Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

seems a very new term, but roughly speaking, there is in
Buddhadharma a sort of cross: the exoteric schools are
in the North and the South, while the esoteric are to be
found in the East (China, Japan) and the West (Tibet).
In China only a few learned the Tantra at the time of its
introduction during the Tang dynasty, and if it had not
been transmitted to Japan, this tradition would have
ceased. If one wants to learn it in Japan there are very
learned gurus there, but the main sutras (Mahavairocana
Sutra, Vajrasekhara Sutra, and the Susiddhikara Sutra)
and sastras are preserved in the Chinese Tripitaka and
only a few new commentaries were added by the
Japanese.
A. Our Homage
The teaching of the three great Tantric sages honored
here was very important in the history of Chinese
Buddhism, and although it was never widely
disseminated, they themselves achieved great success in
the yogatantra practice. We should give our reverence to
them.
The doctrine they imparted to a few disciples, which
came down to them from the Buddha's Enlightenment,
was the highest teaching of the third yoga. To the three
main sutras of the Yogatantra, we should therefore also
pay respect. From these sutras are derived the teachings
of the mandalas of the vajradhatu and garbhadhatu, and
within them are the Buddha Vairocana and all the great
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