Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

first practice the purification in the Hinayana.
Mr. Chen laughed, saying:
Lamas marry; which body do they use? It is plain to see
that since so many children result, it must be the body of
flesh. If one practices the Hinayana meditations of
purification, then through dhyana one may acquire a
heavenly, or refined, body. After the sublimation by
sunyata in Mahayana, the flesh-body is completely
transformed into a wisdom-body, while by the
Vajrayana practices this is transmuted into the diamond
body of a Buddha. How then can a Vajrayanist marry
for the usual purposes and have children in the normal
manner? Such is impossible for those who have passed
through all the purification processes.
After these preliminary and general remarks, Mr.
Chen went on to answer the question in the heading
of this section, showing the relationship between the
four mindful practices and the Japanese Vajrayana
doctrines.
a. First mindfulness
In Japanese Tantra there are five progressive forms of
the Buddha-body which correspond with the
mindfulness of the body.
b. Second mindfulness
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