Great Liberation by Hearing in the Intermediate States
pp. 72-73 praesiding deities of rebirth-realms
p. |
psychic channel |
its semblance |
god |
his body-color |
held by him |
72 |
one's crown |
branch |
S`akra |
white |
lute |
occipetal |
ox-horns |
Vema-citra |
green |
armor |
|
73 |
'life-force' |
crystal tube |
S`akya-muni |
yellow |
mendicant's rod |
energy-centre |
Sthira-simha |
blue |
book |
||
bliss-sustaining |
Jvala-mukha |
red |
[wish-granting] casket |
||
energy-centre |
Dharma-raja |
black |
flame & water |
pp. 78-80 blood-drinking Heruka-s
p. |
psychic channel |
__ Heruka |
his face (3 : + white & red) |
78 |
central, in brain |
Maha-uttara |
brown |
79 |
central, on throne |
Buddha |
reddish-brown |
eastern |
Vajra |
dark-blue |
|
79-80 |
southern |
Ratna |
dark-yellow |
80 |
western |
Padma |
dark-red |
northern |
Karma |
dark-green |
embracing spouse, of each, is __-krodha-is`vari
pp. 81-2 the 8 +Matar-as
p. |
psychic channel-branch of one's skull |
matr. |
her color |
held by her |
81 |
eastern |
Gauri |
white |
corpse-cudgel & skull |
southern |
Cauri |
yellow |
arrow, shooting from bow |
|
western |
Pra-moha |
red |
crocodile-emblazoned victory-banner |
|
northern |
Vetali |
black |
blood-filled skull |
|
south-eastern |
Pukkasi |
red-yellow |
entrails, devouring |
|
82 |
south-western |
Ghasmari |
green-black |
stirring blood-filled skull with vajra |
north-western |
Can.d.ali |
pale-yellow |
human corpse & eating its heart |
|
north-eastern |
S`mas`ani |
blue-black |
tearing apart the head & body of a bloated corpse |
pp. 82-83 the 8 animal-headed +Pis`aci-s, in outer circle
p. |
psychic channel-branch of one's skull |
pis`aci : "__-mukhi" ("__-mouth") |
her color |
held by her |
82 |
eastern |
Sim-ha (lioness) |
brown-black |
carrying a corpse in her mouth |
82-3 |
southern |
Vyaghri (tigress) |
red |
with her arms crossed |
83 |
western |
S`r.gala (she-jackal) |
black |
eating entrails |
northern |
S`vana (bitch) |
blue-black |
tearing apart a bloated corpse |
|
south-eastern |
Gr.dhra (vulture) |
white-yellow |
carrying a human corpse draped over her shoulder |
|
south-western |
Kanka (kite) |
red-black |
large human corpse |
|
north-western |
Kaka (crow) |
black |
skull & sword |
|
north-eastern |
Uluka (owl) |
dark-blue |
vajra |
p. 84 the 4 Female Gate-keepers
at __ gate of skull, within one's brain |
female gate-keeper : __-headed |
her color |
held by her [as her name-glyph] |
eastern |
mare |
white |
ankus`a ("hook") |
southern |
sow |
yellow |
pas`a ("noose") |
western |
lioness |
red |
sphot.a ("chain") |
northern |
snake |
green |
ghan.t.a ("bell") |
pp. 85-87 the 28 Is`vari-s = animal-headed Queens of Yoga [Yoga-rani-s]
in the minor channels of the __ courtyard of one's skull, the 6 Queens of Yoga who enact rites of __ |
yoga-rani |
her color |
she is __-headed |
held by her |
p. 85 eastern, pacification : pacify our fears |
Manu-raks.asi |
brownish white |
yak |
vajra |
Brahman.i |
yellowish white |
snake |
waterlily |
|
Raudri |
greenish white |
leopardess |
trident |
|
Vais.n.avi |
bluish white |
weasel |
wheel |
|
Kaumari |
reddish white |
brown-bear |
short pike |
|
Indran.i |
white |
black-bear |
noose of guts |
|
southern, enrichment : enrich pristine cognition |
Vajra |
yellow |
bat |
razor |
S`anti |
reddish yellow |
crocodile |
vase |
|
A-mr.ta |
reddish yellow |
scorpion |
waterlily |
|
Saumi |
whitish yellow |
hawk |
vajra |
|
Dan.d.i |
greenish yellow |
vixen |
cudgel |
|
Raks.asi |
blackish yellow |
tigress |
blood-filled skull |
|
p. 86 western, subjugation : assure our independence |
Bhaks.asi |
greenish red |
vulture |
club |
Rati |
red |
mare |
human torso |
