Tantric Techniques (94 page)

ting nge ’dzin rgyal po’i mdo / chos thams cad kyi rang bzhin mnyam pa nyid rnam par spros pa ting nge ’dzin gyi rgyal po’i mdo

392
Tantric Techniques

P795, vols. 31-32; Toh. 127, vol.
da

Sanskrit: P. L. Vaidya.
Sam
ā
dhir
ā
jas
ū
tram
. Buddhist Sanskrit Texts, 2. Darbhanga, India: Mithila Institute, 1961.

Sanskrit, Tibetan, Chinese and English translation (of chap. 9): Cristoph Cüppers.
The IXth Chapter of the Sam
ā
dhir
ā
jas
ū
tra: A Text-critical Contribution to the Study of Mah
ā
y
ā
na S
ū
tras.
Alt-und Neu-Indische Studien, 41. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1990.

Partial English translation (of chaps. 8, 19, and 22): K. Regamey.
Three Chapters from the Sam
ā
dhir
ā
jas
ū
tra
. Warsaw: Publications of the Oriental Commission, 1938.

Partial English translation (of chaps. 1-4): Translation Committee of the University of Michigan’s Collegiate Institute for the Study of Buddhist Literature. “The S
ū
tra of the
King of Sam
ā
dhis
: Chapters I-IV” in
Studies in the Literature of the Great Vehicle
. Michigan Studies in Buddhist Literature No. 1, edited by Luis O. Gómez and Jonathan A. Silk, 188. Ann Arbor: Collegiate Institute for the Study of Buddhist Literature and Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan, 1989.

K
ṛṣ
h
ṇ
ayam
ā
ri Tantra

k
ṛṣṇ
ayam
ā
ritantra

gshin rje gshed nag po’i rgyud P103, vol. 4

Lady Sky-Traveler Vajra Tent Tantra

d
ā
kin
ī
vajrapañjaramah
ā
tantrar
ā
jakalpa

mkha’ ’gro ma rdo rje gur shes bya ba’i rgyud kyi rgyal po chen po’i brtag pa P11, vol. 1

Little Sa
ṃ
vara Tantra

tantrar
ā
ja
ś
r
ī
laghusa
ṃ
vara

rgyud kyi rgyal po dpal bde mchog snyung ngu’i rgyud P16, vol. 2; Toh. 368

Lotus Points

padma rtse mo [?]

Magical Net

m
ā
y
ā
j
ā
lamah
ā
tantrar
ā
ja

rgyud kyi rgyal po chen po sgyu ’phrul dra ba P102, vol. 4; THDL, Ng3.3.5

Mañjushr
ī
Root Tantra

mañju
ś
r
ī
m
ū
lakalpa

’jam dpal rtsa ba’i rtog pa P162, vol. 6

Miraculous Secret Essence

sgyu ’phrul gsang ba snying po THDL Ng3.1.1.8

Ornament of the Vajra Essence Tantra

vajrah
ṛ
day
ā
la
ṃ
k
ā
ra

rdo rje snying po rgyan gyi rgyud P86, vol. 3; Toh. 451

Pile of Jewels S
ū
tra

ratnak
ūṭ
a / mah
ā
ratnak
ūṭ
adharmapary
ā
ya
ś
atas
ā
hasrikagrantha

dkon brtsegs / dkon mchog brtsegs pa chen po’i chos kyi rnam grangs le’u stong phrag brgya pa

P760, vols. 22-24

Questions of Sub
ā
hu Tantra
(one of the four general Action Tantras) sub
ā
huparip
ṛ
cch
ā
n
ā
matantra

dpung bzang gis zhus pa zhes bya ba’i rgyud

Bibliography
393

P428, vol. 9

Revelation of the Thought

sa
ṃ
dhivy
ā
kara
ṇ
atantra

dgongs pa lung ston / dgongs pa lung bstan pa’i rgyud P83, vol. 3; THDL, Ng3.2.2.2.9

