The Cakrasamvara Tantra : the discourse of Śrī Heruka (Śrīherukābhidhāna) PDF
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The Cakrasamvara Tantra Sri (The Discourse of Heruka) A Study and Annotated Translation by David B. Gray TREASURY OF THE BUDDHIST SCIENCES series Editor-in-Chief: Robert A. F. Thurman Jey Tsong Khapa Professor oflndo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies, Columbia University President, American Institute of Buddhist Studies Executive Editor: Thomas F. Yarnall Department of Religion Columbia University Editorial Board: Ryuichi Abe, Jay Garfield, Laura Harrington, Thubten Jinpa, Joseph Loizzo, Gary Tubb, Christian Wedemeyer, Chun-fang Yu The American Institute of Buddhist Studies (AIBS), in affiliation with the Columbia University Center for Buddhist Studies (CBS) and Tibet House US (THUS), has established the Treasury of the Buddhist Sciences series to provide authoritative English translations, studies, and editions of the texts of the Tibetan Tengyur (bstan gyur) and its associated literature. The Tibetan Tengyur is a vast collection of over 3,600 classical Indian Buddhist scientific treatises (fiistra) written in Sanskrit by over 700 authors from the first millennium CE, now preserved mainly in systematic 7th-12th century Tibetan translation. Its topics span all of India's "outer" arts and sciences, including linguistics, medicine, astronomy, socio-political theory, ethics, art, and so on, as well as all of her "inner" arts and sciences such as philoso phy, psychology ("mind science"), meditation, and yoga. The Publisher gratefully acknowledges the generous support of David Sloss, the National Endowment for the Humanities, Anonymous, the Conanima Foundation, the Infinity Foundation, the Sacharuna Foundation, and Robert and Nena Thurman in sponsoring the publication of this series .. The Cakrasamvara Tantra Sri (The Discourse of Heruka) (S riherukabhidhana) A Study and Annotated Translation by David B. Gray Editing and Design by Thomas F. Yarnall Tengyur Translation Initiative Treasury oft he Buddhist Sciences series Published by The American Institute of Buddhist Studies at Columbia University in New York Co-published with Columbia University's Center for Buddhist Studies and Tibet House US New York 2007 Tengyur Translation Initiative Treasury of the Buddhist Sciences series A refereed series published by: American Institute ofBuddhist Studies Columbia University 80 Claremont Avenue, room 303 New York, NY 10027 http:/ /www.aibs.columbia.edu Co-published with Columbia University's Center for Buddhist Studies and Tibet House US. Distributed by Columbia University Press. Copyright© 2007 by David B. Gray All rights reserved. No portion of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photography, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system or technologies now known or later developed, without written permission from the publisher. Printed in Canada on acid-free paper. ISBN 978-0-9753734-6-0 (cloth) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Tripiraka. Siitrapiraka. Tantra. Cakrasamvaratantra English. The Cakrasamvara Tantra : the discourse of Sri Heruka (Sriherukabhidhana) I a study and annotated translation by David B. Gray ; editing and design by Thomas F. Yarnall. p. em. - (Treasury of the Buddhist sciences) "Co-published with Columbia University's Center for Buddhist Studies and Tibet House US." Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-9753734-6-0 (alk. paper) 1. Tripiraka. Siitrapitaka. Tantra. Cakrasamvaratantra-Commentaries. I. Gray, David B., 1969-II. Yarnall, Thomas, F. III. Title. BQ2180.C3522Z52 2007 294.3'85--dc22 2007060677 Contents Series Editor's Preface ................................................................................... ix Author's Preface ............................................................................................ xv Introduction: The Study of the Cakrasamvara Tantra 1. Introduction to the Cakrasamvara Tantra The Cakrasamvara and the Yogini Tantras ....................................... 3 Dating the Text ............................................................................... 11 Cakrasamvara Literature ................................................................. 15 2. Traditional History of the Cakrasamvara Tantra Mythic Root Texts ............................................................................ 28 The Origin ofH eruka ...................................................................... 35 3. Contents and Contexts The Triple Wheel Marz(iala ............................................................. 54 l)akinis, Yogin is, and Women ......................................................... 77 Consecration and the Sexual Yogas ................................................. 103 Mantras and Magic ....................................................................... 131 4. Texts and Translation Texts Employed .............................................................................. 137 Translation Methodology ............................................................... 145 Technical Notes ............................................................................. 151 Translation of the Cakrasamvara Tantra I. The Descent of the Mal).<;iala ........................................................... 155 II. The Procedure ofWheel Worship ................................................. 164 III. The Procedure of Consecration and Fee [Payment] .................... 171 IV. The Procedure Called 'The Nonduality of the Heroes and Yoginis' ..... ,. .................................................... ~ ............................. 178 V. The Procedure of Selecting the Letters of the Root Mantra ......... 181 VI. The Procedure of Selecting the Hero's Six Armor [Mantras] ...... 186 VII. The Procedure of Selecting the Mantra ...................................... 188 VIII. The Procedure of Selecting the Reversed Yogini Mantras ........... 