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of flower lasts a long time, fighting against the
winter's damp cold. Like the vajra it is not destroyed
by these hard conditions. It comes in many
colors—like a rainbow (a symbol of the
wisdom-light) and has a special smell which is very
good."
"In the Vajrayana, flowers generally are a symbol of
the female Buddha and therefore a sign of Wisdom.
In the vajradhatu there are two foundations: one is
purification represented by the lotus flower, and the
other is sunyata or voidness, the sign of which is the
vajra. These flowers, symbolic of both foundations,
have just come in time, and for them I give you
thanks."
B. Why Do We Not Speak Directly About the
Meditations of Tibetan Tantra?
1. Need for the Lower Tantras
In Tibet, the Tantras contain all four yogas, and the
three lower ones with which we are concerned here are
included. In Tsong-khapa's Ngag-rim (a great
guidebook to the whole system of the Vajrayana), many
chapters deal with the first three Tantras. Also, in the
Tibetan Tripitaka, all the sutras and all the sastras on the
subject are to be found translated there. The two great
mandalas of the Eastern tradition are also included.
Nothing is left out, the Tibetan translations containing
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