Maha-mudra Tantra

pp. 32 [& 189] the ‘central channel’, "pale blue on the outside"

#

attribute

simile

1st

straight

plantain-stalk

2nd

red oily interior

blood

3rd

transparent

candle-flame

4th

soft & flexible

waterlily-petal

p. 34 the pease-sized ‘indestructible drop’ in centre of 6-fold knot at heart ["formed by three overlapping loops of each of the flanking channels." (p. 33)]

upper ˝

lower ˝

white

red

p. 35 "When we die, all the inner winds dissolve into the indestructible drop, and this causes the drop to open. As the two halves separate, our consciousness ... goes into another life."

pp. 45-47 the 4 gross winds, as perceived while one is dying

p.

#

appearance

45

1st

"... ‘mirage-like appearance’ ... of shimmering water"

46

2nd

"... ‘smoke-like appearance’ ... of wafting blue smoke ... slowly swirling"

 

3rd

"... ‘sparkling-fireflies-like appearance’ ... of ascending sparks swirling"

46

4th

"... ‘candle-flame-like appearance’ ... like the steady, erect flame"

pp. 47-50 the 4 subtle minds

p.

#

"mind of __"

simile

pp. 51-2 its emptiness

47

1st

white appearance

moonlight

empty

49-50

2nd

red increase

red sunlight

very empty

 

3rd

black near-atttainment

black sky

greatly empty

50

4th

clear light

 

all-empty

pp. 57-58 clear-lights of completion

p.

stage

"__ clear-light"

subtle body

attainment

57

3rd

ultimate-example

illusory-body

isolated-mind

57-8

4th

meaning

pure-illusory-body

maha-mudra

59-9

5th

non-further-learning

union

buddhahood

p. 71 the 10 doors

#

location in central channel

in body

1st

upper tip

between eyebrows

2nd

lower tip

genitalia-tip

3rd

crown-wheel

apex of cranium

4th

throat-wheel

back of throat

5th

heart-wheel

between breasts

6th

navel-wheel

navel

7th

secret-place-wheel

4 finger-widths below navel

8th

jewel-wheel

centre of genitalia

9th

wind-wheel

forehead

10th

fire-wheel

between throat & heart

p. 190 the 2 lateral channels, parallel with the central channel

"__ channel"

"__ channel"

right

left

sun

moon

speech

body

of the subjective holder ("winds flowing through this channel cause the generation of conceptions developed in terms of the subjective mind.")

of the held object ("winds flowing through this channel cause the generation of conceptions developed in terms of the object.")

p. 192 the 4 major channel-wheels

location

"__ wheel"

shape of centre

# of spokes

color

direction of arching

crown

great-bliss

triangle

32

white

downward

throat

enjoyment

circle

16

red

upward

heart

dharma

circle

8

white

downward

navel

emanation

trinagle

64

red

upward

p. 193 the spokes of the heart-channel-wheel

direction

wind of the __-element

E

earth

N

wind

W

fire

S

water

SE

form

SW

smell

NW

taste

NE

touch

pp. 193-194 the outer tips of the 8 channels of the mind-wheel terminate at :-

#

place in body

1st

hairline

2nd

crown

3rd

right ear

4th

nape of neck

5th

left ear

6th

between eyebrows

7th

2 eyen

8th

2 shoulders

9th

2 armpits

10th

2 breasts

11th

navel

12th

nose-tip

13th

mouth

14th

throat

15th

heart

16th

2 testicles or 2 sides of vulva

17th

tip of sexual organ

18th

anus

19th

2 thighs

20th

2 calves

21st

8 fingers & 8 lesser-toes

22nd

tops of feet

23rd

2 thumbs & 2 great-toes

24th

2 knees

p. 200 the root-winds

root-wind

color

element

seat

function

direction

life-supporting

white

water

heart

to maintain life

downward gently

downward-voiding

yellow

earth

2 doors : anus & genitals

release faeces & urine

horizontally heavily

upward-moving

red

fire

throat

to swallow

upward violently

aequally-abiding

green

wind

navel

to digest food

leftward & rightward

pervading

pale-blue

aither

360 joints

to move limbs

only at death

{likewise, according to belief in Borneo, the souls at the bodily-joints function at death.}

p. 204 the branch-winds

branch-wind

color

function : "to enable __"

moving

red

seeing

intensely-moving

blue

hearing

perfectly-moving

yellow

smelling

strongly-moving

white

tasting

definitely-moving

green

touching

Kelsang Gyatso : Mahamudra Tantra : the Supreme Heart Jewel Nectar. Tharpa Publ., Ulverston (Cumbria, England), 2005.