Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

As to the ritual of this initiation, what occurs is that
during the act of vajra-love, the holy light appears
between the vajra and the lotus (the male and female
reproductive organs). At that time it should be observed
and explained. If the third initiation practice is not
accomplished, then the experience of the Dharmakaya
initiation, witnessing the holy light, cannot arise.
However, if this were the only way, then the fourth
initiation could never be experienced by bhiksus, as
they do not use a noble consort. For them there is
another way: A bhiksu who has well practiced the first
and second initiation and established his realization of
sunyata, can skip over the third initiation with its dakini
practice and directly meditate on the holy light. This
view is held to by the Nyingmapa, Sakyapa, and
Kagyupa schools, though the Gelugpa say that one must
practice the third before the fourth initiation. We need a
concentrated chapter to discuss the mahamudra special
practices of the fourth initiation.
Here ends the account of the main meditations in all
four initiations of the anuttarayoga Tantra. Now we add
some material on the subsidiary practices.
2. Subsidiary Meditations
We do indeed thank Evans-Wentz for his very valuable
works and the six meditations he describes in
them—though we have only talked about one. Now we
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