Derge Kangyur/Tengyur e-text, Esukhia/Barom edition — public domain (mechanical reproduction)
The provided fragment of the Vikalpaparihārastotra-nāma (The Song of Abandoning Conceptual Thought) introduces a tantric meditation practice focused on the cessation of conceptual proliferation. The text employs the imagery of the subtle body, specifically referencing the secret channel and the nature of the mind as a gathered essence. By framing the work as a song (stotra), the author suggests a poetic or liturgical approach to the realization of non-conceptuality. The text commits the reader to a specific vajrayana framework, beginning with a devotional invocation to Heruka and directing attention toward the internal energetic anatomy. The primary objective is the abandonment of conceptual thought through the stabilization of the mind's essence within the secret channel, though the provided passage is an introductory fragment and does not detail the full methodology.
Provenance
About this text
A song concerning the abandonment of conceptual thought, the Vikalpaparihāragītikā is a treatise belonging to the General Unexcelled Yoga Tantra Works. The work is attributed to the Indian author Lilāpa. It is preserved in the classical Tibetan tradition under the title rnam rtog spang ba'i glu, appearing in volume ཟི of the Tengyur, where it extends to one page. The record does not name the translators. The work enacts a tantric meditation practice focused on the cessation of conceptual proliferation, utilizing the imagery of the subtle body. It directs the practitioner's attention toward the internal energetic anatomy, specifically the secret channel and the nature of the mind as a gathered essence, beginning with a devotional invocation to Heruka. A scholar or serious reader consults this text today to examine a poetic and liturgical approach to the realization of non-conceptuality within a Vajrayana framework, observing how the stabilization of the mind's essence is framed through the union of the kakkola and the resounding cry of the kṛpīṭa.
Cite thisAnuvāda, “A Song of Abandoning Conceptuality” (Toh 2343), machine draft, 2026.https://naxiai.com/tibetan/works/toh2343
Summary & commentary
Significance
The work is significant for its integration of conceptual abandonment with the subtle body systems characteristic of Indo-Tibetan tantra. It illustrates the transition from philosophical negation of concepts to a somatic, energetic practice. This is inferred from the specific mention of the secret channel and the nature of the mind.
Structure
Passages
Section
Description
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Introduction
Contains the Sanskrit and Tibetan titles, an invocation to Heruka, and an initial description of the mind's essence in relation to the secret channel.
Themes
Abandonment of conceptuality (1)
Subtle body anatomy (1)
Summary, significance and provenance note generated by gemma4:31b from the translation and the catalogue record.
In the language of India: Vikalpaparihārastotra-nāma. In the language of Tibet: Rnam rtog spang ba’i glu (The Song of Abandoning Conceptual Thought). Homage to the glorious Heruka!
Upon the secret vajra of the bola, the nature of the mind, the gathered essence, strings along the secret channel. Within the union of the kakkola, Kye-ho, the fire blazes. By the resounding cry of kṛpīṭa, the six channels and wheels are bound by HŪṂ. Realizing selflessness within the dhūtī of the three bodies, one possesses the self-arisen flower. Having blended the camphor with the bola, drink the nectar of the karuṇā. The fortunate kalijera should be mixed into the yogic assembly. Those without the fortune of adudhura should be excluded; abandon them, O yogin of the samaya!
Having anointed the body with the four equal parts and musk, one should abandon all conceptual thoughts. Within the assembly of heroes and heroines, possessing the pride of Heruka, one carries the great śava (corpse) field. To the Brahmin born of the māla lineage, the yogin who meets with all should abide in the body without conceptualizing. Kye-ho! The fortunate should make offerings. By the lion of selflessness, Līla, the meaning of emptiness will be realized. O yogin, in order to abandon conceptual thought, I shall lie on my back, crossing my hands over my chest. Directing self-awareness toward the expanse of space, Līla is born and non-duality is realized. The non-conceptual yogin attains accomplishment; having realized it, Līla is liberated.
The Rnam rtog spang ba’i glu (The Song of Abandoning Conceptual Thought), composed by the master Līlavajra, is hereby complete.
Translation status: Not among 84000's published translations, and not in progress there. Translations published elsewhere have not been searched for, so one may exist. (source: 84000 catalogue + registry; checked 2026-11-10).
Set in Newsreader and EB Garamond; Tibetan in Noto Serif Tibetan; Chinese in Noto Serif SC.