|
Rudhira-mati |
pale red |
garud.i |
cudgel |
|
Eka-carin.i Raks.asi |
red |
bitch |
vajra |
|
Manas-harika |
red |
hoopoe |
arrow from bow |
|
Siddha-kari |
greenish red |
doe |
vase |
|
northern, wrath : destroy confused perceptions |
Vayu-devi |
bluish green |
wolf |
ensign |
Agnayi |
reddish green |
ibex |
firebrand |
|
Varahi |
blackish green |
sow |
noose of fangs |
|
Camun.d.i |
reddish green |
crow |
infant corpse |
|
Bhujana |
blackish green |
elephant |
bloated corpse |
|
Varun.ani |
bluish green |
snake |
snake-noose |
|
eastern |
[Maha-kali] |
white |
cuckoo |
iron hook |
southern |
[Maha-chagala] |
yellow |
goat |
noose |
86-7 western |
[Maha-kumbha-karn.i] |
red |
lion |
iron chain |
87 |
[Lamba-udara] |
dark green |
snake |
bell |
p. 412, n. 26 in version B, Vayu-devi is depicted snake-headed [in accordance with Pelasgian wind-god Ophion], instead of wolf-headed [as in accord with Chinese / Turkish wind-god]
pp. 96-101 deities of substances
p. |
deity |
substance |
on throne supported by __ |
holding __ |
96 |
Samanta-bhadra |
sky |
||
+Samanta-bhadri |
crystal |
|||
97 |
Vai-rocana |
conch |
lions |
|
Vajra-sattva |
azure |
elephants |
||
Ratna-sambhava |
gold |
horses |
||
A-mita-abha |
copper |
peafowls |
||
97-8 |
A-mogha-siddhi |
turquoise |
civan~-civaka birds |
|
98 |
+Dhatu-is`vari |
moonlike [selenite] |
||
+Buddha-locana |
beryl |
|||
+Mamaki |
minium |
|||
+Pan.d.ara-vasini |
fire-crystal [garnet] |
|||
+Samaya-tara |
sapphire |
|||
Ks.iti-garbha |
snow |
|||
Maitreya |
cloud |
"blossoming orange-bush" [golden bough?] |
||
99 |
Samanta-bhadra [again!] |
amber |
grain-sheath |
|
Akas`a-garbha |
burnished gold |
sword |
||
Ava-lokita-is`vara |
coral |
|||
Man~ju-s`ri-kumara-bhuta |
minium [again!] |
lily |
||
Ni-varan.a-vis.kambhin |
night-flowering waterlily |
book |
||
Vajra-pan.i |
emerald |
|||
99-100 |
+Lasya |
quartz |
mirror |
|
+Pus.pa |
pearl |
white waterlily |
||
+Malya |
saffron |
garland |
||
+Dhupa |
gold [again!] |
censer |
||
+Gita |
marshmallow |
lute |
||
+Aloka |
pink waterlily |
butterlamp |
||
101 |
+Gandha |
poppy |
perfume-filled conch |
|
+Narti |
marine |
food [kelp?] |
pp. 160-162 signs in dreams, prognostic of death
p. |
of riding __ |
|
160 |
cat |
towards the east: king-spirits |
red-faced white monkey |
||
tiger |
towards the south: Yama |
|
fox |
||
corpse |
||
161 |
buffalo |
|
pig |
||
camel |
||
donkey |
||
other than riding |
||
eating faeces |
signs of death |
|
wearing black yak-hair clothes while plunging |
||
being trapped in wicker-basket or in snare |
||
being bound with iron chains |
||
copulating repeatedly with black figure or animal |
||
being disembowelled by black woman |
one will die within a year |
|
black man wielding iron mace, telling to depart |
||
being dragged along by black rope leashing neck |
||
being inside moated red castle |
||
being decapitated, and one's head carried off |
||
being surrounded by crows or by preta-s |
||
being led away in bridal procession |
||
being naked, one's hair cut, beard shaved |
||
associating with friends who have died |
||
being dragged along by crowd of dead people |
||
jumping into water |
||
sinking into mud |
||
being swallowed by a fish |
||
entering a womb & falling asleep |
||
being overcome in battle |
||
wearing red clothing, adorned with red garlands |
||
repeatedly picking red flowers |
||
climbing a mound of red shellac |
||
162 |
having one's head wearing a red silk turban |
|
out of one's head, twigs with birds nesting |
||
falling asleep repeatedly in charnel ground |
||
being old and carrying a heavy burden |
||
sun & moon falling, leaving one in darkness |
||
jumping headlong into a pit |
