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THE VAJRABHAIRAVA
TANTRAS
Tibetan
& Mongolian Translation
Texts and
with
Introduction,
Notes
By Bulcsu
Sikl6s,
BA.
Presented
for
the
degree of
of London
PhD at
the
University
March
1990
iBIRL.' LOINC. N.
ABSTRACT the This translations of and editions contains study deity Indian Buddhist Tantric tantras the of Vajrabhairava, the pre-Buddhist god of who bound by oath Buddhist Yama to the the the underworld protection of doctrine. in have played These texts role a significant in particular the history tantric of Buddhist practice, for the Dge lugs whom amongst pa of Tibet and Mongolia is one of this the three anuttara-yogamost important tantra cycles. is into A) The first of the four parts which this study divided is The first three contains : I. a sections introduction to place the tantras general which attempts "mystical" into and other such phenomena a nonis It rationalist context. and non-phenomenological for that the way forward the study argued of "mystical" for lies texts and systems paths well-trodden along by the practitioners centuries and not of such systems, invented The along recently arbitrary rationalist paths. traditional section closes with a short of the account Buddhist II. The second of the tantric explanations path. deity Yams Indo-European the section ancient considers nature of the wild with and the sacred cattle associated him. involves The argument a reappraisal of the species Yama and Vajrabhairava, with cattle of associated and that the conclusion the most likely reaches was species Bos Aurochs finding This the extinct rims enius, also between the a reappraisal of relationship necessitates has hitherto been Indo-Iranians the and cattle which involving primarily a economic one considered domesticated than a religious rather cattle one involving III. The nature cattle. and myths of the wild ancestral deity Yama are then considered and an astrological his is Aurochs the association with of explanation himself is discussed Vajrabhairava then provided. basis. on a mythical primarily five B) The second contains a translation of part Vajrabhairava treatises concerning with canonical primary from Indian include the material which annotations in the Tanjur. preserved commentaries the Tibetan C) The third of editions contains part five the texts editions of those and of versions Mongolian translations of the three canonical available texts. primary bibliography, part D) The study a three with concludes English MongolianSanskritTibetana glossary, a index Mongolian-Tibetan and an appendix an glossary, detailing how the Tibetan text short a presenting Vajrabhairava-tantras are to be read.
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ERRATA
p12 p31 p68
Illustration for regardless
reproduced read from reproduced from reproducedreproduced rtse mkhan po 1983).
from regardless
Tsultem of. rdo
1986.
Illustrations Images; Illustrations Images;Illustration mthar
Rol in Rol in
pa'i Olschak pa'i Olschakfrom
Three Hundred rje's 1973). Wangyal and Hundred Three rje's 1973). Wangyal andNgor Collection (Ngor
p73
rdo
p81
the
p83 p99 p152 p155 p160 p187
for for for for for
brgyad liberated great great great
read
brgya. read freed. human human human for flesh. flesh. flesh. controlling and summoning
flesh flesh flesh
read read read
in add e ore
red sandalwood (9v). in ochreto the
p190
for holding substances.
assembly
read
holding
to
the
ritual
p192 pl94nl p194n6
for for read
attainment saliva these read
of
yoga
read (despite are :
attainment TD). dha ya
of
union.
urine
syllables
ba bha na pa pha 6a $a la ra as va
ma ha
kqa.
p389/390 p407 for
pages how
reversed. to read read how to recite.
CONTENTS
Abstract ............................................... Contents ............................................... Acknowledgements ....................................... List of abbreviations .................................. Note on transcriptions and italicization List of illustrations ................................. PART ONE A. The study i. ii. iii. iv. B. of tantra and the rationalist
...............
2 3 7 8 9 11
quandary 14 17 27 31
Preliminary observations ................... The Science of mysticism ................... Phenomenology and mysticism ................ Buddhism theory ................ as mystical
[Notes]
....................................
39
The i. ii. iii. iv.
Sacred
Bull 43 45 49 56 58
General observtions ........................ background The cultic ...................... backgrounds Indian ......................... Ungulate cults worldwide ................... [Notes] ....................................
C. Yama and Vajrabhairavai. ii. iii. Yama ....................................... Dharmarja ................................. Vajrabhairava tantras and his 60 66 amongst
humans ..................................... [Notes] ....................................PART TWO
70 78
Introduction commentaries
to
the
translated
texts
and
the
83
[Notes]
....................................... Tantra
............................................
94
I.
The Vajramahabhairava i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. Section Section Section Section Section Section Section 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7:
[Notes]
The Mandala ..................... Deeds.. Accomplishing the Ritual Putting the Mantras together... Visualization .................. Drawing the Form ............... Offering Burnt ................. Meditation .....................
95 98 105 108 112 114 119
...................................3
124
II.
The i. ii. iii. iv.
Ritual Section Section Section Section
Procedure 1: 2: 3: 4:
Tantra
of
Vajrabhairava and
[Notes]III. IV. The Myth
The Meditation on Method Wisdom ......................... Yoga ........................... Drawing the Form ............... Offering Burnt .................
151 154 161 163
.................................................................
168177 179 182
Section
The Musk Shrew Section ........................ [Notes] ....................................... The i. ii. Three Section Section Section 1: 2: Tantra Drawing Turning of the the Vajrabhairava Wheel .............. Pledge-Substances
V.
183
iii.
Section [Notes]
3:
into Medicine .................. Subsidiary Factors.............
...................................
189 191 194
PART THREE 203 213
Remarks (Notes]
on the Editions and ............................................. texts 'jigs rdo rje Vajramahabhairava Rtog Rtog Rtog Rtog Rtog Rtog Rtog 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7:
Editorial
Procedure.....
a). I.
Tibetan Dpal [The i. ii.. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. II. Dpal [The
byed
chen Tantra]
po'i
rgyud 214 . 219 227 231 236 239 244
dkyil bstan 'khor pa ............. las thams cad grub pa ............. btu ba bstan pa ............. sngags sgom pa ............................ bris cho ga .................. sku'i cho ga....... gi las kyi sbyin sreg las bsgrub bsam gtan pa........ gyi 'jigs byed kyi Tantra Procedure rtog of rgyud pa'i Vajrabhairava]
rdo rje Ritual
i. ii. iii. iv.
Rtog Rtog Rtog Rtog
1: 2: 3: 4:
thabs dang shes rab kyi bsam gtan.. sbyor ba ........................... bris sku ........................... sbyin sreg gi rim par phye ba......Lt
251 255 265 268
III.
Gtam
[The MythIV. Chu cchu
rgyud
kyi
rtog
pa
Section]nda ra'i
.............................rtog pa
275 277rgyal po rtog
[The Musk Shrew
Section]byed
.......................kyi rgyud of kyi
V.
Dpal-rdo rje pa gsum pa [The Three i. ii. iii. Rtog Rtog Rtog 1: 2: 3:
'jigs Section
Tantra
Vajrabhairava] 280 289 291
'khor lo bri ba .................... dam tshig rdzas sman bsgyur........ dang grogs............ las kyi rgyu
b). I.
Mongolian
texts tantr-a-yin gaYan 294 299 307 311 316 319 324 ga\an 331 335 345 348
Coytu ayuYului-yin yeke vcir [The Vajramahabhairava antra] i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Onul Onul Onul Onul Onul Onul Onul
: mandal-i ugaYuluYsan ............... btgeki............ : gamX iles-i tegki : tarni-yi ugaYuluYsan....... : bisil, a1 ........................... bey-e-yin iles : jiruy .............. jang ile.. Aal mandal-un aui yeke diyan-i btgek-yi : onu\san........ tantr-a-yin ayu\