Reverberation Of Sound

The ''Reverberation of Sound Tantra'' (), is considered to be the root tantra of the seventeen tantras of the Menngagde (esoteric Instruction) class of the Tibetan Buddhist Dzogchen tradition.

These tantras are found in the '' Nyingma Gyubum'' ("The Hundred Thousand Tantras of the Ancients"), volumes 9 and 10, folio numbers 143-159 of the edition edited by Dilgo Khyentse (Thimpu, Bhutan, 1973) of the ''gting skyes dgon pa byang'' manuscript.

Title

The full title of the ''Drathalgyur'' () is: ''sGra-thal-’gyur chen po’i rgyud'' (Skt., ''Shabda maha prasamga mula tantra'').

In English, "''Drathalgyur''" can be rendered as: All-Penetrating Sound, Unfolding of Sound, Reverberation of Sound, or Sound Consequence.

Overview

The tantra deals with topics related to Dzogchen view and practice, especially as it relates to sound yoga ( Nāda yoga). It also provides a Dzogchen perspective on the idea of the “primordial sound” (''nāda''). The tantra states that all spiritual teachings are manifestations of the original primordial sound. The tantra describes numerous esoteric Dzogchen practices, such as ''semdzin'' ("holding the mind").

The ''Drathalgyur'' also states that the theoretical view of Ati Yoga (Dzogchen) coincides with the Madhyamaka Prasangika view and that there is no contradiction between them.

There is a commentary on the tantra, titled the ''Illuminating Lamp'', which is attributed to Vimalamitra.

Barron ''et al.'' (1998: pp. 208–209) render an embedded quotation of this tantra within their translation of Longchenpa's (1308 - 1364?) '' The Precious Treasury of the Way of Abiding'' that discusses a Dzogchen perspective of buddha-nature (''sugata-garbha''):

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External links

Drathalgyur in Uchen (Tibetan Script), Unicode @ Wikisource

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Dzogchen texts
Nyingma tantras