Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

the Hinayana practices are given; for those with a lesser
degree, the Mahayana meditations on sunyata are the
correct medicine; while for those who have but little
"dust in their eyes" may follow the Vajrayana Path. The
Great Perfection, however, is here and now: continually
and quite naturally one experiences samatha directly
upon this realization, and this is why it is called a "very
immediate doctrine."
If one has not really attained the view of this yoga, one
should not deceive oneself that it is already realized!
Many of the Tibetan Great Perfection books have been
translated into Chinese, but often their teaching has
been mixed with Mahamudra. To disentangle these two
yogas, and to try to give the true idea of the Great
Perfection, I have written a long essay in Chinese.
The above aspect of the Great Perfection is called "Qie
Que (tregchod)" or natural purity, a practice of
non-practice. Since it seems to resemble Mahamudra, it
has actually been confused with it in many books of the
Red Sect in Tibet. It is in fact quite different.
The major difference is that the Great Perfection is not
divided into four steps. The four are all taken together,
as a whole. It is perfect view, perfect view-practice,
perfect view-conduct, and perfect view-fruit. The Great
Perfection is perfect, so that all things seen with it are
also perfect.
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