"Treatise on Other-Emptiness and the Buddha-Matrix"

pp. 67-68 [repeated on pp. 650-651] according to the Vajra Garland Tantra

p.

in the __

resideth __

67

flesh etc.

+Locana

 

blood etc.

+Mama

 

warmth etc.

+Pan.d.ara-vasini

 

moving etc.

+Tara

 

eye-sense

Ks.iti-garbha

 

ear-sense

Vajra-pan.i

 

nose-sense

Akas`a-garbha

 

tongue-sense

Loka-is`vara

 

mass

Sarva-nivaran.a-vis.kambhin

 

mental sense

Man~ju-s`ri

 

bodily joints

Samanta-bhadra

68

blood-vessels

Maitreya

 

right wrist

Yama-antaka

 

left wrist

Aparajita

 

mouth

Haya-griva

 

"secret area"

Amr.ta-kun.d.alin

 

right shoulder

A-cala

 

left shoulder

Raga-raja

 

right knee

Hiran.ya-nila

 

left knee

Maha-bala

 

head

Cakra-vartin

 

sole of feet

Sumbha

p. 69 according to the Vajra Garland Tantra

the __

is __ and

is __ (syllable) and

is __ (syllable) and

buddha

undefiled mind

hum

avadhuti

dharma

doctrine

as

lalana

sangha

body

om

rasana

pp. 79-81 the 4 He-vajra-s according to the He-vajra Mula-tantra

p.

He-vajra

synonym

 

79-80

2-armed

vajra-sattva

in solar plexus, in flowery secrecy

80

4-faced

maha-sattva Vis.n.u

of exalted mind, jvalajvala

 

3-faced

 

kit.itit.i

81

8-faced

 

puju-vajra

pp. 156-159 according to the Anguli-mala Sutra

p.

those sentient beings who formerly were __

now do / are __

156

cattle

"fought against their own mothers"; "whistle through their teeth"

 

pigeons

commit fornication

 

ravens

eat "filth" [decaying meat] (; laugh – p. 157)

157

monkeys

vacillate with their minds [opinions] like unto glittering waves of the ocean

 

owls

disregard a guru, but instead "like [praefer] the words of fortune-tellers."

 

marsh-dwellers

accept haeretical texts {similarly as marsh-dwelling Manda<-Nas.ray ?}

 

hounds

"hung around" [loitered beside] doorways

157-8

cats

eating meat

158

mice

"hermaphrodites, drinking beer"

 

jackals

"indifferent to blame and ... deceitful"

 

scorpions

are enraged; deny that the Buddha said anything {cf. Maha-yana doctrine that the Buddha never spoke, maintaining a Mun.i’s vow of silence}

 

poisonous snakes

"are proud" : "spoke terrible things about the helpful teaching" {‘helpful’ = khrestos ?}

158-9

sheep

"dumb, of little energy" {cf. "as sheep are dumb ... , he opened not his mouth}

159

water-buffaloes

"weak and dried up ... by three views" {rejecting the "law of the excluded middle"?}

 

bears

"proclaiming the unpleasant" {A-ghorin ?}

 

sparrows

with dull eyen, with feeble eyen

 

donkeys

"born in a bad lineage" : "servants, bird-catchers"

 

turtles

"with long fangs [figuratively merely!], who were ugly and slandered" [allusion to Tantrik (i.e., Yu:an dynasty lore) "slander" (so-called by non-Vajra-yanists) of Buddha as being teacher of sexualized Vajra-yana lore] : "they definitely are demi-gods"

160

[preta-s] "hungry ghosts"

"emitting tongues of fire from their mouths." {cf. the "tongues of fire" at the Pentacost}

pp. 349-350 the 37 goddesses, according to the Glorious Stainless Light by Kalkin Pun.d.arika

p.

