"Religious Structure"
nis-padna-krama ("Stage of Generation")
p. |
# |
step |
115 |
1st |
seva ("Service") = yoga |
119 |
2nd |
upa-sadhana ('Nigh Evocation') = anu-yoga |
122 |
3rd |
sadhana ("Evocation") = ati-yoga |
124 |
4th |
maha-sadhana ("Great Evocation") = maha-yoga |
ud-padna-krama ("Stage of Completion")
p. |
# |
step |
128 |
1st |
prati-ahara ("Withdrawal") |
130 |
2nd |
dhyana ("Meditation") |
131 |
3rd |
pran.a-yama ("Breathing") |
132 |
4th |
dharan.a ("Retention") |
136 |
5th |
anu-smr.ti ("Recollection") |
138 |
6th |
sama-adhi ("Concentration") |
lights
p. 117 progression forwardsly |
p. 118 __ consciousness |
aloka 'light' |
imagined |
aloka-abhasa ('spread-of-light') |
relative |
aloka-upa-labdhi ('culmination-of-light') |
perfected |
prabha-svara-aloka ('clear light') |
intrinsic |
[literally, aloka is 'lamp'; prabha-svara is 'illumination-tone' (svara is 'tone, musical note') {this might imply accompaniment of spectral lamp by music, as in Radha Svamin reveries}]
Clear Light acting distinctively in the Stages
stage |
Generation |
Completion |
|
p. 118 acting as __ |
sus.upti [dreamless sleep] emerging as sama-adhi |
samaya ("symbol") nis-akara ("without aspect') |
artha ("entity") |
p. 119 also known as __ ("__") |
saiks.a ("of Training") |
a-saiks.a ("beyond Training") |
p. 119 the 2 directions of progression
stage |
Generation |
Completion |
direction |
anu-loma (forwards) |
prati-loma (backwards) |
forward is __ |
enabling |
dissipative |
backward is __ |
dissipative |
enabling |
bodies in upa-sadhana
p. |
process |
120 |
from the puti-kaya ('material body') |
is separated the niha-deha ('innate body') |
|
121 |
in order to generate the mantra-deha ('incantational body') |
p. 123 the 100 (= 20 * 5) kula-s ('lineages') in sadhana
5 skandha ('component') tatha-gatas-s |
4 dhatu-mudra ('element-sigil') goddesses |
6 indriya ('sense') bodhi-sattva-s |
5 vis.aya-vajra ('object-thunderbolt') goddesses |
pp. 125-126 the 3 sama-adhi-s ('concentrations') of maha-sadhana
p. 125 |
concentrations of the 5 revelation-enlightenments |
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concentration of the man.d.ala-raja-agri |
mukut.a ('diadem') = ability of the acarya ('master') |
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vajra = nis-vikalpa-jn~ana ('non-discursive knowledge') |
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udaka ('water') = cleansing from kles`a ('defilement') |
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nama ('name') conferred |
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ghan.t.a ('bell') = dharma-speech |
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p. 126 |
concentration of the karma-raja-agri |
offerings to the guru |
permission to perform the ritual |
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re-unification of the 32 deities into Vajra-dhara |
p. 126, fn. 5 powers of the 5 kinds of meat
meat |
its power |
elephant |
5 supernatural powers |
horse |
ability to disappear |
hound |
command of magic |
ox |
attraction |
human |
triple vajra |
pp. 128-130 prati-ahara ('withdrawal')
p. 129 |
'meditation' "by wind and mind (-only)" : union of the yogin's "vajra (penis) with his consort's padma (vagina)." |
pp. 129-130 |
guhya-abhis.eka ('secret initiation') : placing by the guru, into the mouth of the candidate, of bodhi-citta = "a mixture of semen (s`ukra) with menstrual blood (rakta). The substance is said to pass through the Candidate's body and to destroy the three kinds of mental functions which hinder the illumination of the Three Lights. In this way, the Candidate arrives at the Culmination-of-Light." |
