Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

and satisfy her desires (providing he is not also a bhiksu)
as a skillful means to save her. The Lord Gautama, in
one of his past lives as a bodhisattva, used this method
(see Ch. X, Part One, B, 2, a). Then, finally, in the
Vajrayana there is a canonical discourse called the
"Great Pleasure Vajra Sutra." It says that as everything
is empty, worldly love also possesses the nature of
sunyata. Whatever is sunyata, that also is pure.
Everything is therefore pure, and everything includes
desire or love, so this is also quite pure.
This is the reason according to the doctrine of sunyata.
b. Enlightenment is attained by the highest wisdom,
which penetrates the lowest lust and subdues it. Nothing
should be left outside this wisdom. If there remains
something which cannot be subdued by wisdom, then
this wisdom is not the final, perfect one.
c. The negative method of destroying lust is by
following the way of lust and using it to destroy itself.
For instance, when we see a robber, we should follow
after him to seize him. If we want to get a tiger-cub, we
must go to the tiger's cave. When we are poisoned, there
are medicines which are themselves poison but are used
as effective antidotes. As another instance, when we fall
down we should take advantage of the support offered
by the same earth to get up.
It is through lust that we acquire a human body. When
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