Derge Kangyur/Tengyur e-text, Esukhia/Barom edition — public domain (mechanical reproduction)
This short text, attributed to the master Mahīpa and transmitted from Kṛṣṇa, is a dohā song focused on the nature of the winds (prāṇa). The work aims to provide pith instructions on the reality of the winds, specifically distinguishing between stable and moving winds. By aligning the mind's vajra with these energetic processes within their celestial mansion, the practitioner is intended to sever the bonds of existence. The text is structured as a brief spiritual invocation and instructional pointer, concluding with a prayer to Co-emergent Beauty to act as a witness to the realization. It commits the reader to a practice of internal energetic manipulation and non-dual awareness to achieve liberation from samsaric constraints.
Provenance
About this text
A dohā song concerning the reality of the winds, the Vāyutattvadohagītikā is a treatise belonging to the General Unexcelled Yoga Tantra Works. The work is attributed to the Indian master Mahīpa and was transmitted from the master Kṛṣṇa. Preserved in the classical Tibetan tradition, the text appears in volume ཟི of the Tengyur under the title rlung gi de nyid kyi do ha'i glu, where it extends over two pages. The work enacts a spiritual invocation and provides pith instructions on the nature of stable and moving winds. It describes the residence of the mind's vajra within the celestial mansion of these winds and emphasizes the realization of profound emptiness. By aligning the mind with these energetic processes, the practitioner seeks to sever the bonds of existence, a process witnessed by the Co-emergent Beauty. A scholar or serious reader consults this brief text today to examine its specific approach to internal energetic manipulation and the attainment of non-dual great bliss.
Cite thisAnuvāda, “A Dohā Song on the Suchness of the Winds” (Toh 2350), machine draft, 2026.https://naxiai.com/tibetan/works/toh2350
Summary & commentary
Significance
The work is significant as an example of the dohā genre, which utilizes song-like structures to convey esoteric instructions. Its focus on the 'reality of the winds' suggests it belongs to a tradition of Vajrayāna practice concerned with the subtle body and the intersection of breath, mind, and liberation.
Structure
Passages
Section
Description
1-2
Introduction and Instruction
Contains the title in Sanskrit and Tibetan, an invocation of non-dual bliss, the core instruction regarding the winds and the mind, and the concluding colophon.
Themes
Subtle Body Energetics (1)
Liberation from Existence (2)
Non-dual Bliss (1)
Summary, significance and provenance note generated by gemma4:31b from the translation and the catalogue record.
In the language of India: Vāyutattvadohagītikā-nāma. In the language of Tibet: rlung gi de nyid kyi do ha’i glu zhes bya ba (The Song of the Dohā on the Reality of the Winds). Homage to non-dual great bliss!
In the celestial mansion of the winds of the stable and the moving, the Vajra of the mind resides upon its seat. Regarding the profound emptiness, Kye ho! O Consort, Co-emergent One, I pray you, be my witness! Now that this existence is utterly shaken, how shall we meet again? O beautiful woman, Co-emergent One, I pray you, be my witness! If you remain, how could I seek you elsewhere? When the boat is about to sink, and I desire to be fully rescued, Kye ho! O Consort, Co-emergent One, I pray you, be my witness! Now that this existence is utterly shaken, how shall we meet again? For your sake, I have purified the city of the five families, yet I have not seen your face for even a single moment. Kye ho! O Consort, Co-emergent One, I pray you, be my witness! Now that this existence is utterly shaken, how shall we meet again? O beautiful woman, Co-emergent One, I pray you, be my witness! For your sake, I require a mudrā; I have not even the slightest thought of a low-caste Brahmin. Kye ho! O Consort, Co-emergent One, I pray you, be my witness! Now that this existence is utterly shaken, how shall we meet again? Having built a raft upon the ocean, from the skull-bearer Nākaṇa...
Māhi shall obtain the pith instructions. The bonds of existence are completely severed. Kye ho! O Co-emergent Beauty, I pray that you be my witness. This concludes the song of the Dohā on the reality of the winds, composed by the master Mahīpa and transmitted from the master Kṛṣṇa.
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.