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c. Because of sublimation in sunyata, the poisons have
become "Great." While the latter are in the consequence
position, still they have some affinity with human
poisons.
d. One who practices these doctrines has passed through
sublimation by sunyata and transmuted the condition of
sunyata into bodhicitta. Such a yogi wishes to increase
his power to save others, and as his bodhicitta becomes
great, thus connecting him with the wisdom-heart of
others, so these Poisons have in him also become
"Great."
e. The methods of the Vajrayana are in the position of
consequence of Buddhahood and are therefore Great
Methods; so the poisons are "Great."
These points above all refer to our philosophy; now we
should talk about the poisons separately and from the
point of view of practice.
1. Great Lust
a. Why is it so called? The pleasure arising from the
identification of the four blisses and the four voidnesses
is sixteenfold, compared with that of ordinary sexual
intercourse, so this is proof that it is "Great."
b. All Great Lust is well-accompanied by the four
sunyatas, so it is "Great." Such things are never heard of
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