Sa
ṃ
pu
ṭ
a Tantra

caturyogin
ī
sa
ṃ
pu
ṭ
atantra

rnal ’byor ma bzhi’i kha sbyor kyi rgyud P24, vol. 2

Sa
ṃ
pu
ṭ
i Tantra

sa
ṃ
pu
ṭ
in
ā
mamah
ā
tantra

yang dag par sbyor ba shes bya ba’i rgyud chen po P26, vol. 2

Secret Treasury

sarvatath
ā
gataguhyamah
ā
guhyako
ś
a-ak
ṣ
ayayanidhid
ī
pa-mah
ā
vratas
ā
dhanatantra

de bzhin gshegs pa thams cad kyi gsang ba gsang ba’i mdzod chen po mi zad pa gter gyi sgron ma brtul zhugs chen po bsgrub pa’i rgyud

P453, vol. 9

Susiddhi Tantra
(one of the four general Action Tantras) susiddhikaramah
ā
tantras
ā
dhanop
ā
yikapa
ṭ
ala

legs par grub par byed pa’i rgyud chen po las sgrub pa’i thabs rim par phye ba P431, vol. 9

Tantra of Oceanic Spontaneous Pristine Wisdom

ye shes rgya mtsho lhun gyis grub pa’i rgyud [?]

Tantra of Pristine Wisdom [Already] Established

ye shes grub pa’i rgyud [?]

Tantra of the Inconceivable Ra-li

ra li bsam gyis mi khyab pa’i rgyud [?]

Tantra of the Supreme Original Buddha

ś
r
ī
param
ā
dya /
ś
r
ī
param
ā
dyan
ā
mamah
ā
y
ā
nakalpar
ā
j
ā

dpal dang po’i sangs rgyas / dpal mchog dang po zhes bya ba theg pa chen po’i rtog pa’i rgyal po

P119, vol. 5; Toh. 488, vol.
ta

Tantra Thoroughly Establishing the Great Vehicle
theg pa chen po yongs su grub pa’i rgyud [?]

Vairochan
ā
bhisambodhi
(a Performance Tantra) mah
ā
vairocan
ā
bhisa
ṃ
bodhivikurvat
ī
-adhi
ṣṭ
h
ā
navaip
ū
lyas
ū
tra—

indrar
ā
jan
ā
madharmapary
ā
ya

rnam par snang mdzad chen po mngon par rdzogs par byang chub pa rnam par sprul ba byin gyis rlob pa shin tu rgyas pa mdo sde’i dbang po rgyal po zhes bya ba’i chos kyi rnam grangs

P126, vol. 5; Toh. 494, Dharma vol. 31

Vajra Array

sarvatath
ā
gatacittajñ
ā
naguhy
ā
rthagarbhavy
ū
havajratantra

rdo rje bkod pa / de bzhin gshegs pa thams cad kyi thugs gsang ba’i ye shes don gyi sny-ing po rdo rje bkod pa’i rgyud

P452, vol. 9; THDL, Ng2.1.2

394
Tantric Techniques

Vajrap
āṇ
i Initiation Tantra
(a Performance Tantra) vajrap
āṇ
yabhi
ṣ
ekamah
ā
tantra

lag na rdo rje dbang bskur ba’i rgyud chen mo P130, vol. 6

Vajrapañjara Tantra
(a Highest Yoga Tantra)

ḍā
ki
ṇī
vajrapañjaramah
ā
tantrar
ā
jakalpa

mkha’ ’gro ma rdo rje gur zhes bya ba’i rgyud kyi rgyal po chen po’i brtag pa P11, vol. 6

Vajrashekhara Tantra
(a Yoga Tantra) vajra
ś
ekharamah
ā
guhyayogatantra

gsang ba rnal ’byor chen po’i rgyud rdo rje rtse mo P113, vol. 5; Toh. 480

Vajro
ṣ
h
ṇīṣ
ha Tantra
(an Action Tantra of which the
Concentration Continuation Tantra
is said to be a continuation)

rdo rje gtsug tor gyi rgyud [not extant]

Wisdom Drop

jñ
ā
natilakayogin
ī
tantrar
ā
ja

ye shes thig le rnal ’byor ma’i rgyud kyi rgyal po chen po P14, vol. 2

Also: ye shes thig le zang thal gyi rgyud THDL, Ng1.6.105

Wisdom Vajra Compendium
(an explanatory Highest Yoga Tantra, in the
Guhyasam
ā
ja
cycle) jñ
ā
navajrasamuccayan
ā
mas
ū
tra

ye shes rdo rje kun las btus pa P84, vol. 3

Other Sanskrit and Tibetan Works

Abhay
ā
kara (
’jigs med ’byung gnas sbas pa
)

