Journey to Realms Beyond Death

[p. 141, n. 14 rN~in-ma / Sa-skya]

pp. 1-32 Tamra-varn.a (copper-colored) mountain

p.

deities

their interaction with authoress

result

2

the 3 sistren of broken samaya

held black banner; attempted to loop a. with noose; struck a. with skein of colored wool

kanadava medicine

9

an escort of 4 young women

these 4 bone-ornament-adorned d.akini-s placed a. in a red-and-white litter (palanquin), ae:rial [vimana]

thus a. was transported to Camara

10

woman gate-keeperess

into temple at copper-colored mountain on Camara

opened quartz door

11

regent

telling 108 beads of rosary

feast

12

d.akini

she bathed a.

 
 

master

silent (muni)

 

13

girl doorkeeperess

to Antarabhava after Death: green bolsters, blue hair-binding ribbons

incense for d.akini

 

old woman

exhaled water-snakes, frogs, fishes

bone rosary

14

white d.akini

with 7 attendant d.akini-s

singing

 

d.akini

guru-principle celebration

 

15

dark-purple yogi

with 6 black-cloaked attendants

scowling

 

white woman gatekeeperess

to orange mansion with red throne of queen

arrow-bundle

17

white woman

in white brocade skirt, red rosary

white arrow

20

white-haired white woman

toothy Goddess with Power over Longevity

6-faceted crystal

21

Padma-sambhava

wearing maroon cloak

trident

22

male guide; dark-blue d.akini

to the right of P-S; holding hand-drum

 
 

dark-blue male adept

with 4 red d.akini-s

 

23

d.aka-s [Caran.a-s?]

wearing hats of peacock-feathers

music instruments

26

d.akini

quartz mansion with 8 turquoise dragons holding gems in their claws

peafowl-call

27

guru

Charnel Ground of Erupting Volcanoes: "do not write these things down ..."!

a. is re-named "lamp"

pp. 27-31 return journey, re-tracing same way back

pp. 16 (& 29) -- 12 each, sets of women as gatekeeperesses of the 4 doors

direction of door

substance composing their bodies

east

quartz

south

gold

west

ruby (p. 16) or coral (p. 29)

north

turquoise

p. 37 -- 5 paths

color of path

to __

of __

white

bliss-realm

Amita-abha

red

Camara

Padma-sambhava

blue

Potala

Ava-lokita-is`vara

green

"Yulokod"

+Tara

yellow

flower-realm

"Jampa Gonpo"

pp. 36-99 reflections in the crystal mirror

p.

deities

their interaction with authoress

result

40

the dead

river of the dead, crossed by 6-arched bridge

beribboned arrow

41

black giants

heated iron as ground

din of cries

 

Dharma-raja

seated on iron throne, he is warty-faced, holding crosshatched board of fate

a. is acquitted

44

snake-enwrapped girl

reaping barley

laughter

45

girl under iron sieve

she flirted with monks

freed

47

Preta-s

stole from guardians

spittle

48

Asura-s = "aristocrats"

a. dashed bird's egg on ground

had died by the knife

 

old god

actually see the place of their future rebirth

blossoms were scattered on him

49

miser

gossipmongering

repose

50

monks

flames from their mouths

vile language

51

pilgrim

pilgrimages

prayer flag

52

chained

in 6-arched bridge over river of the dead

smoke

53

deer hunter

in the Reviving Hell

carved in stone

   

in the Black Thread Hell

recitations

   

suffering on mountain-top

fasting

55

man with head of red bull {= Minotauros?}

80,000 leagues beyond, cliff-face of dark-red rock

sound of his tongue hitting his palate

56

master-guide

white-clad; turned prayer-wheel; his feet did not touch the ground

crystal palaces

57

iron birds plucking out eyen of victims

fearsome women embracing and then tearing off heads of the victims who came when called to them {cf. +Seirenes}

s`almali tree

58

man encased in iron suit

3 stag-headed denizens wield razors

gave message to bring back

59

bla-ma

led 1,000 along pathway of white light

 
 

nun

led 1,000 along pathway of blue light

 
 

old woman

Crushing Hell

 

