Theos-Talk Archives (September 1997 Message tt00033)

HPB gave a partial tibetian version of the first stanza of Dyzan
on p23 of the Secret Doctorine. One might think that this
version today serves no more to improve our understanding today
than it did 109 years ago. This is not the case. If we study
these passages (mere phrases, actually) we find that they can
provide some insight to the stansas as presented later in
"Secret Doctorine".

One difficulty one runs into is that, in addition to the Tibetian
terms (for which there was no standard english transliteration at
the time) HPB inserted english words into the text. Another lies
in the fact that HPB appears to have attempted to distinguish, in
at least one case, between similar but dificult terms
(specificlly: Tho-ag and Tho-og.) This combination makes accurate
translation difficult, but not impossible, as the below terms
show.

Re: "[Tho-ag] in [Zhi-gyu] slept seven [Khorlo] (stanza 1:1)

'khor lo [Khorlo] : wheel; chakra/ focal center of subtle energy;
encircling ring; (mandala) circle; charm wheel, chakra; 1) wheel,
circle, disk, sphere, orb, ring, band, wheel [as in. of the
Dharma], center [as in the subtle pathways], circle [as in. of
the mandala]. 2) Skt. chakra, chakra wheel. 3) [mandala]
circle. 4) a circlet, crown [worn on the head]. One of {phyag
rgya drug} 5) roller, cylinder. 6) the world. 7) machine. 8)
diagram. 9) focal points of energy within the central channel of
the body. dharma wheel, round of life, cycle of transmigratory
existence, cycle of years [acc. to Tib. calendar) 10) diesel
engine, the subtle pathways. 11) the six symbolic ornaments,
symbols. 12) {sgyur rgyal} world ruler, universal monarch 'khor
lo : Chakra, wheel, sacred diagrams for protection and liberation

Re: "Zodmanas zhiba"

quiescence {zhi ba}

Re: "All [Nyug] Bosom"

gnyug [Nyug] : Abbr. of {gnyug ma}

gnyug ma : genuine, innate, on-going, 'uninterrupted', perpetual,
primordial, original, natural, innate genuine nature, authentic,
original untouched nature; natural, innate, "nija" Skt. 2)
continuously residing, indigenous

gnyug ma de kho na nyid : innate thatness

Re: "[Tembrel Chugnyi] not" (The great causes of Misery?)

skye ba :

I)

1) birth, generation, arising, production, origin.

2) arising, origination, as one of the fourteen non-concurrent
formations {ldan min 'du byed}.

3) rebirth, birth, life, lifetime, manner of birth.

4) rebirth as one of the twelve links {rten brel bcu gnyis}.
Tenbrel Chugnyi Ten brel Chu gnyi]

II) {skye ba, skyes pa, skye ba} intr. v.;

1) to be born, be reborn, originate, arise, come into play, dawn,
happen, take place, grow, come into existence, come into being,
be produced, become, begin to exist, grow, bud, germinate,
sprout, come out newly.

2) give birth to, give rise to, bear, be pregnant, be with young.

3) to feel, think.

4) to progress, increase.

Re: "[Barnag] and [Ssa] in [Ngovonhidj]"

ngo bo nyid [Ngovonyidj] : essential nature of being itself; very
essence of; essence, self / own nature, own-being, substantial,
essential nature, entityness, inherent, intrinsic, reality,
own-being, sel-existence, own nature, entityness; the very
essence, the essential nature itself; the actual nature

Re: "alone [Tho-og] [Yinsin] in night of Sun-[chan] and
[Yong-grub]"

yongs grub [Yong-grub] : ...the absolute, corresponds to absolute
truth, absolute, 'fully established'. consummate, established
reality, established phenomena, full presence, ultimate cognition
of reality, brought to perfection, fully established, synonium
absolute, the ideally absolute, totally real, perfected,
thoroughly established phenomena, thoroughly established [esp.
in context of {mtshan nyid gsum}. full presence, thoroughly
established, the ideally absolute. {yongs su grub pa} the
absolute, corresponds to absolute truth, ultimate cognition of
reality, brought to perfection, totally real, perfected,
thoroughly established phenomena, thoroughly established [esp.
in context of {mtshan nnyid gsum}. fully established, synonium
absolute; ... the absolute; ... thoroughly established

yongs grub : absolute; unchanging ('gyur med yongs grub).
unmistaken (phyin ci ma log pa'i yongs grub). yongs grub kyi
mtshan nyid : perfect reality

Finally, one might wonder if "Kiu-te", is, in fact, refer in some
way to Khri-te, described in the passage below:

stod mnga ri skor gsum : The Three Lands of Ngari in T:. These
are 1) Gugey Ya'i Kor (gu ge gya' yi sKor), the Slate Land of
Gugey; 2) Puhrang Khang gi Kor (spu rang gangs kyi sKor), the
Snow Land of Puhrang; 3) Ruthop Chap gi Kor (ru thop chab kyi
sKor), the Water Land of Ruthop.

According to The Ocean-like Annals (deb ther rgya mtsho), History
of Amdo by Konchog Rabgye: 1) Purang, Mang Yul, and Sangkar (spu
rang, mang yul, zang dkar), making the first land; 2) Li, Drusha,
and Balti (li, bru sha, sbal ti), making the second land; and 3)
Shang Shung, Triteh and T"meh (zhang zhung, khri te, stod smad),
making the third land.