Kulayaraja Tantra
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Kulayaraja Tantra (Wyl. kun byed rgyal po; Tib. künjé gyalpo) or 'The All-Creating King Tantra' is the main tantra of the Mind category of the Dzogchen teachings.
It is contained in the ancient tantras section of the Dergé Kangyur and is the very first text in the Nyingma Gyübum.
Structure
The main part of the text is in 57 chapters (mdo lung).
Chapters 58-84 comprise what is known as the 'appended tantra'.
The first 57 chapters were translated by Pagor Vairotsana and Shrisingha(natha).
Commentaries
English
Translations
- Erik Pema Kunsang, Wellsprings of the Great Perfection, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2006, pp. 46-50 (first chapter only)
- Chögyal Namkhai Norbu & Adriano Clemente, The Supreme Source: The Fundamental Tantra of the Dzogchen Semde, Kunjed Gyalpo, Ithaca: Snow Lion Publications, 1999
- E.K. Neumaier-Dargyay, The Sovereign All-Creating Mind: The Motherly Buddha, Albany, 1992