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and six.
Now six points remain, and these are quite enough for
the purposes of meditation. They all have very profound
meanings which can only be properly realized through
practicing these meditations. As we have already seen,
in almost every ritual of the tantra, the Bodhisattva
Samantabhadra's practice is mentioned and we too
should follow his example. It is said in the sutra that he
visualized countless seated Buddhas. Each of their lands
contained innumerable specks of dust and in each one of
these he saw a Buddha preaching in his pure land.
2. How Are All These Gates of Mystic Practice
Possible?
The ancients give these ten reasons, as follows:
a. First, because all beings and things are manifested
from the Tathagatagarbha (the "womb" of the
Tathagatas).
b. Second, because all beings and all things lack a
determinate nature; all move freely, selflessness being
the ultimate truth.
c. Third, because causation (the conditions of dharma) is
interdependent and interrelated.
d. Fourth, because dharma-nature (dharmata) or the
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