Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

The Japanese, who preserved this tradition, state that by
the practice of these meditations, in this very life one
can attain Full Enlightenment. They also claim that this
(yogatantra) is anuttarayoga and that above this there is
none. It is quite wrong to say this, as their tradition has
never had the Tibetan anuttarayoga.
In the Eastern tradition, the six elements are practiced
only as mentality but not in the material aspect. They
have never practiced the five elements of Buddhahood
in one's own body by way of the anuttarayoga breathing
practices. By the authentic anuttarayoga meditations
given in this book, energy (materiality) is transmuted
into the wisdom-body of a Buddha.
However, the Japanese Tantrikas take yogatantra as the
highest although it does not practice using materiality.
As a result, even those adept in yogatantra leave after
their death a physical body; whereas those
accomplished in anuttarayoga have no body to leave, all
of it having been transformed into wisdom-light (See
Appendix I, Part Two, B, 3). There is a Japanese
patriarch of the Shingon-shu (the Tantric school of
Japan) whose body remains undecayed and must be
shaved every month as though alive. They are very
proud of this "miraculous" circumstance but it is not a
good sign. This is taking the shadow for the real thing.
Further support for our comparison of these two yogas
comes from the samadhi ritual of the Mahavairocana
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