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the mouth, as perspiration through the pores of the skin,<br />

<strong>and</strong> as urine through the urethra. These are called the<br />

"four leaks of the body."<br />

The four leaks of the mind. During vajra-love, if a mind<br />

arises dominated by human love, then this is the first<br />

mind-leak. Not only does a thought of human love<br />

constitute a leak, but also the slightest lustful craving<br />

(trsna). Third, if avidya (ignorance) rules the mind, this<br />

is a leak. Lastly, if false views condition one's ways of<br />

thinking, this is a serious leak of the mind.<br />

How can one accomplish meditation so successfully that<br />

these four leaks cannot occur? It seems almost<br />

impossible! It means that first one must have attained<br />

success in sunyata meditations. If there is no sunyata<br />

attainment, then these four, in particular, very easily<br />

leak. A Kargyupa treatise discusses these a little, <strong>and</strong> on<br />

this subject it is better than the Ngag-rim, but it was not<br />

my fortune to see the former before I began the third<br />

initiation practices.<br />

Four leaks remain <strong>and</strong> these concern energy <strong>and</strong>,<br />

therefore, speech. In Tantric philosophy, speech always<br />

corresponds to breath <strong>and</strong> inner energy mixed.<br />

Mr. Chen now described the five kinds of inner<br />

energy (prana) <strong>and</strong> their four leakages:<br />

Upward-moving energy: If one talks of love with a<br />

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