pp. 130-131 dhyana ('meditation')
partial |
full |
vi-tarka |
vi-cara |
priti ('joy') |
sukha-sangraha ('pleasure-sum') |
sva-citta ('one's own thought') |
maya-deha ('illusory body') |
pp. 131-132 pran.a-yama ('breathing')
p. |
practice |
attainment |
132 |
adhas-s`vasa ('downward breath') = bodhicitta-bindu as pin.d.a ('ball') at tip of nose |
pravr.tta-s`vasa ('upward breath') of 5 colors |
131 |
vajra-japa ('thunderbolt-muttering') |
sambhoga-kaya ('enjoyment-body') |
pp. 132-136 dharan.a ('retention')
p. 134 |
nis-odha-vajra ('cessation-thunderbolt'), having as activity 5 signs:- |
mirage |
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smoke |
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fireflies |
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lamp-light |
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cloudless sky |
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p. 133 |
vajra-deha ('thunderbolt-body') by carya ('discipline') of 2 dhyana-s ('meditations'):- |
pin.d.a-graha ('contraction') [= separating the 5 basic winds from the 5 secondary winds] |
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anu-bheda ('expansion') [= separating mind-based perception from sense-based perception] |
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p. 132 |
according to commentary by Naga-arjuna:- |
citta-vi-s`uddhi ('thought-purification') |
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sva-adhi-s.t.hana ('own's own blessing') |
pp. 136-138 anu-smr.ti ('recollection')
p. 137 |
in the Clear Light of S`aiks.a ('Training'), dichotomies are integrated |
p. 138 |
yuganaddha ('nuptials') uniting ("waterlily" =) s`amatha ('calming') with ("thunderbolt" =) vipas`yana ('vision') |
pp. 138-140 sama-adhi ('concentration')
p. 139 |
sama-apatti ('aequipoise') of opposites is a-dvaya-jn~ana ('non-dual knowledge') |
pp. 139-140 |
yuganaddha-a-s`aiks.a ('Nuptial beyond Training') is attainment of yuganaddha-deha ('Nuptial Body') |
p. 140 |
64 s`r.gara ('erotic') actions in maya-upama-sama-adhi ('Illusory Concentration') |
pp. 217-227 Catur-mudra-Nis`caya ('4-Sigil Inquiry')
p. |
||
217 |
Karman mudra as |
[punya phala] "Merit Fruit" |
219 |
"All being" [existence] is |
"reflecting the shadow of the Congenital." |
knowledge of Insight resembleth |
"the facial reflection implanted in a mirror." |
|
220 |
the "waterlily" ["i.e., female sexual organ" (fn. 3)] of the "Action Woman" is |
"the jewel heap of the abundance of joys." |
"the pearl of" phainomenal Thought of Enlightenment entereth |
"that pure spot [the jewel heap] through the Central" Channel. |
|
221 |
at "mixing of the juices of the "gum myrrh" [semen (fn. 1)] and the "kakkola berry" [female sexual secretion (fn. 1)] -- |
then the Knowledge known as the Momentary, the Ultimate and the Congenital comes into being." |
221 |
Dharma mudra as |
"Maturity Fruit" |
222 |
"sun |
in the dark" |
"kernel |
in the husk" |
|
223 |
Maha-mudra as |
"Purity Fruit" |
223-4 |
p. 223 "bereft of veils" |
p. 224 "as the clear autumn sky at high noon" |
225 |
Samaya-mudra as |
"Human Goal Fruit" |
"the vibration of Vajradhara |
… through his Pure Form." |
|
226-7 |
p. 226 "There is no muttering of mantras, no austerities, no oblations;" |
but (p. 227) the "Good Assembly" |
Anthony Joseph Fasano: The Religious Structure of Tantric Buddhism. PhD diss., Fordham U., 1981.