Summary

s.1The tantra Emergence from Sampuṭa is an all-inclusive compendium of Buddhist theory and practice as taught in the two higher divisions of the Yoga class of tantras, the “higher” (uttara) and the “highest” (niruttara), or, following the popular Tibetan classification, the Father and the Mother tantras. Dating probably to the end of the tenth century, the bulk of the tantra consists of a variety of earlier material, stretching back in time and in the doxographical hierarchy to the Guhyasamāja, a text traditionally regarded as the first tantra in the Father group. Drawing from about sixteen well-known and important works, including the most seminal of the Father and Mother tantras, it serves as a digest of this entire group, treating virtually every aspect of advanced tantric theory and practice. It has thus always occupied a prominent position among canonical works of its class, remaining to this day a rich source of quotations for Tibetan exegetes.

s.1《大續「正相合」》是一部包含佛教理論和實踐的綜合性著作,涵蓋了瑜伽續部中的兩個更高等級——「更高級」(uttara)和「最高級」(niruttara),或按照流行的藏傳分類方式,即父續和母續所傳授的內容。該續部可能成書於十世紀末,其大部分內容由各個時期的早期資料組成,時間跨度遠久,在教義分類的等級上可追溯至《秘密集會續》——一部傳統上被認為是父續集團中最早的續部。該續部汲取了約十六部著名重要的著作,包括父續和母續中最具影響力的論著,成為了整個集團的摘要,涵蓋了高級密續理論和實踐的幾乎所有方面。因此它一直在同類正統著作中佔據顯著位置,至今仍然是藏傳註疏家引用的豐富源泉。