The Tibet Journal (published by the

The Tibet Journal (published by the

Library of Tibetan Works & Archives,

Dharamsala, Distt. Kangra, H.P., India)

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Vol. XII, # 1 (Spring 1987)

pp. 50-62 G. W. Houston: "Excerpt and Overview of a Work by Klong Chen Pa"

p. 50 the 4 classes of tantra-s, according to the dGe-lugs-pa

#	*Bodish -- __ rgyud*	*Samskr.ta -- __ tantra*
1^st	bya-ba>i	kriya
2^nd	spyod-pa>i	carya
3^rd	rnal->byor	yoga
4^th	rnal->byor bla-na-med-pa>i	an-uttara

pp. 50-51 the 6 classes of tantra-s, according to the rN~in-ma-pa

p.	#	*tantra*	*practice for __ lifetimes*	*emphasis*
50	1^st	kriya	16	ritual
	2^nd	carya	7	"the particular deity is visualized as a friend"
	3^rd	yoga	?	"one sees oneself as identical with a particular deity"
50-1	4^th	maha-yoga	1	"realization of the illusory body (rgyu-lus; maya-deha)"
51	5^th	anu-yoga	1	"sexual practice"
	6^th	ati-yoga	this	"all things are seen as appearances of the mind."

p. 51 features of ati-yoga (= ‘Great Perfection’, rdzogs-pa chen-po)

*modality*	*feature*
consciousness	"beyond all thoughts"
conceptualization	"everything is beyond definition"
practice	"nothing is to be received, nothing is to be abandoned"
fruit	"achievement of the "perfected body""

p. 52 sems-n~id (‘mind-as-such’)

klon-chen (‘great expanse’)

gz`i (‘ground’)

no-bo (‘reality’)

p. 58 translation-periods

#	*character*	*literature*	*translator*
1^st	"broke land"		Padma-sambhava, with 2 sn~in-z`ags, 2 ma-gs`in, & 2 sad-phur
2^nd	"consecration"	kriya tantra-s	S`anta-raks.ita
3^rd	"expositions" (p. 62, n. 32)	upatara-yoga	Buddha-guhya, disciple of S`ri Simha (p. 61, n. 32)
4^th	"instructions" (p. 62, n. 33)	mantra-s	Hum-kara, disciple of Dhana-raks.ita (p. 62, n. 33)
5^th	"knowledge"	ati-yoga	Vairocana
6^th	"grace"	mtshan-n~id	Prajn~a-sarma & 5 others
7^th	"practical instructions" (phyag-bz`es)	commentaries	Vimala, in reign of Khri-sron
[8^th ]	"complete teaching"		in reign of Ral-pa-can

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Vol. XII, # 2 (Summer 1987)

pp. 16-24 Devahuti: "The Gesar Epic"

pp. 18-19 the "Spring Myth" – re-birth of Don-grub as Ge-sar

p.
18-9	Don-grub ([Skt.] Siddha-artha), youngest of 3 sons of brGya-byin ([Skt.] Indra) in heaven	was sent by his father to earth to be king of land of gLin after obtaining 3 articles:-

19	*type of article required*	*name of article*
	flying horse	rKyan-byun dByer-pa
	"knife to stab Buddha"	"Three-fingers-long"
	"arrow that always knows the way back"	blue Srin-z`u

	"from the body of the giant Agu-za"	"the knife and the bow"

	"Don-grub’s death was caused by a goat which threw him down from the summit of the three mountains. Upon dying,	Don-grub changed himself into hail and came down to the land of gLing to be born from the womb of one Gog-bzan-lha-mo (‘Gag-bza’-lha-mo)."

p. 19 the "winter myth"

Ge-sar "goes and kills the sinful giant king Curulugu of the North (byang) with the ‘three-fingers-long knife’.

There is no mention of the Buddha." {unless Curulugu was some other Buddha -- a Pratyeka-Buddha, or whatever}

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Vol. XII, # 3 (Autumn 1987)

pp. 5-16 Dudjom Rinpoche (tr. by Tsepak Rigzin): "Some Important Chronological Events in the History of Buddhism and Tibet"

eclipses in biography of S`akya-muni Buddha

p.	*eclipse of __*	*on the*	*event*
6	the star [yoga-tara] naks.atra-Aja[-eka-pad]	15^th night of 6^th month in year Siddha-artha (53^rd of sexagenary cycle)	entry of soul into mother’s womb
6-7	moon	Vais`akha = 4^th month	complete enlightenment

p. 7 at the moment of enlightenment of S`akya-muni, his son "prince Rahula was born after having spent six years in the womb of his mother [Yas`as-dhara]." {cf. long-delayed birth of Naraka}

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pp. 41-61 Harvey B. Aronson: "Sixth Chapter of the First Dalai Lama’s Path of Liberation, Part IV

p. 43 the 16 aspects of the 4 truths

1:1	suffering
1:2	impermanence
1:3	emptiness
1:4	selflessness
2:1	cause
2:2	origin
2:3	strong producer
2:4	condition
3:1	cessation
3:2	peacefulness
3:3	auspiciousness
3:4	definite emergence
4:1	path
4:2	knower
4:3	achiever
4:4	definite liberator

paths of praeparation

p.	*sets of 3 paths each*	*paths*
43	heat	small
		middling
		great
44	peak	small
		middling
		great
45	forbearance [to become Prati-eka-buddha (p. 52)]	small
		middling
		great

p. 46 aspect of true suffering during 1^st 2 moments of path of seeing

*individual praedominance*	*__ aspect*
view of self	selfless
conception of mine	empty
pride	impermanent
laziness	suffering

p. 56 time required to achieve liberation

*for __*	*the time required is:*
Hearer [S`ravaka, i.e. Arhant]	3 lifetimes (sow seed, sprout, reap fruit)
Solitary Realizer (Prati-eka-buddha)	100 aeons [kalpa-s]
Buddha	3 periods of innumerable aeons plus 100 aeons