 

is the goddess __

 

mindful establishment on __

4 (renown in the Kala-cakra Tantra, but not in other tantra-s)

349

the body

Locana

 

feeling

Pan.d.ara

 

mind

Mamaki

 

phainomena

Tara

     
 

that branch of enlightenment which is correct __

7 (having "two aspects of fields." – p. 350)

 

aequaninity

Vajra-dhatu-is`vari

 

mindfulness

S`abda-vajra

 

discrimination of phainomena

Spars`a-vajra

 

effort

Rupa-vajra

 

joy

Gandha-vajra

350

pliancy

Rasa-vajra

 

meditative stabilization

Dharma-dhatu-vajra

     
 

(virtues, or virtuous roots, versus ill deeds)

4 "high garlands" ("The water-treasures are the abandonings [of ill deeds]")

 

abandoning so that ill deeds not generated [as of yet] are not generated [at all]

Carcika

 

abandoning ill deeds that have been [already] generated

"lady vis.hn.u" [Vis.n.u?]

 

generated virtues not [as] yet generated

Is`vari

 

increasing virtues already generated

"great glorious one"

     
 

the leg of manifestation that is __

4 ("the alternative water-treasures are the legs of manifestation")

 

aspiration

"lady brahma" [Brahmini?]

 

effort

"lady lord" (dBan-mo)

 

mind (i.e., meditative stabilization ?)

Varahi

 

analysis

Ku-mari

     
 

the power of __

5 ("the high assembly" : "the five fierce ladies are the powers.")

 

faith

Ati-nila

 

effort

Ati-virya

 

mindfulness

Vajra-s`r.nkhala

 

meditative stabilization

Aham-kara

 

wisdom

Cunda

     
 

the faculty of __

5 ("the [lower] assembly")

 

faith

Stambhana

 

effort

Jambhana

 

mindfulness

Marici

 

meditative stabilization

Bhr.kut,i

 

wisdom

Ati-locana

     
 

the correct __

8 : "the __-faced lady"

 

view

bitch

 

realization

female crow

 

speech

tigress

 

aims of actions

female owl

 

livelihood

female jackal

 

exertion

garud.i

 

mindfulness

sow

 

meditative stabilization

female vulture

p. 387 the 4 "exalted bodies", according to the Glorious Stainless Light by Kalkin Pun.d.arika

mind without the entity of the mind of __

having __

is the __-body

called __

the "4th state" (orgasm)

a nature of bhaga (‘vagina’) & male organ

nature

"omniscience"

very deep sleep

overwhelmed by tamas (‘darkness’)

attributes

wisdom body

dream

and not having generation by life (viz., by pran.a)

complete-enjoyment

"body making the day"

waking

discriminations of many conceptual consciousnesses

emanation

eyen of broad waterlily-petals

pp. 396-397 according to the Maha-pari-Nis-vana Sutra : Buddha-s numerous as the sand[-grain]s of counted Ganga rivers [Ganga being the designation of the principal river of each upa-vars.a (‘sub-continent’)]:-

p.

# of Ganga rivers

attainment

396

1

will have zeal for this sutra

 

2

will retain, memorize, read, and recite it

397

3

will write it in books

 

4

will teach 1/16th of it to others

 

5

will teach 8/16ths of it to others

 

6

will teach 12/16ths of it to others

 

7

will teach 14/16ths of it to others

 

8

will guard and worship this sutra

pp. 443-445 [according to the Vajra-garbha Tantra ? :] locations of metaphysical entities in one’s body

p.

 

at forehead

at throat

at heart

at navel

443

 

ali (vowels)

kali (consonants)

[prajn~a] wisdom

[upaya] method

 

__-body

[nis-mana] emanation

[sam-bhoga] complete enjoyment

[dharma] attributes

[saha-ja] innate

444

state of consciousness

[jagrat] waking

[svapna] dream

[sus.upti] deep-sleep

[turiya] 4th

 

syllable

YA

MA

VAM

E

 

goddess

Tara

Pan.d.ara-vasini

Mamaki

Locana

 

period

variety

maturation

vimarda

characterless

 

__ joy

[ordinary]

supreme

special

innate

 

true __

suffering

origin

cessation

path

 

__-principle

self

mantra

deity

wisdom

   

[aham-kara] I-making

sound-verbalization

all-contemplation

bliss-experincing

 

groups (sects)

Maha-sanghika

Sam-vidaya

Sarva-asti-vada

Sthavariya

445

graha ‘planet’

moon

sun

Rahu

Kala-agni

 

flows (each from a petal)

60

8

32

16

 

