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Chapter XIII<br />

HOMAGE TO PADMASAMBHAVA WITH HIS<br />

CONSORT YESHE TSOGYAL IN HERUKA<br />

FORM, TO THE FIVE GREAT<br />

VAJRA-HERUKAS, AND TO THE ADI-BUDDHA<br />

SAMANTABHADRA<br />

Part One<br />

MEDITATIONS IN ANUTTARAYOGA TANTRA<br />

FOUND ONLY IN THE WESTERN<br />

VAJRAYANATRADITION<br />

The writer arrived at the hermitage accompanied by<br />

a photographer. Inside they found that Mr. Chen<br />

had arranged his table as a small shrine with two<br />

Tibetan paintings, one of Amitayus Buddha alone,<br />

<strong>and</strong> the other of Amitayus embraced by White Tara,<br />

showing Ushnishavijaya in the heart of her<br />

wisdom-body. In front were offerings of fruit <strong>and</strong><br />

flowers all carefully arranged by Mr. Chen. All<br />

these deities are associated with long life; this was<br />

thoughtfully planned by the yogi since the writer's<br />

thirtieth birthday had just passed. The previous<br />

week's flowers looked fresh, <strong>and</strong> Mr. Chen said it<br />

was a good sign of long life for the writer.<br />

Very soon, Bhadanta Sangharakshita arrived <strong>and</strong>,<br />

not wishing to keep the photographer waiting, the<br />

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