Maha-mudra Tantra

Maha-mudra Tantra

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

#	*attribute*	*simile*
1^st	straight	plantain-stalk
2^nd	red oily interior	blood
3^rd	transparent	candle-flame
4^th	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 ½*	*lower ½*
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	1^st	"... ‘mirage-like appearance’ ... of shimmering water"
46	2^nd	"... ‘smoke-like appearance’ ... of wafting blue smoke ... slowly swirling"
	3^rd	"... ‘sparkling-fireflies-like appearance’ ... of ascending sparks swirling"
46	4^th	"... ‘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	1^st	white appearance	moonlight	empty
49-50	2^nd	red increase	red sunlight	very empty
	3^rd	black near-atttainment	black sky	greatly empty
50	4^th	clear light		all-empty

pp. 57-58 clear-lights of completion

p.	*stage*	*"__ clear-light"*	*subtle body*	*attainment*
57	3^rd	ultimate-example	illusory-body	isolated-mind
57-8	4^th	meaning	pure-illusory-body	maha-mudra
59-9	5^th	non-further-learning	union	buddhahood

p. 71 the 10 doors

#	*location in central channel*	*in body*
1^st	upper tip	between eyebrows
2^nd	lower tip	genitalia-tip
3^rd	crown-wheel	apex of cranium
4^th	throat-wheel	back of throat
5^th	heart-wheel	between breasts
6^th	navel-wheel	navel
7^th	secret-place-wheel	4 finger-widths below navel
8^th	jewel-wheel	centre of genitalia
9^th	wind-wheel	forehead
10^th	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*
1^st	hairline
2^nd	crown
3^rd	right ear
4^th	nape of neck
5^th	left ear
6^th	between eyebrows
7^th	2 eyen
8^th	2 shoulders
9^th	2 armpits
10^th	2 breasts
11^th	navel
12^th	nose-tip
13^th	mouth
14^th	throat
15^th	heart
16^th	2 testicles or 2 sides of vulva
17^th	tip of sexual organ
18^th	anus
19^th	2 thighs
20^th	2 calves
21^st	8 fingers & 8 lesser-toes
22^nd	tops of feet
23^rd	2 thumbs & 2 great-toes
24^th	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.