Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

question. Our attainment of Buddhahood has to show in
the ordinary situations of everyday life—otherwise it is
not perfect Buddhahood. If we have really attained to
Full Enlightenment then we shall, in all places and at all
times, always show a Buddha's actions and never follow
human ways.
All these points are important for practical purposes and
are lacking in even well-known Tibetan works. We
should always hold to them for meditation on the yidam
in the growing yoga.
3. Three Kinds of Samatha-Samapatti in the Growing
Yoga
a. First is the growing yoga meditation of sunyata,
which differs from the Mahayana, where there is no
mantra-repetition or visualization practice. Here one
should repeat the mantra and visualize the world and all
the beings in it as sunyata. This must be done before
visualizing the yidam.
b. From this sunyata meditation, visualize the yidam.
This is a meditation on the reflection of sunyata
(sunyata conditions, not sunyata nature).
These two points taken together are the first step.
The second step, when the yidam meditation is
accomplished, is to visualize all the worship, offerings,
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