Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

concrete (see Ch. X, Parts One & Two), but the final
realization is still very far away. In esoteric Buddhism,
however, there are many powerful methods in the
position of consequence. These, by the grace of the guru,
show one very exactly an outline of the Enlightened
Entity. Even if it is not perfect, still it fills the entire
Dharmadhatu.
"Concentration" as used in a Mahamudra text, means on
this Enlightened Entity, not upon breathing or
non-breathing objects. We have to remember that even
at the beginning, Mahamudra is not a simple samatha
but begins with the identification of samatha and
samapatti. Therefore, if the division is made into two (as
though the first were samatha and the second samapatti),
then the teaching is exoteric, where samatha and
samapatti are always distinguished, and not Mahamudra
at all.
If one cannot obtain the Enlightened Entity, then be
diligent in prayer and meditation and humbly serve
one's teacher. Two things are necessary to obtain this
teaching: first, the guru must be enlightened; and second,
the disciple must do everything to please him.
3. Yoga of Renouncing False Theory
a. Doctrine. In Tibetan Yoga this yoga is at paragraph
77 entitled "the Yoga of the Uncreated," but this is not
the exact meaning; it should be understood as we
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