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After preliminary notes, we come to the actual<br />

meditations:<br />

What is here called the "Six-element <strong>Meditation</strong>" has<br />

another name: "Five Wheels of the Pagoda." We do not<br />

use the latter, because the reader must not only know<br />

the five elements, but should have knowledge of all six,<br />

so that materiality <strong>and</strong> mentality are thoroughly<br />

identified. There are several steps in the process of this<br />

practice:<br />

1. Enter into the Buddha's samaya (nexus, bond)<br />

How? Visualize a moon lying horizontally. On it<br />

appears the sound A. Think of A as the philosophy of<br />

sunyata. Whenever this symbol arises, then mind <strong>and</strong><br />

body are no longer human, one is already in the samaya<br />

of the Buddha.<br />

2. Be born in the Dharmadhatu<br />

Visualize LA, the bija or seed-mantra of fire. From the<br />

syllable LA come many flames <strong>and</strong> everything in<br />

oneself from top to toe is burned up without remainder.<br />

Secondly, a fire bestowal comes from the Buddha into<br />

our body <strong>and</strong> burns downwards. Thirdly, all sentient<br />

beings catch fire <strong>and</strong> every one of them is burned up.<br />

All obstacles are overcome <strong>and</strong> all demons vanquished<br />

after this <strong>and</strong> there will be no trouble experienced in<br />

meditation.<br />

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