Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

love for the dakini and be protected by her. Finally, life
itself is discarded, everything, and through completely
realized voidness one enters the bosom of the
Dharmakaya, where one is protected from everything
and where no demon can possibly do one any harm. All
these conditions are very important.
d. Vajrayana Practice. One should have learned enough
of the methods of the Vajrayana in the position of
consequence of Buddhahood. Even demons that are
extremely hard to subdue will then be vanquished as the
accounts of Padmasambhava relate.
C. False Realizations
1. General Insights. False realizations of insight are
caused by the first nine of the following ten factors; the
tenth is not false realization. They are:
a. Caused by the five skandhas.
Mr. Chen gave the example of a meditator's vision
which instead of being the yidam was only the
product of imagination.
b. Caused by the distresses and delusions of daily living.
c. Caused by sickness or duhkha, but appearing to be
insights into the Four Noble Truths.
d. Caused by the influence of karma.
e. Caused by Mara, the demonic king, and his forces.
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