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

1st

bya-ba>i

kriya

2nd

spyod-pa>i

carya

3rd

rnal->byor

yoga

4th

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

1st

kriya

16

ritual

 

2nd

carya

7

"the particular deity is visualized as a friend"

 

3rd

yoga

?

"one sees oneself as identical with a particular deity"

50-1

4th

maha-yoga

1

"realization of the illusory body (rgyu-lus; maya-deha)"

51

5th

anu-yoga

1

"sexual practice"

 

6th

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

1st

"broke land"

 

Padma-sambhava, with 2 sn~in-z`ags, 2 ma-gs`in, & 2 sad-phur

2nd

"consecration"

kriya tantra-s

S`anta-raks.ita

3rd

"expositions" (p. 62, n. 32)

upatara-yoga

Buddha-guhya, disciple of S`ri Simha (p. 61, n. 32)

4th

"instructions" (p. 62, n. 33)

mantra-s

Hum-kara, disciple of Dhana-raks.ita (p. 62, n. 33)

5th

"knowledge"

ati-yoga

Vairocana

6th

"grace"

mtshan-n~id

Prajn~a-sarma & 5 others

7th

"practical instructions" (phyag-bz`es)

commentaries

Vimala, in reign of Khri-sron

[8th ]

"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]

15th night of 6th month in year Siddha-artha (53rd of sexagenary cycle)

entry of soul into mother’s womb

6-7

moon

Vais`akha = 4th 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 1st 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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