Derge Kangyur/Tengyur e-text, Esukhia/Barom edition — public domain (mechanical reproduction)
This fragment of a work titled A Song of the View, A Treasury of Dohās on Spontaneously Generated Joy (Sanskrit: Sahajānandagītikādṛṣṭināma) introduces a collection of spontaneous songs or dohās. The text opens with a traditional homage to the deity Heruka and transitions into a narrative or instructional sequence involving a figure named Bhadhepa. The provided passage describes a specific scene where garments are offered and Bhadhepa falls asleep, ending with a rhetorical question regarding the nature of skill or mastery. Based on the title and the opening, the work commits the reader to an exploration of the view of spontaneous joy (sahaja), likely framed through the medium of the dohā, which typically emphasizes direct realization over conceptual analysis. The text aims to convey a specific spiritual perspective through a combination of devotional framing and anecdotal or paradoxical imagery.
Provenance
About this text
A treatise on the view of spontaneous joy, the Sahajānandadohakoṣagītikādṛṣṭi belongs to the tradition of the General Unexcelled Yoga Tantra Works. The work is attributed to the Indian author Bhade. Preserved in the classical Tibetan period, the text appears in the Tengyur, volume ཟི, under the Tibetan title lhan cig skyes dga'i do ha mdzod kyi glu'i lta ba/. The record does not name the translators. Through a combination of devotional homage to Heruka and anecdotal narrative, the work enacts a spiritual perspective via the medium of the dohā. The opening passage describes a scene in which garments are offered and a figure named Bhadhepa falls asleep, using this sequence to address the purification of attachment, aversion, and ignorance. A scholar or serious reader consults this single-page fragment today to examine how the view of sahaja is framed through paradoxical or direct instructional methods, emphasizing realization over conceptual analysis.
Cite thisAnuvāda, “A Song of the View, A Treasury of Dohās on Spontaneously Generated Joy” (Toh 2348), machine draft, 2026.https://naxiai.com/tibetan/works/toh2348
Summary & commentary
Significance
The work is significant as it represents the intersection of Indian sahaja traditions and Tibetan Buddhist praxis, specifically within the context of the Heruka cycle. It illustrates the use of the dohā genre to communicate non-conceptual insights and the role of specific figures like Bhadhepa in transmitting these views.
Structure
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Description
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Introduction
Contains the Sanskrit and Tibetan titles, a homage to Heruka, and the beginning of a narrative sequence involving Bhadhepa.
Themes
Spontaneous Joy (Sahaja) (1)
Devotional Homage (1)
Summary, significance and provenance note generated by gemma4:31b from the translation and the catalogue record.
AnuvādaA Song of the View, A Treasury of Dohās on Spontaneously Generated Joy·
In the language of India: Sahajānandagītikādṛṣṭināma. In the language of Tibet: Lhan cig skyes dga’i do ha mdzod kyi glu’i lta ba zhes bya ba. Homage to the glorious Heruka!
The two garments were offered to the chest; Bhadhepa fell into sleep. Just as one who is skilled in all things, how was that garment taken? When the patchwork robe was obtained, attachment, aversion, and ignorance were purified in their place. There is no distinction to be made in this patchwork, nor is it limited by the count of its value. Now, this patchwork robe of mine shall become equal to space. When the patchwork robe is obtained, attachment, aversion, and ignorance are purified in their place. Bhadhepa went to search for the patchwork; having searched everywhere, even he himself became unobservable. When the patchwork robe is obtained, attachment, aversion, and ignorance are purified in their place.
The Sahajānandagītikādṛṣṭi, the song of the treasury of the innate joy, composed by the master Bhadhepa, is 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.