English
The shape, color, characteristics, and understanding of meaning are as explained elsewhere. From the seed syllable BHRUM emanating, melting into light from the summit of Mount Meru, thereby transforming into a palace, as described in the introductory chapter. The lower base of the palace is, as it is called, the four spokes of a wheel, the center of the wheel is round. The wisdom of the Dharmadhatu, being extremely pure, is round because it is free from the characteristics of elaboration. As a symbol of immutability, the color is blue. The appearance of the four spokes of the wheel in the four directions is the uninterrupted power of the Dharmadhatu wisdom, manifesting as the four wisdoms such as the mirror-like wisdom. It itself is a symbol of the perfection of all great qualities, the color is yellow. The sides of the four spokes are blue as a symbol of the immutability of the Dharma. Its exterior is surrounded by a vajra enclosure, the four wisdoms appear inconceivably in the face of those to be tamed, but as a symbol of not moving from the Dharmadhatu wisdom, it is surrounded by a chain of blue vajras. Beyond that, there are four corners, a symbol of the great wisdom fully expanding in all ways and all dharmas being perfected within it, therefore there are four corners. It itself symbolizes the four wisdoms, the eastern mirror-like wisdom, as a symbol of not being tainted by the faults of the extremes, is white. The southern wisdom of equality, as a symbol of the perfection of qualities, is an increasing yellow. The western discriminating wisdom, controlling the two extremes and as a symbol of not being tainted by the faults of the two extremes, is red. The northern all-accomplishing wisdom, possessing mastery over various activities, and as a symbol of simultaneously accomplishing the benefit of oneself and others, is green. In the four directions of the corners, there are four protuberances, from the self-arisen wisdom, the appearance of four protuberances in the four directions is a symbol of the arising of the four wisdoms such as the mirror-like wisdom. Regarding this protuberance, Acharya Vimala believes that there is also a castle-like structure on top. Acharya Padmasambhava does not believe it is so high, the castle structure is extra in the four directions. The top is equal to the corner, the protuberance is extra, and even deities are placed on top. In the condensed commentary of Bramana Shrītamgarbha, it is also said that the four protuberances are the four inner heroes. The middle corridor refers to the silk canopy surrounding the back of the corners.
Chinese
哦！在“开篇之章”中说到：地面比中间的走廊高，走廊比船头高，船头比轮子的辐条高，辐条比中心高。高低的程度是：有些学者说四指高，有些学者说一拃高，有些学者说和背后安住的眼睛，以及里面安住的心口一样高。上师善逝说，无论怎样都没有差别。从佛的角度来说是自证的显现，从所化众生的角度来说是心的显现，瑜伽士随自己的心意修习就可以了。所谓“四方”，是因为是智慧自显现的宫殿，对于自生智慧，作为我他方面大的功德圆满究竟的象征，宫殿的形状是广大的四方形。所谓“具有门楣”，是因为心自生智慧殊胜的法身，通过道路进入也是从四解脱门进入，所以有四门：东方是空性之门，南方是无相之门，西方是无愿之门，北方是自性光明的门，具有门楣没有间断。宫殿的内部也是由五种智慧组成的象征，是五彩的光芒。其上是自生智慧珍宝显现的砖瓦。其上是二谛无别的垂饰，以及化身不断流出的串珠，以及使所化众生的烦恼不存留的拂尘，以及以方便和智慧遣除所化众生相续中烦恼的日月摇动，以及对于调伏所化众生的方便差别无有混淆的了知的脸上的星辰串珠，以及对于自生智慧根本不会产生不和合的绸缎飘带装饰。各种乐器如云般。“所谓乐器是天女的集合，带着乐器，即：形色的天女拿着镜子，声音的天女拿着琵琶，气味的天女拿着香炉，味道的天女拿着食物，触感的天女拿着丝绸的顶端金刚标志，法性的天女拿着三棱形的法源等等，各种各样的天女遍布宫殿内外。隆隆
English
O! In the "Chapter of Introduction," it is said: The ground is higher than the middle corridor, the corridor is higher than the bow of the ship, the bow is higher than the spokes of the wheel, and the spokes are higher than the center. The degree of height is: Some scholars say it is four fingers high, some say it is a span high, and some say it is as high as the eyes dwelling behind and the heart dwelling inside. The Lama Sugata said that there is no difference in any way. From the Buddha's point of view, it is the appearance of self-awareness; from the point of view of the disciples, it is the appearance of the mind; and the yogi can practice according to his own mind. The so-called "square" is because it is the palace of the self-manifestation of wisdom. For self-born wisdom, as a symbol of the great qualities of perfection and consummation from the perspective of oneself and others, the shape of the palace is a vast square. The so-called "having lintels" is because the mind, the self-born wisdom, the supreme Dharmakaya, entering through the path also enters through the four doors of liberation, so there are four doors: the east is the door of emptiness (śūnyatā), the south is the door of signlessness (animitta), the west is the door of wishlessness (apraṇihita), and the north is the door of self-luminousness (prakṛti-prabhāsvara), having lintels without interruption. The interior of the palace is also a symbol of being composed of the five wisdoms, which are five-colored rays of light. On top of that are the bricks and tiles of the self-born wisdom, the manifestation of jewels. On top of that are the pendants of the two truths (satya-dvaya) being inseparable, and the rosary of emanations flowing continuously, and the whisk that prevents the afflictions of the disciples from remaining, and the sun and moon shaking that dispel the afflictions in the disciples' minds with skillful means and wisdom, and the star rosary on the face of the knowledge that there is no confusion in the differences of skillful means for taming the disciples, and the silk ribbons that are decorated so that disharmony never arises in the self-born wisdom. Various musical instruments are like clouds. The so-called musical instruments are the assembly of goddesses with instruments, namely: the goddess of form holding a mirror, the goddess of sound holding a lute, the goddess of smell holding an incense burner, the goddess of taste holding food, the goddess of touch holding the vajra mark at the top of silk, the goddess of Dharma-nature holding a triangular Dharma source, and so on, various goddesses pervading the inside and outside of the palace. Rumble.
Chinese
一半像云彩一样密集。那座宫殿的外形也与内部相符，具有五层屋檐，像门一样有四个台阶。具备八解脱的八层阶梯。门槛的内外也从八乘道行进，为了显现自生智慧大圆满的意义，攀登四层阶梯，内部有下降四层阶梯的形态。地基后面有二谛的标志，两个宝座围绕着宫殿。内部也有金刚杵圆柱之上的瓶形柱头地基的金刚杵圆柱，上下之间用柱子装饰。东面有法轮柱两根，南面有如意宝柱两根，西面有莲花柱两根，北面有宝剑柱两根。虚空中四根金刚杵柱交叉的顶端由八根柱子支撑。用四十二坛城装饰。据说有些导师认为是布置四十二尊神祇的本体，还有些人认为宫殿内有许多具有四十二尊神祇特征的化身幻影。座垫是：狮子、大象、马和鹏鸟等。这里，为了象征自生智慧圆满了所有果位的法，在法轮中央的如意宝座之间，为了象征具备四种无畏之心，有八个狮子宝座；为了象征具备十种身力，东面有八个象宝座；为了象征具备四种神通功德，南面有八个马宝座；为了象征具备十种语自在，西面有八个孔雀宝座；为了象征具备四种事业，北面有八个妙音鸟宝座。这些众生显现为八种，象征着从八乘道行进，最终进入大圆满。所谓大宝座，是诸神居住的依处。日月莲花如意宝。太阳是自性明觉，以不间断的方便，消除所化众生相续中的无明，并使烦恼枯竭而不停留的作用。月亮是清凉所化众生相续中烦恼之热的作用。
English
Half of it is as dense as a cloud. That palace's outer form also matches the inside, possessing five layers of eaves, and four steps like a doorway. It possesses eight steps of the eight liberations. The inside and outside of the door sill also proceed from the eight vehicles, and in order to manifest the meaning of the spontaneously arisen wisdom of the Great Perfection, one ascends four steps, and inside, there is the form of descending four steps. Behind the foundation are the signs of the two truths, and two thrones surround the palace. Inside, there is also a vajra pillar on top of a rounded pillar, the vajra pillar of the vase-shaped pillar base, decorated with pillars between the top and bottom. In the east are two wheel pillars, in the south are two wish-fulfilling jewel pillars, in the west are two lotus pillars, and in the north are two sword pillars. The apex of the four intersecting vajra pillars in the sky is supported by eight pillars. It is adorned with forty-two mandalas. Some teachers say that it is the essence of arranging the forty-two deities, and others say that there are many emanated phantoms with the characteristics of the forty-two deities flickering inside the palace. The seats are: lions, elephants, horses, and garudas, etc. Here, as a symbol that the spontaneously arisen wisdom has perfected all the qualities of the fruition, between the wish-fulfilling jewel thrones in the center of the wheel, as a symbol of possessing the four fearlessnesses, there are eight lion thrones; as a symbol of possessing the ten bodily powers, in the east are eight elephant thrones; as a symbol of possessing the four miraculous qualities, in the south are eight horse thrones; as a symbol of possessing the ten speech powers, in the west are eight peacock thrones; as a symbol of possessing the four activities, in the north are eight kalavinka bird thrones. These beings appear as eight, symbolizing proceeding from the eight vehicles and ultimately entering the Great Perfection. The so-called great throne is the support where the deities reside. Sun, moon, lotus, wish-fulfilling jewel. The sun is self-awareness itself, and with uninterrupted skillful means, it eliminates ignorance from the minds of those to be tamed, and it has the function of drying up afflictions and not letting them remain. The moon is what cools the suffering from the heat of afflictions in the minds of those to be tamed.