Clusters of Quintessential Instructions: Commentary on the Sa
ṃ
pu
ṭ
a Tantra

sa
ṃ
pu
ṭ
atantrar
ā
ja
ṭī
k
ā
-
ā
mn
ā
y
ā
mañjari

yang dag par sbyor ba’i rgyud kyi rgyal po’i rgya cher ’grel pa man ngag gi snye ma P2328, vo. 55; Toh. 1198

Ala
ṃ
kakalasha

Commentary on the Vajra Garland Tantra

vajram
ā
l
ā
mah
ā
yogatantra
ṭī
k
ā
gambh
ī
r
ā
rthad
ī
pik
ā

rnal ’byor chen po’i rgyud dpal rdo rje phreng ba’i rgya cher ’grel pa zab mo’i don gyi ’grel pa

P2660, vol. 61; Toh. 1795

Ā
ryadeva (
’phags pa lha,
second to third century C.E.)

Lamp Compendium for Practice
cary
ā
mel
ā
pakaprad
ī
pa spyod bsdus sgron ma P2668, vol. 61

Sanskrit, Tibetan, and English translation: Christian K. Wedemeyer.
Ā
ryadeva’s Lamp that Integrates the Practices.
New York: The American Institute of Buddhist Studies at Columbia University, 2007.

Asa
ṅ
ga (
thogs med,
fourth century)

Explanation of (Maitreya’s) “Sublime Continuum of the Great Vehicle”

mah
ā
ynottaratantra
śā
stravy
ā
khya

Bibliography
395

theg pa chen po’i rgyud bla ma’i bstan bcos kyi rnam par bshad pa P5526, vol. 108

Sanskrit: E. H. Johnston (and T. Chowdhury).
The Ratnagotravibh
ā
ga Mah
ā
y
ā
nottaratantra-

śā
stra
. Patna, India: Bihar Research Society, 1950.

English translation: E. Obermiller. “Sublime Science of the Great Vehicle to Salvation.”
Acta Orientalia
9 (1931): 81-306. Also: J. Takasaki.
A Study on the Ratnagotravibh
ā
ga
. Se-rie Orientale Roma 33. Rome: Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente, 1966.

1. Grounds of Yogic Practice / Actuality of the Grounds
   

   yog
   ā
   c
   ā
   rabh
   ū
   mi / bh
   ū
   mivastu
   

   rnal ’byor spyod pa’i sa / sa’i dngos gzhi P5536-5538, vols. 109-110
   

   Grounds of Bodhisattvas
   bodhisattvabh
   ū
   mi byang chub sems pa’i sa P5538, vol. 110
   

   Sanskrit: Unrai Wogihara.
   Bodhisattvabh
   ū
   mi: A Statement of the Whole Course of the Bodhisattva (Being the Fifteenth Section of Yog
   ā
   c
   ā
   rabh
   ū
   mi).
   Leipzig: 1908; Tokyo: Seigo Keny
   ū
   kai, 1930-1936. Also: Nalinaksha Dutt.
   Bodhisattvabhumi (Being the XVth Section of Asangapada’s Yogacarabhumi).
   Tibetan Sanskrit Works Series 7. Patna, India: K. P. Jayaswal Research Institute, 1966.
   

   English translation of the Chapter on Suchness, the fourth chapter of Part I, which is the f ifteenth volume of the
   Grounds of Yogic Practice:
   Janice D. Willis.
   On Knowing Reality.
   New York: Columbia University Press, 1979; reprint, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1979.
   

2. Compendium of Ascertainments
   nir
   ṇ
   ayasa
   ṃ
   graha / vini
   ś
   cayasa
   ṃ
   graha
   ṇī
   rnam par gtan la dbab pa bsdu ba
   

   P5539, vols. 110-111
   

3. Compendium of Bases
   vastusa
   ṃ
   graha gzhi bsdu ba
   

   P5540, vol. 111
   

4. Compendium of Enumerations
   

   pary
   ā
   yasa
   ṃ
   graha rnam grang bsdu ba P5543, vol. 111
   

5. Compendium of Explanations