194 IX. The Procedure of the Ritual Actions of the Root Mantra ........... 196 X. The Achievement of the Triple Body and the Procedure of the Ritual Actions of the Essence Mantra .......................................... 202 vi · Contents XI. The Procedure of Characterizing the Seven-lived One ................ 206 XII. The Procedure of the Ritual Actions of the Quintessence .......... 209 XIII. The Procedure of the Applications of the Armor Mantra ......... 214 XIV The Procedure of the Donkey Form Yoga for Becoming Sri Heruka .......................................................................................... 217 XV. The Procedure of the Syllabic Signs ............................................ 222 XVI. The Procedure of Examining the Characteristics of the Seven Yoginis .......................................................................................... 226 XVII. The Procedure of the Signs, Gestures, and Perambulant Forms of All Yoginis ..................................................................... 232 XVIII. The True Procedure of the Colors, Characteristics, and Signs of all Yoginis ....................................................................... 236 XIX. The Procedure of Pointing Out the Gestures of the Yoginis .... 239 XX. The Procedure of the Symbolic Hand Gestures of the Yoginis .. 243 XXI. The Procedure of the Characteristics of the Visual Body Gestures ........................................................................................ 246 XXII. The Procedure of the Characteristics of the Distinctive Limb Gestures ........................................................................................ 248 XXIII. The Procedure of the Characteristics of the :r;:>akinis' Signs and Insignia .................................................................................. 250 XXIV. The Procedure of the Symbolic Speech of the Four Classes ... 256 XXV The Procedure of Completely Hiding the Root Mantra ......... 263 XXVI. The Procedures of Inspecting the Disciple and the Vows ...... 265 XXVII. The Procedures of the Conduct, Observances, Worship, and Sacrificial Cakes ..................................................................... 271 XXVIII. The Procedures of the Inner Fire Sacrifice and Class Oneness ........................................................................................ 282 XXIX. The Procedures of the Messenger's Defining Marks and the State of Empowerment ................................................................. 289 XXX. The Procedure of Mantra Selection Bound in the Muraja Drum ............................................................................................ 292 XXXI. The Procedure of the Rites of Eating, Fire Sacrifice and the Sacrificial Cakes, and the Hand Signs ......................................... 297 XXXII. The Procedures of the Animal Sacrificial Victims, the Means of Achieving the Zombie, and the Creation Stage ........... 300 XXXIII. The Reverential Procedure of Secret Worship ..................... 305 XXXIV The Procedure of Summoning via the Fire Sacrifice of the Nondual Messenger ..................................................................... 308 Contents · vii XXXV. The Procedure of the Nondual Ritual Action and the Method of Cheating Black Death ................................................ 312 XXXVI. The Procedure of Summoning the Reality Worship ........... 317 XXXVII. The Procedure of Inner Mastery ......................................... 320 XXXVIII. The Procedure of the Yoginis' Place and the Heroes' Secret Abode ................................................................................. 322 XXXIX. The Procedure of Vision and Loud Laughter ....................... 325 XL. The Procedures of Subjugating the Five Social Classes and Mahamudra .................................................................................. 327 XLI. The Procedure of Laying Down the Mat).gala of the Twenty- four Syllables ................................................................................ 329 XLII. The Procedure of the Laughter Mantra and the Magic of the Yoginis' Forms .............................................................................. 338 XLIII. The Procedure of Accomplishing the Ritual Actions of the Quintessence [Mantra] ................................................................. 343 XLIV. The Procedure of the Six Yoginis' Ritual Actions with the Seven Syllable [Mantra] ............................................................... 350 XLV. The Six Yogini Ritual Actions and the Summoning of the Power of Speech ........................................................................... 353 XLVI. The Procedure of Ritual Actions with the Five ha Syllables ... 358 XLV II. The Procedure of All Ritual Actions of the Sarvabuddha<;lakini Mantra .......................................................... 360 XLVIII. The Procedure of the Mat).gala of the Hidden Abode of all Heroes and I;>akinis ...................................................................... 364 XLIX. The Procedure of Transforming the Victim who is Born Seven Times ................................................................................. 367 L. The Procedure of the Domination Fire Sacrifice and the Teaching of the Stages in Relation to the Seats, etc ............................................... 370 LI. Creation Stage Esoteric Instruction .............................................. 376 Glossaries .................................................................................................... 385 Conspectus Siglorum ................................................................................. 405 Bibliography ............................................................................................... 409 Index .......................................................................................................... 437
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