Digital Ebook (PDF) — Secret Essence Definitive Nature Just As It Is: The Root Tantra with the Great Commentary 'Thorough Dispelling of Darkness throughout the Ten Directions' by Longchen Rabjam
Text / Tradition: The Guhyagarbha Tantra (Gyü Sangwé Nyingpo, "The Tantra of the Secret Essence") — the foremost Mahayoga tantra of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism | Root tantra with commentary by the omniscient Longchen Rabjam (Longchenpa) | Translated by Lama Chönam and Sangye Khandro of the Light of Berotsana Translation Group, under the guidance of Khen Rinpoche Namdrol | Snow Lion Publications
Key Features
The Guhyagarbha Tantra — the "Secret Essence" — is the most important and revered tantra of the Mahayoga class and the principal tantric scripture studied in the Nyingma school, the ancient tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Longchen Rabjam himself hailed it as "the highest summit of all vehicles, the source of all verbal transmissions... the most secret." This landmark volume presents the complete root tantra together with Longchenpa's celebrated commentary, in a masterful English translation by Lama Chönam and Sangye Khandro of the Light of Berotsana Translation Group, prepared under the guidance of Khen Rinpoche Namdrol.
Across its twenty-two chapters, the Guhyagarbha Tantra elucidates the complete path of Vajrayana practice — how to correctly view the ground, traverse the path, and ultimately reach the result of fully enlightened buddhahood. As the foremost source of the Mahayoga teachings, it is the key Nyingma authority on empowerment, samaya, mantra, and the mandalas of the peaceful and wrathful deities, and it has profoundly shaped the Dzogchen tradition. Its teachings unfold the vision of Mahayoga: that ultimate truth is spontaneous awareness free of conceptual elaboration, that relative appearances arise as the mandala of enlightened body and pristine cognition, and that their indivisible union is the very nature of reality.
The volume is presented in two parts. Part One contains the root tantra itself, in both Tibetan and English. Part Two offers the extensive word-for-word commentary of the omniscient Longchenpa — the fourteenth-century master revered as an emanation of Samantabhadra — entitled Thorough Dispelling of Darkness throughout the Ten Directions, which illuminates every stage of the path with uncommon depth and clarity. For centuries, the study of this root tantra together with Longchenpa's luminous commentary has been the very key to understanding the most profound themes and practices of the Vajrayana.
For the serious student and practitioner of the Nyingma tradition, this is an incomparable treasure — the definitive scripture of the Secret Essence, rendered into English with its greatest commentary, opening the innermost heart of Tibetan Buddhist tantra.
Please note: In keeping with its sacred and secret nature, this is a restricted text within the tradition. It is traditionally intended for those who have received the appropriate empowerment (of the peaceful and wrathful deities of Vajrasattva's Magical Manifestation Matrix) and the reading transmission. Prospective readers are encouraged to honor these traditional guidelines.
Ebook Details
- Format: PDF (digital download)
- Language: English (with the root tantra in Tibetan and English)
- Text: The Guhyagarbha Tantra — root tantra with Longchen Rabjam's commentary 'Thorough Dispelling of Darkness throughout the Ten Directions'
- Translators: Lama Chönam and Sangye Khandro (Light of Berotsana Translation Group), under the guidance of Khen Rinpoche Namdrol
- Publisher: Snow Lion Publications
- Content: The complete root tantra and Longchenpa's extensive commentary, faithfully reproduced
- Ideal For: Practitioners and students of the Nyingma tradition, Mahayoga, and Dzogchen, serious students of Tibetan Buddhism and Vajrayana, and scholars of Buddhist tantric literature — subject to the traditional guidelines noted above
Why You'll Love It
The single most important tantra of the Nyingma tradition in one authoritative English volume — the complete Guhyagarbha "Secret Essence" root tantra together with Longchenpa's great commentary, Thorough Dispelling of Darkness throughout the Ten Directions, opening the innermost heart of Mahayoga and the Vajrayana path to buddhahood for the serious practitioner and scholar.
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