61

middle-aged woman

with 2 small children of her karma -- the fair-colored one had nothing to say

was weighed in balance for souls

62

evil man

he had cut lips & noses

10,000 kalpa-s

63

hunter

4 stag-headed denizens

karma-child wept

64

woman

with 2 small children of her karma -- the dark one said she had starved calves

12,000 years drinking metal

66

old woman

led 1,500 westward to Realm of Bliss

not alone

67

man

wearing marmot-skins

hibernating

68

12 monks from Sa-skya

asked not to prostrate selves; led 12,000 westward to Realm of Bliss

minions in awe of them

 

nun

led 3,000 to Copper-Colored Mt.

2 accumulations

69

monk

the 2 karma-children disagreed about him

s`almali trees

70

religious woman

mixture of good and bad

1,000 months in Reviving Hell

71

general

in Crushing Hell

corals hidden

 

military commander

was sliced to pieces and the pieces rejoined

1,000 kalpa-s

72

haeretic man

no concern with future

Howling Hell

74

men

crushed between 2 mountains

killed fleas

77

butcher

 

Intense-Heat Hell

 

mother & daughter

their backs were weighted down with boulders

 

78

white-clad bla-ma

led eloped ex-consort of bla-ma along pathway of white light

 
 

12 poachers

 

Intense-Heat Hell

79

4 butchers

were led to Mt. Potala

 

82

misappropriators

in Hell of Constant Torment

 
 

white-robed lay tantrika-s

were being devoured

 

85

bla-ma-s

18 copper cauldrons were turned mouth-downward

no backsliding

 

mendicant on rainbow

saw Dharma-raja to be Samanta-bhadra

moonbeam from his heart

86

radiant mendicant

led 20,000 people to Copper-Colored Mt.

light flooded the 18 hell-realms

87

robber

had stolen bodhi-seed rosary

 

88

faking reader

his tongue was torn out and it was being ploughed

 
 

9 men

were not aware that they had died

 

89

100 monks

had not confessed sins at samaya

wear hot iron

 

householder old man

turned silver prayer-wheel

 

90

bla-ma

acting crazy, holding bone rosary

 
 

patron

proclaiming: "__ knoweth all"!

 
 

man

in Reviving Hell

vanishing

 

owl-headed denizen of hell

copper knife

smiling

91

old woman

was beaten by mole-headed denizen

7 lifetimes

92

blasphemer

his tongue was filled with iron spikes

 
 

incendiary

was scorched

 
 

consort of bla-ma

because she had poisoned him, her tears fell like rainfall {cf. tears of +Isis}

thundering

 

7 men & their wives

the men were hooked by horns of yaks made of iron; molten metal was being poured into the mouths of their wives, "so that from all their orifices red tongues of flame blazed forth." [their orifices being tongued?]

 

p. 76 Dharma-raja said: there is no "high" nor "low" person {God is no respecter of persons}

p. 124 -- karandatava tree composed of pretious substances

tree-part

substance

roots

gold

trunk

silver

branches

sapphire

leaves

amber

flowers

ruby

fruit

diamonds

p. 131 -- 7 animal-headed minions within fortress of skulls. p. 42 the same, around Yama

head (animalian)

accomplishment of minion

p. 42 direction

p. 42 character

ox

reading karmic scroll-records

4. left

 

lion

beating drum of karmic justice

2. right

pride

serpent

divining in mirror

1. front

malevolence

stag

laying out the rack

   

red snow-bear

polishing weapons

   

monkey

measuring with the balance

3. behind

destiny

bear

distinguishing virtuous actions from harmful ones

   

Delog Dawa Drolma (translated from the Tibetan by Richard Barron): Journey to Realms Beyond Death. Padma Publishing, Junction City (CA), 1995.