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Our emphasis is on the fact that the physical body <strong>and</strong><br />

its energies must be utilized as a means to Full<br />

Enlightenment, <strong>and</strong> transformed in the process.<br />

Therefore, we practice love in the human fashion using<br />

the five elements of materiality <strong>and</strong> this flesh body<br />

composed of them, though only after the purification of<br />

Hinayana, the sublimation of Mahayana, <strong>and</strong> the<br />

resultant mystic functions of Vajrayana.<br />

Notably, there are only two gods shown in heavenly<br />

love embrace in Japanese Tantra. In the Tendai school,<br />

the god of wealth is shown thus, <strong>and</strong> in Koyasan (the<br />

mountain retreat of the Eastern Tantra tradition),<br />

Ganesha, the elephant-headed god, is so depicted.<br />

5. Wisdom-Energy<br />

The practice of wisdom-energy effectively rids one of<br />

the natural or innate defilements of self <strong>and</strong> of dharmas<br />

(see Chapter IX, I, 3). The obstacle of knowledge<br />

(Jneyavarana) is easily converted into wisdom in the<br />

anuttarayoga through the methods of the third initiation.<br />

In it, natural wisdom <strong>and</strong> natural bliss are identified <strong>and</strong><br />

thus all subtle obstacles are conquered <strong>and</strong> Full<br />

Enlightenment gained.<br />

In the Japanese Tantra, there is no such practice.<br />

6. Other Methods<br />

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