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mischievously. He went on:
In Chan, there is a correspondence with the fifth poison,
that of doubt. The common poison of doubt relates to
worldly matters, while the Great Doubt cultivated in
practice with a Hua Tou only concerns the truth itself
and does not concern anything else. From Great Doubt
upon the truth, one gains some realization (see Ch. XV).
Thus we have a connection here with another question:
4. What is the significance of Great Pride, Great
Lust, etc.? Have these been explained in the
Vajrayana chapters as promised? (See Ch. X, Part
Two, E.)
Having already given the meaning of one of these
characteristics of Buddhahood, we should now define
the other four. But first, what is the sense of this
connection of the word "Great"?
a. One's faith in the Tantra must be great and so must be
the will to gain Enlightenment. One has great faith in
the Tantric methods of transmuting the five poisons in
this very life, while one's great vow to save all beings
ultimately as a Buddha is the Great Will. Because of
these two, we speak of "Great."
b. The poisons have passed through the purification of
Hinayana doctrine and so are no longer human poisons,
not small and limited, but "Great."
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