__ session-interval

early (morning)

noon

late (afternoon)

midnight

 

behavior

enjoyment

domination

dissolution

lordship

p. 446 according to the Continuation of the Kala-cakra Tantra

through stopping the life-wind at the __

become the __ He-vajra

who is the __

namely __

navel

4-armed

vajra-sattva

S`iva

heart

2-armed

bodhi-sattva

Byin-za (‘fire’) [Agni]

throat

3-faced 6-armed

maha-sattva

?

forehead

8-legged 4-faced

samaya-sattva

Brahma

p. 460 the 32 marks, according to the Ornament for Clear Realization by Maitreya

ordinal #

location

mark

1

hands & feet

wheels

2

feet

tortoise

3

finger & toes

joined by webs of light

4

hands & feet

soft & tender

5

7 body-areas

elevated

6

fingers

long

7

heels

broad

8

body

large straight

9

ankles

inconspicuous

10

body-hairs

standing upwards

11

calves

antelope

12

arms

long handsome

13

"secret organ"

retracting inside

14

skin

gold-colored {like Tirthankara’s}

15

skin

soft

16

well-grown body-hairs

curling to the right

17

face

adorned with a hair-treasury

18

upper body

leonine

19

shoulders

curving

20

flesh between shoulders

broad

21

[tongue]

unpleasant tastes perceived as superb tastes

22

body

symmetrical like a plantain-tree

23

crown-protrusion [us.n.is.a]

prominent

24

tongue

long handsome

25

[voicebox]

brahma-voice

26

cheeks

leonine

27

teeth

very white

28

teeth

aequal in size

29

teeth

even

30

teeth

40 in #

31

eyen

dark-blue

32

eyelashes

bull

pp. 460-461 the 80, also according to the Ornament for Clear Realization by Maitreya

ordinal #

location

mark

1

nails

copper-colored

2

"

oily-colored

3

"

high

4

fingers

round

5

"

broad

6

"

tapering

7

veins

not manifest

8

"

knotless

9

ankles

not protruding

10

legs

even

11

walking

in leonine gait

12

"

in elephantine gait

13

"

in cygnic gait

14

"

in supreme leader’s gait

15

"

to the right

16

"

beautifully

17

"

straight

18

body

well-rounded

19

"

smooth

20

"

well-proportioned

21

"

clean

22

"

soft

23

"

pure

24

"

signs fully complete

25

limbs

broad & good

26

paces

aequal

27

2 eyen

clear

28

flesh

youthful

29

body

not timid

30

"

broad

31

"

very taut

32

limbs

very distinct

33

vision

unobstructed clear

34

waist

round

35

"

appropriately sized

36

"

not stretched-out

37

"

flat

38

navel

deep

39

"

curled to the right

40

"

beautiful when view in all ways

41

behavior

all pure

42

body

without moles & black spots

43

hands

soft like cotton

44

lines on palms

clear

45

"

deep

46

"

long

47

face

not too long

48

lips

red like bimba-berry

49

tongue

flexible

50

"

slender

51

"

red

52

voice

of a [thunder-]dragon

53

speech

supple & smooth

54

eye-teeth

round

55

"

sharp

56

"

white

57

"

even

58

"

tapered

59

nose

prominent

60

"

supremely pure

61

eyen

wide

62

eyelashes

thick

63

eyen

waterlily-petal shaped

64

eyebrows

long

65

"

soft

66

"

oily

67

"

with aequal hairs

68

arms

long & broad

69

ears

aequal

70

"

undeteriorated

71

forehead

beautifully-defined

72

"

wide

73

head

broad

74

head-hair

black like a bee

75

"

dense

76

"

smooth

77

"

not tangled

78

"

not bristly

79

"

fragrant

80

"

with curls & svastika-s

pp. 462-464 the 80 "design markings" on a tatha-gata’s palms & soles, according to the Quaestions of Man~ju-s`ri Sutra

p.

ordinal #

mark

462

1

umbrella

 

2

victory-banner

 

3

glorious curl

 

4

rosary

 

5

"hook" (kyo ba than)

 

6

crown

 

7

"trident" (dbyig to/tho)

 

8

pot

 

9

elephant

 

10

horse

 

11

tigre

 

12

crocodile

 

13

fish

 

14

turtle

 

15

peacock

 

16

Indian cuckoo (ka la pin ka)

 

17

pheasant (s`an s`an te>u)

 

18

Indian jay

 

19

duck

 

20

parrot

 

21

swan

 

