Summary
s.1Equal to the Sky belongs to a series of texts known as the rali tantras, which are primarily associated with the Cakrasaṃvara system but incorporate themes that are also prominent in the Hevajra and Kālacakra systems. The tantra presents a discourse in which the Buddha addresses three types of ḍākinī, explains their true natures, and correlates them with the practitioner’s physical and subtle body. A primary concern of this text is to explain advanced yogic practices performed during the completion stage (Skt. utpannakrama/niṣpannakrama; Tib. rdzogs rim) in the Yoginī Tantras, but it also treats a wide range of topics including astrology, sacred geography, and tantric hermeneutics. The result is a text which, while very dense and quite difficult to engage with, rewards the reader by bringing together an astonishingly vast range of topics concerning both the theory and practice of Buddhist tantra.
s.1《等同虛空》屬於一系列稱為措利密續的文本，這些文本主要與輪迴自在體系相關，但也融入了喜金剛和時輪密續中突出的主題。這部密續呈現了一段論述，佛陀在其中闡述了三種類型的空行母，解釋了她們的真實本性，並將她們與修行者的身體和細身相互關聯。這部文本的主要關注是解釋在瑜伽女密續的圓滿次第中進行的高級瑜伽修習，但它也涉及了包括占星學、聖地地理和密續詮釋學在內的廣泛主題。其結果是一部文本，雖然內容非常密集且相當難以理解，卻通過匯聚關於佛教密續理論和實踐的驚人廣泛範圍的主題而對讀者有所回報。