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f. Caused by conditions of samatha and samapatti.
g. Caused by various false views and doubts.
h. Caused by pride in one's progress and the delusion
that one has attained nirvana.
i. Caused by the temptation to be content with the lower
Hinayana nirvana instead of going on to
bodhisattvahood.
j. Caused by the true realization of Buddhahood.
2. Lights. There are insights which appear as light, and
there are many degrees of it. These different kinds,
though referred to here and there, have not been detailed
in any one book. The lights of false realization differ
from the light of the Dharmakaya in the following ways:
a. A subject sees the light dualistically, as an object.
Seeing the Dharmakaya light is a non-dual experience.
b. The false light is limited in area; perhaps seen just in
front of the eye, in one room, filling a whole building.
The Dharmakaya light is unlimited.
c. The false light is dull in color. See "The Tibetan Book
of the Dead," where visions of dull colors are said to
lead only to rebirth in the six realms (of gods, asuras,
humans, animals, hungry ghosts, and hell-beings).
d. Void Nature. Even though light is seen like the
autumn sky, clear and cloudless, still it is truly the
Dharmakaya only if seen after full accomplishment of
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