The Sekoddesatika by Naropa (Paramarthasamgraha)

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by  Francesco Sferra & Stefania Merzagora

SERlE ORIENTALE ROMA
XCIX
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THE SEKODDESATIKA
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BY NAROPA
(PARAMARTHASAlylGRAHA)
Critical Edition of the Sanskrit Text
by Francesco Sferra
Critical Edition of the Tibetan Translation
by Stefania Merzagora
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2006

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CONTENTS
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1. THE SANSKRIT TEXT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2. THE TIBETAN TRANSLATION............................... 22
NOTE TO THE EDITION ............, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
SANSKRIT SOURCES OF THE SU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
INDEX OF PARALLEL TEXTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 37
.
ABBREVIATIONS AND-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
1. SIGLA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
2. SANsKRIT AND TmETAN SouRcEs OF THE 41
SEKODDESA!lKA. • • • • • • • • • •
3. PRIMARY SoURcES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
4. STUDIES AND TRANSLATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
5. S_YMBOLS AND IN THE TEXT AND IN THE APPARATUS... 56
A~BREVIATIONS
SANSKRIT TEXT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
1. INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
2. THE INITIATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
3. THE SIXFOLD YoGA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
3.1 The Sixfold Yoga-According toGS 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 109
3.1.1 Corrimentary on GS 18.139cd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
3.1.2 Commentary on GS 18.142 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
3.1.3 Commentary on GS 18.143-146 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
3.1.4 Commentary on GS 18.147-148ab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
3.1.5 Commentary on GS 18.148cd-149ab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
3-.1.6 Commentary on GS 18.149cd-151 ......... ·. . . . . . . . 115
3.1.7_ Commentary on GS 18.152 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
3.1.8 Commentary on GS 18.153 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
3.1.9 Commentary on GS 18.154 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
3.1.10 Commentary on GS 18.155-157 .... , . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
3.2 The Sixfold Yoga According to the LKCT and the VP . . . . . . . . 118
3.3 The Sixfold Yoga According to Vajrapfu:ti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
3.4 The Sixfold Yoga According to the SU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
3.4.1 Pratyiihiira and Dhyiina·.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
3.4.2 Priif}iiyiima and the Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
4. THE DEATH-SIGNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
4.1 The Sun Death-Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
4.2 The Moon Death-Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
5. THE DELIGHTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
6. THE MuDRA.s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 169
6.1 The Fourth Body. Commentary on KCUT 21
I Pif}{/Tkramasiidhana 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
6.2 Commentary on Stanza 93 (Continuation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
7. THE PASSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
7.1 Interpretations of the word ak~ara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
8. THE CAUSE-EFFECT RELATIONSHIP .................... •.. . . . . 197
9. THE Six SuPRAMUNDANE BEINGs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
10. THE Six FAMILIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
11. CONCLUSION . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
TIBETAN TRANSLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
1. INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
2. THE INITIATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
3. THE SIXFOLD YoGA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
3.1 The Sixfold Yoga According toGS 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
3.1.1 Commentary on GS 18.139cd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
3.1.2 Commentary on GS 18.142 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
3.1.3 Commentary on GS 18.143-146 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
3.1.4 Commentary on GS 18.147-148ab.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
3.1.5 Commentary on GS 18.148cd-149ab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
3.1.6 Commentary on GS 18.149cd-151 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
3.1.7 Commentary on GS 18.152.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
3.1.8 Commentary on GS 18.153 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
3.1.9 Commentary on GS 18.154 ................ : . . . . . . 283
3.1.10 Commentary on GS 18.155-157 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
3.2 The Sixfold Yoga According to the LKCT and the VP . . . . . 286
3.3 The Sixfold Yoga According to Vajrapfu)i. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
3.4 The Sixfold Yoga According to the SU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
3.4.1 Pratyiihiira and Dhyiina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
3.4.2 Priif}iiyiima and the Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
4. THE DEATH-SIGNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
· 4.1 The Sun Death-Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
4.2 The Moon Death-Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
5. THE DELIGHTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
6. THE MuDIMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
6.1 The Fourth Body. Commentary on KCUT 21
I Pif}{/Tkramasiidhana 1 ....... ·. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
6.2 Commentary on Stanza 93 (Continuation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
8