22

stock-dove

 

23

barley

 

24

great medicine

 

25

bamboo

 

26

gayal

 

27

dragon

 

28

goat

 

29

great bull

 

30

wood-apple

 

31

tree

 

32

black deer

463

33

pretious jewel

 

34

supreme sword

 

35

vajra

 

36

bow

 

37

arrow

 

38

lance

 

39

trident

 

40

plough

 

41

pestle

 

42

axe

 

43

noose

 

44

boat

 

45

pearl ornament

 

46

cloud

 

47

Brahma

 

48

Indra

 

49

retinue guardian

 

50

Water-god [Varun.a]

 

51

Virudhaka [‘grain-sprout’]

 

52

Virupa-aks.a [‘distorted eye’]

 

53

Ku-vera

 

54

great sage

 

55

+S`ri

 

56

sun

 

57

moon

 

58

fire

 

59

wind

 

60

waterlily

 

61

svastika

 

62

triangle

 

63

"virtuous seat" (dge ba>i stan)

 

64

mirror

 

65

tail-fan

 

66

"bent grass" (rtswa dur-ba = durva)

 

67

"purodesha" [purod.as`a ‘sacrificial cake’]

 

68

boy

 

69

girl

 

70

drum

464

71

conch

 

72

"mr.tamka" [mr.taka ‘corpse’]

 

73

bracelet

 

74

arm-band

 

75

ear-ring

 

76

finger-ring

 

77

ear-suspended ornament

 

78

agreeable flower

 

79

wish-granting tree

 

80

lion of the rolling army

pp. 624-644 litany-lists (of divine epithets), taken from the Expression of Man~jus`ri’s Ultimate Names

pp. 210-212 denial of self-emptiness is expounded in the Anguli-mala [‘fingered (its beads slid along its cord by the fingers, in order to count prayers) rosary’] Sutra

pp. 210-1 "a person with a childish nature picks up a piece of hail, Thinking that it is a precious vaid.urya jewel, the person carries it home and ... thinks to treat it as a treasure and carefully puts it into a vase.

Here, /vaid.urya/ would mean ‘cat’s eye (mobile closure-valve for sea-snail’s shell)’, rather than ‘beryl’. The helix-shape of the snail-shell would be evocative of the whirlwind sometimes accompanying a hail-storm. The point of this sutra may be that wind (gaseous state) is more primary (active) than either hail (solid state) or water (liquid state); just as "(Simpl. de Coelo 273 b 45 ; Schol. Arist. 514 a 33) Anaximenes "thinking that air had a sufficient adaptability to change." (A) Furthermore, the greenness of the centre cat’s eye may have suggested that of another ae:rial phainomenon, the rainbow (said to be green in the Apokalupsis of Ioannes and in the Book of Chilam Balam), so that the rainbow’s propensity to vanish and to return would be conjurable, in connection also with its empty hollowness.

[p. 211] Seeing that round piece of hail melt, the person thinks, "Empty ..."".

Since hail falleth from the sky like (in the heavens) proverbial "sky-flowers", it may be relevant that in the ritual manipulation of flowers, pills made of dried flowers are placed "in a clean skull-cup" (LEF, p. 328). Flower-essences are, in modern European homoeopathy, customarily so diluted as to vanish much as the imagined vaid.urya vanished.

p. 212 "The naked ones also meditate on all as empty. Do not say anything, you bug of the naked ones!"

The translator supposed (fn. a) the "naked ones" to be Jaina-s; but s`unyata is not a Jaina doctrine. Not Dig-ambara Jaina-s, but rather some other denominational sectarians, perhaps Kapalika-s (empty-skull contemplators), must have been intended by the Jo-nan writer. Cf. also the Norse skull-of-Ymir contemplators of the sky, who sanctified hail (hagel) as one of their runes.

A = http://history.hanover.edu/texts/presoc/anaximen.html

LEF = Glenn H. Mullin (tr.): The Dalai Lamas on Tantra. Snow Lion Publ., 2006. pp. 317-332 "Living on the Essence of Flowers".

Do:l-bo-ba Shay-rap-gyel-tsen: Mountain Doctrine. Translated by Jeffrey Hopkins; edited by Kevin Vose. Snow Lion Publ., Ithaca (NY), 2006. [Jo-nan doctrine]