Derge Kangyur/Tengyur e-text, Esukhia/Barom edition — public domain (mechanical reproduction)
This fragmentary text, titled A Vajra Song, functions as an exhortation to a specific individual, Saṅghava, to cultivate faith in the Buddha's pure wisdom. The author employs a pedagogical approach rooted in the non-dual perspective, urging the recipient to recognize that all phenomena, whether stable or moving, are essentially stainless jewels. By using the metaphor of a bee, the text directs the practitioner toward a meditative focus on the nature of non-abiding, suggesting that the realization of emptiness or the lack of inherent existence leads to a state of joy. The fragment commits the reader to a practice of earnest application and meditative insight, aiming to shift the practitioner's perception from ordinary duality to the purity of the Buddhist path. The work is structured as a direct address, blending devotional opening with instructional guidance on the nature of reality.
Provenance
About this text
An exhortation to cultivate faith in the Buddha's pure wisdom, the rdo rje'i glu is a treatise belonging to the General Unexcelled Yoga Tantra Works. The work is attributed to the Indian author Dhiṣṭijñāna. It is preserved in the classical Tibetan period within the Tengyur, specifically in volume ཟི, where it extends to one page. The text enacts a pedagogical address to a matted-haired brahmin named Saṅghava, urging him to meditate on the nature of non-abiding and to recognize all stable and moving phenomena as stainless jewels. By emphasizing the earnest application of an authentic guru’s pith instructions, the work argues that such a shift in perception leads to a joyful mind. A scholar or serious reader consults this fragment today to examine its use of non-dual perspective and its blending of devotional homage with instructional guidance on the nature of reality.
The work is significant for its use of the 'Vajra Song' genre to convey complex philosophical concepts like non-abiding through poetic imagery. It illustrates the intersection of personal instruction and the broader Mahayana or Vajrayana goal of transforming perception into wisdom.
Structure
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Section
Description
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Exhortation to Saṅghava
An opening homage followed by an invitation to faith and a directive to meditate on the non-abiding nature of all phenomena.
Themes
Non-abiding (1)
Pure Wisdom (1)
Nature of Phenomena (1)
Summary, significance and provenance note generated by gemma4:31b from the translation and the catalogue record.
Homage to the Buddha!
O matted-haired brahmin, the person Saṅghava,
Have faith in the pure wisdom of the Buddha!
The mind of such a person is joyful.
All that is stable and moving is a stainless jewel;
Meditate, O bee, on the nature of non-abiding!
Through the earnest application of the authentic guru’s pith instructions,
The mind of such a person is joyful.
All that is stable and moving is a stainless jewel;
The bee of the non-abiding nature is unborn.
Like a woman in a dream, it is non-existent;
The mind of such a person is joyful.
All that is stable and moving is a stainless jewel;
If one knows that bee of the non-abiding nature,
The siddhi of Buddhahood is attained in this very life.
The mind of such a person is joyful.
All that is stable and moving is a stainless jewel;
This concludes the "Vajra Song" spoken from the presence of the venerable guru Dhiṣṭhijñāna, who has realized the meaning of non-abiding.
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.