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Vol. XII, # 4 (Winter 1987)

pp. 38-53 Janet Gyatso: "Down with the Demoness!"

p. 39 "Land of Women"

"The supreme ruler was the queen, and

sons took the family name of their mother."

pp. 40-45 Srin-mo Gan-rkyal-du bsGyel-ba (the Supine Daimoness)

p.	Man.i bka> >bum	*text*
40	f. 258 (= 129b)	"this Snow Land country (Tibet) is like a Srin-mo demoness lying on her back."
41		*"The three mountains surrounding the Plain of Milk [of lHa-sa] are the demoness’s two breasts and her life-line (srog-brtsa)."*
	f. 259 (=130a)	*direction of mountain*	*that mountain’s semblance*
		east	heap of flowers
		south	heap of jewels
		west	stack of stupa-s
		north	conch-shell on top of a tripod
		that Srin-mo "is waving her arms and legs" until by placing aedifices "on her land-body, she will be physically pressed down (gnon) and pinned, with her arms and legs immobilized." {cf. rN~in-ma ritual nailing-down of male daimones} this is done at 13 me-btsa (key spots) in the country:-
		*buildings on her __*		*will suppress the __*
		shoulder & hips		4 ru-chen-po (‘main sectors)
		knees & elbows		4 mtha>->dul (‘borders’)
		hands & feet		4 yan->dul (‘further borders’)
		heart		Jo-khan

p. 45 "one of the pinning structures is a S`iva linga, to be set on the "enemy-earth" (sa-dgra) in the east, a place which is "like the Srin-mo’s pubic hair."" {Would this forcible implanting of a linga (penis) in the pubis of the goddess indicate a forcible sexual violation of her while she is being held in restraints?}

p. 48 the Gnod-spyin daimoness Kon-con the Chinese (= the Chinese princess Kon-jo – p. 53, n. 75), the Srin-mo betrothed of (p. 40) Sron-btsan – according to the sBa-bz`ed chronicle from bSam-yas

*(geographical features as bodily parts)*	*(aedifices)*
"On the twenty-one spine bones of Mt. lCags-ka [= lCags-po-ri (p. 53, n. 76)] that looks like a white lioness leaping into the sky,	*she put twenty-one stupas as acupuncture-pins (me-rtsa).*
She pressed down the head	*with a black stupa* with nine levels, and**
by making a temple on top of the skull	she pressed down the area of sTod. ...
On the nose of Mt. dMar-po which looks like a tiger entering the nest of a mouse,	she hammered in a wooden spike. ...
She cut off Mt. Me-sna-gdong and Yar-lung, which looks like a rice sprout, at the neck."

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pp. 54-55 Miranda Shaw: "Ecstatic Song by Laks.minkara"

p.	*(subject)*	*(verb)*	*(direct object)*	MD, pp. 462-4
54	thy head	do break	axe-blade
	frog	swalloweth	elephant	*57. moon (frog +C^en E in moon – ChM 2,2)*
	flowers	blossomed in	sky	60. waterlily
	barren woman	giveth birth		62. triangle [shape of woman’s pubis]
	chair	danceth		63. "virtuous seat"
	the naked	weep	for cotton	*64. mirror (cf. mirror at Patrai of +Demeter – CB&D* – who mourned +Persephone); "nakedness" (GM 18.f) of daughter of Otreus**
	2 bees	uphold	enthroned elephant	65. tail-fan (a fan being interposed when someone is excessively nigh) bees came, accompanying daughter of Otreus, to Ankhises (ankhi ‘nigh’)
	the sightless	lead		Ankhises was "blinded" (A)
	the mute	speak		Ankhises was father of (CDCM, sv. "Anchises") Lurnos, namesake of Lurnessos, under the hegemony of Hupoplakian (‘under marble’) Thebai in Musia : "These 'mute stones' speak ... within the confines of an acoustically-perfect bowl of marble." (VRTHTh)
55	mouse	chaseth	cat	66. durva, herb used for sprinkling (D) similarly as hyssop, which is (H) "minty" : mint is MINTHe, the herbal nymph (GM 31.d) related with Kretan (GM 158.2) god (GM 21.3) sMINTHeus ‘mouse’.
	elephant	fleeth from	drunken donkey
	monkey	eateth	rocks

MD = Jeffrey Hopkins (tr.); Kevin Vose (ed.): Mountain Doctrine. Snow Lion Publ., Ithaca, 2006.

ChM 2,2 = http://au.encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_781534864_2/Chinese_Mythology.html

(in state of C^en http://www.robynbuntin.com/Chinese/g_chinese_ind.asp?ProductID=7907 )

The "virtuous seat" [of +Kassiopeia] may have been a woman’s "bridal sedan"-- http://www.chinavoc.com/festivals/Midautumn_Le.htm

CB&D = http://www.jjkent.com/articles/crystal-balls-divination-history.htm citing Pausanias

GM = Robert Graves: The Greek Myths. 1955.

A = http://www.1902encyclopedia.com/A/ANC/anchises.html

VRTHTh = Thomas G. Hines: "Virtual Reality Tour of Historic Theatres", in:- DIDASKALIA Volume 6 No. 2 - Summer 2005 http://www.didaskalia.net/issues/vol6no2/hines.htm

D = http://www.gurjari.net/ico/Mystica/html/durva.htm

H = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyssop

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