Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

All this constitutes the main reason why the heruka
form is used.
We should also note that the yogini will receive
wisdom-energy from the male and in this way, through
vajra-love, both help each other toward Perfect
Enlightenment.
Mr. Chen then produced three sheets giving answers
to the question, "What are the reasons why the
highest Buddha-position can be attained by the
practice of vajra-love?" These are the answers he
gave to an American Buddhist:
a. When we receive the third initiation (wang), we have
the right to practice vajra-love, and the reason for this is
as follows:
First of all, everything—whether good or evil by
nature—is voidness. Hinayana affirms the voidness of
self but not that of dharmas. In the Lesser Vehicle, the
stress is very much upon the keeping of the precepts
both by the monks and by lay people. Within the
monastic discipline of this vehicle, a man neither
touches nor even looks upon a woman.
In the Mahayana, it is known that all dharmas are void
and a lay follower of the Great Way may have contact
with the female sex in the holy service of the Dharma
and to save sentient beings. He may even go to a woman
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