim tsha rma chun

p. 422, fn. 2 the list of 13 in the sPyi spuns hath the 4 magical Fae:ries before Ha ra ci par; Dad mi tha ke betwixt Sad ne ga>u & Zins pa mthu chen; and omitteth the last 3 of the 13

BRILL’S TIBETAN STUDIES LIBRARY, Vol. 18 = Jean-Luc Achard : Enlightened Rainbows. Leiden, 2008.