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Essay name: Hevajra Tantra (analytical study)

Author: Seung Ho Nam
Affiliation: University of Kerala / Faculty of Oriental Studies

This is an English study of the Hevajra Tantra: an ancient Sanskrit text that teaches the process of attaining Buddha-hood for removing the sufferings of all sentient beings. The Hevajratantra amplifies the views and methods found in the Guhyasamaja Tantra (one of the earliest extant Buddhist Tantras) dealing with Yoga and Mandalas.

Chapter 3 - Tantric Doctrine in Hevajra Tantra

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121 (of 138)


External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)


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an eight petal lotus. In the Centre of Enjoyment a sixteen petal lotus. In the Centre
of Great Bliss a thirty-two petal lotus. (1.22-24)416
In "Yogaratnamālā, the centres or cakras are explained in detail.
[commentary of 1.1.22-24] The Concealed Essence is that by which the yogi must
resolve the externalized gross phenomenal manifestations and internalize them.
Samvara, the Concealed Essence, is so called because it is concealed (samvāra) in
the body and because it is the choicest (vara) of essence. Here 'various' refers to
the different kinds of Concealed Essences. Ali represents the sixteen vowels
beginning with a Kāli represents the thirty-four consonants beginning with ka. They
are [also the pairs] Lalana and Rasana, Moon and Sun, and Wisdom and Means.
The Centres of Essential Nature, Enjoyment and Creation are situated in the heart,
throat and the generative organ respectively. The Body, Speech and Mind are these
[above-mentioned] three Centres. The Body Centre is in the generative organ, the
Speech Centre in the throat and the Mind Centre in the heart. The nature of the
Centre of Great Bliss is the experience of the unity of the three Centres. Know this
to be in the top of the head. In the Four Centres are the four Seals who are of the
nature of the four elements, Earth, Water, Fire and Air. Now, the number of petals
in the Creation and other Centres is given.
In the central eight petals of the sixty four petalled-lotus [in the Centre of
Creation], clockwise, the letters are a, ka, ca, ṭa, ta, pa, ya and sa. At the very
centre of the lotus is the seed-syllable am. In the Centre of Essential Nature in the
heart is an inverted, downward facing eight petalled lotus. In the petals of the four
corners are the letters ya, ra, la and va. In the four petals of the four directions are
the letters ā, ī, ū and e. At the very centre of the lotus is the seed-syllable hūm,
facing down. In the Centre of Enjoyment in the throat is a sixteen petalled lotus
facing upwards. In the central four petals, which are in the four directions, are
clockwise the letters a, i, u and e. At the very centre of the lotus is the
seed-syllable om. In Centre of Great Bliss, in the head, is a thirty-two petalled
lotus. At the very centre of this lotus is the downward-facing seed-syllable ham. In
the Process of Generation one should actualize these above mentioned attributes in
the four Centres. (YM)417
Where each centre is located, how the centres of essential nature,
enjoyment and creation are equal to the Body, Speech and Mind of the
416 samvarabhedaś ca kathyate/ äli käli candra sūtraryaprajñopāya dharma
sambhoga nirmāṇa mahāsukhakāya vākcittam//22/ evam mayā/ ekāreṇa locanādevī
vamkāreṇa māmakī smṛtā/ makāreṇa pāṇḍurā ca yākāreṇa tāriṇ� smṛtā//23// nirmāṇa
cakre padmam catuḥṣaṣṭidalam/ dharmadcakre aṣtadalam/ sambhoga cakre
ṣoḍaśadalam/ mahāsukha cakre dvātrimśaddalam//24// (HT[F&M]., pp.14-15)
417 (HT[S].,part2, pp.106-107)
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