Bar do thos grol The Tibetan book of the dead

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Yellowish-White Vulture-Headed One, bearing a gigantic [human-shaped] corpse on the
shoulder and holding a skeleton in the hand; from the south-west, the Dark-Red Cemetery-
Bird-Headed One, carrying a gigantic corpse on the shoulder; from the north-west, the Black
Crow-Headed One, the left [hand] holding a skull-bowl, the right holding a sword, and [she]
eating heart and lungs; from the north-east, the Dark-Blue Owl-Headed One, holding a dorje
in the right [hand], and holding a skull-bowl in the left, and eating.
These Eight Htamenmas of the [eight] regions, likewise surrounding the Blood-Drinking
Fathers, and issuing from within thy brain, come to shine upon thee. Fear that not. Know them
to be the thought-forms of thine own intellectual faculties.
[The Fourteenth Day]
O nobly-born on the Fourteenth Day, the Four Female Door-Keepers, also issuing from
within thine own brain, will come to shine upon thee. Again recognize. From the east
[quarter] of thy brain will come to shine the White Tiger-Headed Goad-Holding Goddess,
bearing a blood-filled skull-bowl in her left [hand]; from the south, the Yellow Sow-Headed
Noose-Holding Goddess; from the west, the Red Lion-Headed Iron-Chain-Holding Goddess;
and from the north, the Green Serpent-Headed Bell-Holding Goddess. Thus, issue the Four
Female Door-Keepers also from within thine own brain and come to shine upon thee; as
tutelary deities, recognize them.
O nobly-born, on the outer Circle of these thirty wrathful deities, Herukas, the twenty-eight
various-headed mighty goddesses, bearing various weapons, issuing from within thine own
brain, will come to shine upon thee. Fear that not. Recognize whatever shineth to be the
thought-forms of thine own intellectual faculties. At this vitally important time, recollect the
select teachings of the guru.
O nobly-born, [there will dawn] from the east the Dark-Brown Yak-Headed Rkshasa-
Goddess, holding a dorje and a skull; and the Reddish-Yellow Serpent-Headed Brahma-
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Goddess, holding a lotus in her hand; and the Greenish-Black Leopard-Headed Great-
Goddess, holding a trident in her hand; and the Blue Monkey-Headed Goddess of
Inquisitiveness, holding a wheel; and the Red Snow-Bear-Headed Virgin-Goddess, bearing a
short spear in the hand; and the White Bear-Headed Indra-Goddess, holding an intestine-
noose in the hand: [these], the Six Yoginis of the East, issuing from within the [eastern
quarter of thine own] brain, will come to shine upon thee; | fear that not.
O nobly-born, from the south [will dawn] the Yellow Bat-Headed Delight-Goddess, holding a
shaving-knife in the hand; and the Red Makara-Headed Peaceful-[Goddess], holding an urn in
the hand; and the Red Scorpion-Headed Amrita-Goddess, holding a lotus in the hand; and the
White Kite-Headed Moon-Goddess, | holding a dorje in the hand; and the Dark-Green Fox-
Headed Baton-Goddess, flourishing a club in the hand; and the Yellowish-Black Tiger-
Headed Rkshas%2ł, holding a blood-filled skull-bowl in the hand: [these] the Six Yoginis of the
South, issuing from within the [southern quarter of thine own] brain, will come to shine upon
thee; fear that not.
O nobly-born, from the west [will dawn] the Greenish-Black Vulture-Headed Eater-Goddess,
holding a baton in the hand; and the Red Horse-Headed Delight-Goddess, holding a huge
trunk of a corpse; and the White Eagle-Headed Mighty-Goddess, holding a club in the hand;
and the Yellow Dog-Headed Rkshas%2ł, holding a dorje in the hand and a shaving-knife and
cutting [with this]; and the Red Hoopoo-Headed Desire-Goddess, holding a bow and arrow in
the hand aimed; and the Green Stag-Headed Wealth-Guardian Goddess, holding an urn in the
hand: [these], the Six Yoginis of the West, issuing from within the [western quarter of thine
own] brain, will come to shine upon thee; fear that not.
O nobly-born, from the north [will dawn] the Blue Wolf-Headed Wind-Goddess, waving a
pennant in the hand; and the Red Ibex-Headed Woman-Goddess, holding a pointed stake in
the hand; and the Black Sow-Headed Sow-Goddess, holding a noose of fangs in the hand; and
the Red Crow-Headed Thunderbolt-Goddess, holding an infant corpse in the hand; and the
Greenish-Black Elephant-Headed Big-Nosed Goddess, holding in the hand a big corpse and
drinking blood from a skull; and the Blue Serpent-Headed Water-Goddess, holding in the
hand a serpent noose: [these], the Six Yoginis of the North, issuing from within [the northern
quarter of] thine own brain, will come to shine upon thee; fear that not.
O nobly-born, the Four Yoginis of the Door, issuing from within the brain, will come to shine
upon thee: from the east, the Black Cuckoo-Headed Mystic Goddess, holding an iron hook in
the hand; from the south, the Yellow Goat-Headed Mystic Goddess, holding a noose in the
hand; from the west, the Red Lion-Headed Mystic Goddess, holding an iron chain in the
hand; and from the north, the Greenish-Black Serpent-Headed Mystic Goddess: [these], the
Four Door-Keeping Yoginis, issuing from within the brain, will come to shine upon thee.
Since these Twenty-eight Mighty Goddesses emanate from the bodily powers of Ratna-
Sambhava, [He] of the Six Heruka Deities, recognize them.
O nobly-born, the Peaceful Deities emanate from the Voidness of the Dharma-Kya;
recognize them. From the Radiance of the Dharma-Kya emanate the Wrathful Deities;
recognize them.
At this time when the Fifty-eight Blood-Drinking Deities emanating from thine own brain
come to shine upon thee, if thou knowest them to be the radiances of thine own intellect, thou
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wilt merge, in the state of at-one-ment, into the body of the Blood-Drinking Ones there and
then, and obtain Buddhahood.
O nobly-born, by not recognizing now, and by fleeing from the deities out of fear, again
sufferings will come to overpower thee. If this be not known, fear being begotten of the
Blood-Drinking Deities, [one is] awed and terrified and fainteth away: one's own thought-
forms turn into illusory appearances, and one wandereth into the Sangsra; if one be not awed
and terrified, one will not wander into the Sangsra.
Furthermore, the bodies of the largest of the Peaceful and Wrathful Deities are equal [in
vastness] to the limits of the heaves; the intermediate, as big as Mt. Meru; the smallest, equal
to eighteen bodies such as thine own body, set one upon another. Be not terrified at that; be
not awed. If all existing phenomena shining forth as divine shapes and radiances be
recognized to be the emanations of one's own intellect, Buddhahood will be obtained at that
very instant of recognition. The saying, 'Buddhahood will be obtained in a moment [of time]'
is that which applieth now. Bearing this in mind, one will obtain Buddhahood by merging, in
at-one-ment, into the Radiances and the Kyas.
O nobly-born, whatever fearful and terrifying visions thou mayst see, recognize them to be
thine own thought-forms.
O nobly-born, if thou recognize not, and be frightened, then all the Peaceful Deities will shine
forth in the shape of Mah-Kla; and all the Wrathful Deities will shine [forth] in the form of
Dharma-Rja, the Lord of Death; and thine own thought-forms becoming Illusions [or
Mras], thou wilt wander into the Sangsra. [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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