Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

peculiar Chinese balls, one inside another.
5. Turning the Dharma wheel is meditation of mudra
and mantra only. To begin with, one becomes a Buddha,
then one sits in a Buddha's surroundings to save all
sentient beings. If one does not know the correct mudra
and mantra here, then at least one may visualize this
process.
Many stages have been left out, but these are the chief
ones and have been chosen for their simplicity.
Note: In Mr. Chen's tradition some of the bijas seem
to have become changed from their Sanskrit
pronunciation. Thus above we give the yogi's
tradition of practice while noting that LA in Sanskrit
is RAM and KOM is in Sanskrit KAM.)
F. Meditation on the Five Signs of a Buddha-Body
in the Vajradhatu (See also Appendix I, Part Two, C,
2)
1. Preliminary Meditations
a. Four boundless minds (Brahmaviharas). These have
been mentioned many times already, and the promise
made that we would speak about them in the Vajrayana.
They have a different connotation here, meaning
sunyata. This meaning they acquired in Mahayana
where they just signify these four characteristic minds
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