Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

something in common.)
However, the Buddha first preached to those of
undeveloped faith and therefore encouraged his hearers
to prove his doctrines of sunyata by analysis until there
remained only particles regarded as unbreakable. Only
later was he able to teach the full voidness teachings to
those who could understand them in their own nature
and without recourse to analysis.
In his lifetime among men, comparatively long though it
was, the Buddha could not complete the preaching of
the Dharma. It was necessary for others, by the power of
the Tathagata, to reveal to the world the more advanced
teachings when the time was ripe. Such teachers were,
for instance, Asvaghosa, Nagarjuna, and all the other
great sages upon whom he has in the past and may in
the future bestow his Dharma as he wishes.
Though so poor in Enlightenment, I myself have
received many doctrines bestowed by the Dharmakaya
in the holy light of meditation. Among all of my
Dharma-treasures seen in the holy light, there were only
a few mudras (sacred hand gestures) that have been
proved by my Chinese guru. He imparted to me some
mudras from the Japanese Tantra by correspondence
after I had seen them among my Dharma-treasures in
the holy light and most of them have never yet been
proved by my gums from Tibet, as some had died while
others were not with me in my hermitage. These mudras
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