Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

made unnatural, and one only brings oneself trouble.
Such talk may be found also in Hindu yoga but readers
must realize that there is a difference. In
Buddha-dharma, there is the central "furnace" of
sunyata sublimation, following Hinayana purification
and coming before the Vajrayana function. There can be
no talk of "Great" or "Higher Selves," as in Hinduism. If
one has not passed through the Mahayana, talk "about"
Great Perfection or talk among non-Buddhists must
necessarily be untrue, lacking the base upon which it
must stand—sunyata. Although certain non-Buddhists'
words concerning yogas may appear the same, they
have a different meaning, since only in Buddhadharma
do we find the sublimation process in voidness taught.
Once again, the great importance of the sunyata
meditations become apparent in their central position in
Buddhist mind-training. (See the two diagrams in Ch. X,
Part Two.)
2. Torga (Thodgal) Instruction
Another aspect of the Great Perfection is also quite
different from Mahamudra: Torga, or the Excellent
Transcendental. This utilizes the Holy Light to make the
body become light, like a rainbow. Torga is among the
highest instructions and usually it is not imparted to
common persons. However, to show the reader that I
will not keep matters concealed, I give an outline of this
technique. It is a teaching for which even many
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