Passage

7. dris lan bdun pa don brgyad bstan pa

[ming gi mtshan nyid byed pa gang]

ming gi mtshan nyid byed pa ni
rgyu dang rkyen dang btags pa dang
mtha' dang dang po tha ma bsgyur
brtags pas ma rnyed tha snyad gzhi'o
1} ming gi rgyu ni tshig gi brda
mtshan nyid gang du ma grub pas
ltar snang gdags su med pa'o
2} rkyen ni dbang po thad ka'i yul
so so'i snang zhen bcas pa la
kun gzhi tshogs pa'i snang char shar
3} btags pas brda dang sgyur byed las
mtshan nyid nye bar ston pa dang
khyad par ming gis gang bsgyur gnad
so so'i skabs dang sbyar byas nas
bcom ldan 'das kyang 'jigs par 'gyur
4} mtha' ni 'byung ba'i gnad kyis dbye
bsad dang gso dang 'jig pa'i las
ming dang rten cing 'brel bas bya'o
5} dang po btags pa'i ming yi ge
dang po dag la brten pa yis [148]
bsad dang gso dang gnas pa nyid
so so'i tshad kyis shes par gyis
6} tha ma bsgyur ba'i ming gi mtha'
bzlog cing bzhag pa 'byung lus sbyar
yang dag chos nyid rtog bral la
ming gi mtshan nyid rab phye na
phyi dang nang la rab brtags pas
ming gis mtshan nyid ma rnyed pas
rang gi cho ga rdzogs par 'dod
tha snyad rnams ni tshig gi mtha'
gang du'ang yod med mtha' 'gags te
byas dang byung ba sus mi rnyed
de bzhin gnas dang 'gro 'ong med
de phyir chos nyid stong pa'o//

Note

In response to the seventh question of chapter three, this tantra elaborates on the causes, conditioner, and so forth of the naming process. See also 149.5 for a response to the question of why there is ascription of words (tshig gi 'jug pa) which draws upon the ancient distinction between a language of the gods (lha'i skad) and plebian language (so so'i sgra).

by David Higgins

Passage

(1) yid kyi ming las rnam rtog 'gyus/ (2) sems kyi ming las bag chags bsags/ (3) ming gi ming las sna tshogs shar/ des na ming 'dogs pa chos na bde'o//

Note

When asked how one can account for the emergence of the whole of reality which in its presencing is interpreted as saṃsāra and nirvāṇa (snang srid 'khor 'das), Padmasambhava says it comes about in connection with the sedimented tendencies of "naming" (ming gi bag chags) which is of three kinds.

by David Higgins

Note

Padmasambhava then shows how to become free from this labelling process (which is essentially unreal mi bden pa) starting with the yid kyi ming.

by David Higgins