||
dancing with a host of ogres |
||
setting out to distant lands with no returning |
||
sun & moon being eclipsed |
father, mother, or teacher will die |
|
sun & moon repeatedly setting |
p. 163 secret signs of death
semen of man blackish yellow; or, menstrual blood of a woman whitish |
death after 2 months |
semen of a man reddish |
die after 6 months |
semen interspersed with globules; or, menstruant woman dreaming of picking red flowers |
die [imminently] |
continuous spermatorrhoia by man |
die after 4 months |
mole appearing on glans penis |
"indestructible" |
undistracted and constant sexual desire |
pp. 165-167 signs of remote death
p. |
1stly: incompleteness in mirror-reflection, of one's__ (bodily member) |
death after __ |
|
165 |
hand-held implement |
7 years |
|
right hand |
5 years |
||
left hand |
3 years |
||
166 |
right leg below knee |
2 years |
|
left leg |
1 year |
||
right part of head |
9 months |
||
left part of head |
7 months |
||
head above neck |
5 months |
||
head & neck |
3 months |
||
upper trunk |
2 months |
||
lower trunk |
1 month |
||
right side of body |
29 days |
||
left side of body |
21 days |
||
166 |
2ndly: overall in mirror-reflection, of one's body |
death after __ |
|
square |
5 months |
||
round |
4 months |
||
semicircular |
3 months |
||
oblong |
2 months |
||
triangular |
1 month |
||
resembling bundled corpse |
1/2 month |
||
upside-down {cf. spells in Coffin Texts, not to walk upside-down in realm of the dead} |
10 days |
||
167 |
3rdly: __ (color), incompleteness in mirror-reflection, of one's __ (bodily member) |
indication that one hath displeased __ (deities) |
|
white, fading from centre |
serpentine water-spirits; king-spirits |
||
black, fading from right |
beguiling forces |
||
red, fading from left |
own lifelong companion gods |
||
yellow, fading from head |
bewitchers |
||
blue, fading from legs |
lake-dwelling medicinal spirits |
||
hazy & diffuse |
imprecatory female spirits |
||
yellowish & uneven |
spirit-lords of the soil |
||
garish, irregular, variegated |
the 8 classes of spirits |
pp. 168-171 signs of near death
p. |
sign |
death after __ |
168 |
gathering of the personal daimones of the elements |
9 days |
blockage of the passageway of the vital breath |
9 d. |
|
scaling of the mountain of the elements |
5 d. |
|
escape of the mother-like vital breath |
3 d. |
|
169 |
rupture of the edge of the earth-element |
10 d. |
collision of vital energy and mind |
6 d. |
|
cutting-off of the bridge of the nose |
7 d. |
|
impediment |
5 d. |
|
cutting-off of the intervening muscle |
1 d. |
|
blockage of the path of the elements |
2 1/2 |
|
black spot |
2 d. |
|
blockage of the stairway of the ears |
1/2 d. |
|
rupture of the support of the water-element |
2 weeks |
|
hands shake |
swiftly |
|
170 |
severing the bond between atmosphaere & earth |
19 d. |
fall, from Mt. Su-meru, of rider on white lioness |
15 1/2 d. |
|
vanishing of the froth of the ocean |
9 d. |
|
ceasing of monks' smoke in earth-element cities |
9 d. |
|
setting of sun at summit of Mt. Su-meru |
3 or 7 d. |
|
171 |
interruption of sound of the of the d.akini-s within Mt. Su-meru |
7 or 13 d. |
rupturing of the wish-granting tree atop Mt. Su-meru |
5 d. |
|
1-legged black Yavati against wish-granting tree |
7 d. |
p. 172 signs of death in not seeing one's own body-part
body-part / form |
death after __ |
tip of nose |
5 months |
tip of tongue |
3 days |
left eye |
7 months |
breath |
10 days |
reflection |
too |
pp. 177-179 signs indicating place of subsequent rebirth, according to the Tantra of the Cremation of Corpses
pp. 177-179 bodily functions as signs |
rebirth as __ |