Chinese
莲花生至轮回未空之际，皆行调伏众生之事，然已远离二边之过患。珍宝之座虽如意宝珠般无有觉知，然能满足所需，此乃自生智慧无有偏颇之分别念，然以七圣财满足所需之征兆。彼等座垫，主要有五，即珍宝之座、有情、莲花、月亮、太阳。此乃四辐轮，中央为第五。菩萨之位，四隅与四角共八处，每个小珍宝座上，皆有莲花、太阳三重叠。于拉南，东西最初二处，各有普贤父母之座，莲花、月亮、太阳三重叠。四隅，西南二处共六处，各有六能仁之座，为莲花单层。四门处，四门卫之座，每个太阳之上，皆有四魔之体性尸体。所依之坛城，于此处亦与现观相合。其中，桑结古桑上师所著之《珍宝小网》之见解，以及娘·智嘉纳古玛Ra之见解，寂命藏所著之《成就法如镜》之见解，以及《后经》破除分别网之见解等，虽有诸多不同之处，然此处唯有莲花生上师之见解。根本之字母阿（藏文：ཨ，梵文天城体：अ，梵文罗马拟音：a，汉语字面意思：阿）白色，安住于宫殿内之虚空中，与先前学习之字母相合，又生出一蓝色阿叉（藏文：ཨཀྵ，梵文天城体：अक्ष，梵文罗马拟音：aksha，汉语字面意思：阿叉），二者安住于虚空中，由彼等之缘起而生出诸字母，譬如以燧石与火绒之缘起而生火。二字母由方便与智慧相合之缘起而生出字母之集合，由二阿叉之因缘而生出他（藏文：ཏ，梵文天城体：त，梵文罗马拟音：ta，汉语字面意思：他）之正反二体，安住于中央之座上。他（藏文：ཏ，梵文天城体：त，梵文罗马拟音：ta，汉语字面意思：他）之正反二体于东方。达（藏文：ད，梵文天城体：द，梵文罗马拟音：da，汉语字面意思：达）之正反二体于南方。达（藏文：དྷ，梵文天城体：ध，梵文罗马拟音：dha，汉语字面意思：达）之正反二体于西方。纳（藏文：ན，梵文天城体：न，梵文罗马拟音：na，汉语字面意思：纳）之正反二体于北方。其中，反体乃是父之部分，故安住于右侧。嘎（藏文：ཀ，梵文天城体：क，梵文罗马拟音：ka，汉语字面意思：嘎）与擦（藏文：ཙ，梵文天城体：च，梵文罗马拟音：ca，汉语字面意思：擦）二者于东方之隅。喀（藏文：ཁ，梵文天城体：ख，梵文罗马拟音：kha，汉语字面意思：喀）与嚓（藏文：ཚ，梵文天城体：छ，梵文罗马拟音：cha，汉语字面意思：嚓）二者于南方之隅。嘎（藏文：ག，梵文天城体：ग，梵文罗马拟音：ga，汉语字面意思：嘎）与匝（藏文：ཛ，梵文天城体：ज，梵文罗马拟音：ja，汉语字面意思：匝）二者于西方之隅。嘎（藏文：གྷ，梵文天城体：घ，梵文罗马拟音：gha，汉语字面意思：嘎）与匝（藏文：ཛྷ，梵文天城体：झ，梵文罗马拟音：jha，汉语字面意思：匝）二者于北方之隅。昂（藏文：ང，梵文天城体：ङ，梵文罗马拟音：nga，汉语字面意思：昂）于东方门卫之座上。娘（藏文：ཉ，梵文天城体：ञ，梵文罗马拟音：nya，汉语字面意思：娘）于南方门卫之座上。巴（藏文：པ，梵文天城体：प，梵文罗马拟音：pa，汉语字面意思：巴）与亚（藏文：ཡ，梵文天城体：य，梵文罗马拟音：ya，汉语字面意思：亚）二者于东南方之角。帕（藏文：ཕ，梵文天城体：फ，梵文罗马拟音：pha，汉语字面意思：帕）与瓦（藏文：ཝ，梵文天城体：व，梵文罗马拟音：va，汉语字面意思：瓦）二者于西南方之角。