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EXPOSITION OF THE TANTRA SCRIPTURE, TANTRA DIVISION (TOH 3718)
Background
This scripture belongs to Toh 3718 in the Kangyur, the collection of scriptural repositories taught by Buddha Śākyamuni through bodhisattvas and divine beings in the Vajrayāna Tantric tradition. Tantra is a swift path of practice, based on the principle that all phenomena have the nature of Buddha, and that through transformative practices (sādhana) we can transform the energies of mind, breath, and body into unsurpassed spiritual power.
The scripture Toh 3718 belongs to the category of Tantra, scriptures that contain teachings on ritual, meditation, and sacred symbolism. Unlike the Mahāyāna scriptures, which often speak of the bodhisattva mind, these scriptures directly transmit methods that use mind, image, sound, and movement to attain meditative consciousness (samādhi) and swift liberation.
Main Contents
Although the title and specific contents of Toh 3718 have not yet been fully translated, it may be understood that this scripture is one of the repositories teaching about divine beings (devatā), tantric bodhisattvas, or mind teachings (citta-vidyā) related to transformation and accomplishment (siddhi).
In the Vajrayāna Tantric tradition, tantras such as this often include: detailed descriptions of one or more divine beings (iṣṭadevatā, the tutelary deity of the practitioner), with attributes such as faces, arms, colors, symbols, and names, each element bearing profound philosophical meaning. They include detailed instructions on how to construct the mental image (visualization) of this deity in contemplation, from the generation process (utpatti-krama) to the completion process (niṣpatti-krama).
They include mantras, sacred sound formulas that help stabilize consciousness and activate spiritual energy. They also describe the powers and extraordinary abilities (abhijñā) that the practitioner will attain through correct practice, such as the ability to understand the minds of others, transform one’s form, or attain the unsurpassed body.
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