pp. 178-179 weather as signs |
right hand quivereth; one talketh nonsensically |
asura |
yellowish-black colouds; thunder & lightning |
left nostril mucus; left eye cooleth |
nara |
fine silken clouds; sun & moon encircled by aureoles |
one uttereth animal-sounds; genitalia cool |
tiryag |
unbroken black cloud |
skin yelloweth; hunger with genital-fluid flow |
preta |
mist; windless; rain in evening |
right leg shaketh; defaecation; anger; soles of feet cool |
niraya-sattva |
sky brown; blizzards |
pride; ears cool |
yaks.a [instead of deva!] |
atmosphaere clear; windless |
pp. 189-191 ritual for averting signs of near death
p. |
body-part shewing sign |
means of averting death |
189 |
fingernails |
feast to 7 monks; take vows |
corneas of eyen |
cast terracottas into lake; recite Hear-mantra of Dependent Origination |
|
189-190 |
hair of neck-nape |
effigy of black dough with berries into fire-pit |
190 |
ankle-bones |
undress westward at sunset; bark as hound |
teeth |
wearing goat-skin, face sunrise and bleat thrice |
|
nostrils |
visualizing "A" on nose-tip, recite "A" 21 times |
|
limbs |
depict with shellac a 4-spoked wheel on each limb; bath in consecrated water |
|
eyen |
hold party for children; wear red clothing |
|
190-1 |
right cheek |
recite "E" 21 times |
191 |
breathing |
praepare molasses-paste |
nose |
visualize white "HUM" on nose-tip |
|
weeping |
visualize "BHRUM" on eyen |
|
left cheek |
visualize "KS.A" |
|
ears |
visualize "MAM" |
|
thorax-xiphoid |
visualize "MUM" |
pp. 191-193 ritual for averting the signs, of omissions of body-parts from one's reflected image optically projected onto the sky, of remote death
p. |
body-part shewing sign |
means of averting death |
191 |
hand-held implement |
108 feasts on behalf of guru |
right hand |
gull-feather head of lion on 7-grain dough-effigy to be carried northward towards royal manor |
|
192 |
left hand |
casting into river a dough effigy on weasel-skin containing teeth of tigre & of black hound |
right leg below knee |
offering acacia- or juniper-torches at sunset |
|
left leg |
white-earth (clay) effigy having its heart pierced with notched birchwood stake |
|
right part of head |
make thorned-surface black amulet of fruits of black-wooded trees, with label of mountain-willow wood inscribed with names of the 12 year-signs, to be carried by black-clad into cemetery |
|
left part of head |
bury 25-grain dough-effigy having its heart pierced with human-, horse-, & hound-bones |
|
head above the neck |
burn thorn-bushes |
|
193 |
head & neck |
bury, in charnel-ground, paper with bija-mantra-s of the 5 elements witten on it; one's body charcoal-blackened, at noon on 9th day sprint in cardinal directions |
upper trunk |
burn label inscribed with names of the 12 year-signs |
|
lower trunk |
burn at charnel-ground human bones found there |
|
right side |
recite dharan.i of +Us.n.is.a-vijaya; mould terracotta imprints |
|
left side of body |
wear red clothing |
pp. 193-194 ritual averting further signs of near death, in urine-vapor
p. |
colors of urine-vapor |
ritual |
193-4 |
reddish-blue |
dough-effigy of the 12 year-signs; burn birchwood, in cemetery to the northeast |
194 |
blackish |
scatter mixture of powdered iron & copper with grains |
red & spotted |
carry to a main road to the east substitutes with red-flag & porcupine-quill attached to each |
|
none |
facing west at noon, inscribe elemental bija-mantra-s on the skull of a horse |
pp. 321 (with p. 432) animal-headed assessors of the souls of the dead
__ mgo (__-headed) |
__ Spirit |
holding __ |
human |
Dharma-raja ("righteousness king") {cf. Melki^-s.edeq "king of righteousness"} |
|
glan ([black] ox) |
