Yoga sadhana

Incomplete tantricsādhana, with beginning and end missing. CompareIOL Tib J 417/1, where thesādhanais explicitly linked to theSarvatathāgatatattvasaṃgraha(112). Title assumed on the basis of the present manuscript's similarity toIOL Tib J 417/1andIOL Tib J 551, which both supply the title on their last lines. The present manuscript was apparently once a concertina, but has since been cut into separate pieces. This first item constitutes the recto sides of the entire concertina. The first folio side is blank. The page order has been scrambled. The item should be read in the following order: [6r]-[missing folio]-[5r]-[4r]-[2v]-[3r]. This page order can be reconstructed on the basis of a commentary to the work, written in the same hand on the same kind of paper (seeIOL Tib J 447/1). The missing folio is supplied by2701r.

The ritual described may be classified as belonging to those of theYoga tantras; the commentary uses the term several times. The practice focuses on theVajradhātu maṇḍalain whichVairocanais the principle deity, although the point is made that any of the five buddhas may be taken as one's focus. The first folio ofIOL Tib J 417/1states that the standard central deity has been replaced by thevajrafamily, but unfortunately in the present manuscript the beginning is missing, so we cannot be sure the same is true of this text. The fourmudrās of tantric practice (mahāmudrā,samayamudrā,dharmamudrā,karmamudrā) are used to structure the central visualization practice. Here,mahāmudrārefers to the state in which oneself is identified with the deity. Note that nowadays, the fourmudrās are often associated withYoga tantra(see354), where the firstmudrāis called the "bodymudrā" (sku'i phyag rgya). Otherwise, much attention is given to describing the hand positions for the necessarymudrās.

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Yoga notes

Again, the page order is scrambled (see Item 1) and should be read in the following order: [3v]-[2r]-[4v]-[5v]-[missing folio]-[6v]. As above in item 1, the missing folio can be supplied by2701v. The item consists of a series of descriptionsmudrās with their respectivemantras. Each description ends in a kind of refrain that names that particularmudrāandmantra, e.g.'khyil lag gi phyag rgya dang sngagsso(5v, 3-4). The form seems to matchIOL Tib J 447/4.

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Yoga treatise

Incomplete. The handwriting in this particular item shifts todbu can. As part of a discussion on the fourmudrās, themahāmudrāis described. The following is a transcription and a translation of the description:

" 6v.3/phyag rgya chen po nang du /sku gsum ye shes lnga 'dug ste/sku gsum ni 'dod chags zhes
sdang gsum de la / 'dod chags ni sprul pa'i sku ste/pad mo'i rigs//zhe sdang nI rdzogs long spyod pa'i sku ste/rdo rje'i
rIgs //gti mug ni chos kyi sku ste/de bzhin gshegs pa'i rigs /pad mo'i rigsu ni las gyi rigsu bsdu /rdo rje'i rigs
su rin po che'i rigs sdu / " "In themahāmudrā, there are the three bodies and the five wisdoms. The three bodies are desire, anger [and ignorance]. Of these three, desire is thenirmāṇakāya, thepadmafamily; anger is thesaṃbhogakāya, thevajrafamily; ignorance is thedharmakāya, thetathāgatafamily. Within thepadmafamily is gathered thekarmafamily. Within thevajrafamily is gathered theratnafamily. "

treatise

Incomplete. A discussion of how the eight consciousnesses (aṣṭa-vijñāna), when purified, become their respective wisdoms and deities.