Raks.a [Protector] |
black lasso |
spre (monkey) |
>byun (Elemental) |
balance & weights |
phag (swine) |
dur (Cemetery) |
wooden tablet |
sbrul (snake) |
sdug (Venom) |
mirror |
dom (bear) |
gtum (Ferocity) |
bellows |
sen (lion) |
srnam (Awe) |
hammer |
khyun (garud.a) |
>dab-chags (Bird) |
saw |
good conscience |
white pebbles |
|
bad conscience |
black pebbles |
|
Maha-karun.ika ("greatly merciful") {cf. [Qabbalist] "Long Face"} |
"hidden by a curtain" |
types (paradigms) of the accuseds
p. 325 the wicked accused |
|
country |
Tamra-lipti in Tamra-dvipa ("Copper Isle") |
city |
S`anti-kala ("peacetime") |
father died |
8 years earlier |
mother died |
5 years earlier |
current year |
Water Sow (final in cycle of 60) |
name in east |
red-handed butcher |
name in south |
wrongdoing Laks.a-naraka ("mark-of-hell") |
name in west |
black low-caste butcher |
name in north |
black killer of all |
caste |
can.d.ala |
pp. 330-332 the righteous accused |
|
country |
Kama-rupa |
nickname |
'monkey-head' |
killed his own |
father |
stoned |
camel of his neighbor S`ri-bhadra |
pushed over cliff |
young elephant of scribe Prajn~a-mati |
[Curiously, the judgements seem interchanged:
here the can.d.ala caste, so fulsomely praised in the Tantra-s, is derogated;
the Copper Isle of Padma-sambhava, usually glorified, is here derogated;
killing of stock-animals for food is punished, while wanton killing of work-animals is unpunished;
and parricide is treated as a venal misdemeanor!] [Is this whole episode intended as a joke?]
p. 341 hosts of welcoming d.akini-s, from:
land of the d.akini-s [D.akini-des`a] |
Od.d.iyana |
["Whisk-isle"] Camara-dvipa |
Copper-colored Mountain [Tamra-varn.a Giri] |
Mt. Potalaka |
pure realm of the sky-farers [Kha-ga-s] |
pp. 355-356 amid rainbow-fringed hued light, bone-relics of corpses, retrieved after cremation
p. |
mantra |
__-colored |
__ relics |
indicating |
from __ |
355 |
jina-jik |
5 |
pan~ca-ra-m |
buddha-bodies |
heart |
vajra-dhr.k |
blue |
churi-ra-m |
enlightened |
blood |
|
356 |
ratna-dhr.k |
yellow |
seri-ra-m |
fulfilment of desire |
serum |
arolik |
red |
s`ari-ra-m |
unborn reality |
flesh |
|
prajn~a-dhr.k |
green |
nyari-ra-m |
emanational body |
marrow |
pp. 368-369 liberation of mental constructs by the 8 Matar-as
p. |
matr. |
effect |
368 |
Gauri |
subdue dissonant mental constructs |
Cauri |
propell into higher rebirths |
|
Pra-moha |
steer (pilot) |
|
Vetali |
liberation into enlightened intention |
|
Pukkasi |
propell away from dissonant states |
|
Ghasmari |
purify existence |
|
369 |
Can.d.ali |
sever erroneous thoughts |
S`mas`ani |
sever buttresses of dissonant states |
pp. 369-370 purification of existence by the 8 Pis`aci-s
p. |
pis`aci : "__-mukhi" ("__-mouth") |
purification |
369 |
Sim-ha (lioness) |
in its primordial nature |
Vyaghri (tigress) |
purify in its entirety |
|
S`r.gala (she-jackal) |
purify from their roots |
|
S`vana (bitch) |
churn depths of existence |
|
370 |
Gr.dhra (vulture) |
sever roots of 3 poisons |
Kanka (kite) |
guide from pit of existence |
|
Kaka (crow) |
purify in creative play |
|
Uluka (owl) |
sever buttresses of errors |
pp. 370-371 growth of the 4 immeasurable aspirations by beings with the help of the 4 Female Gate-keepers
p. |
mantra |
female gate-keeper |
help |
370 |
jas |
Ankus`a ("hook") |
pull beings from existence |
hum |
Pas`a ("noose") |
tie mental errors |
|
371 |
vam |
Sphot.a ("chain") |
bind state of ignorance |
hos |
Ghan.t.a ("bell") |
subdue the 5 poisons |
The Tibetan Book of the Dead. composed by Padmasambhava; revealed by Karma Lingpa; translated by Gyurme Dorje; edited by Graham Coleman. Viking Penguin, NY, 2006.