Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

We should judge in this matter according to knowledge
and doctrine rather than by birth, etc. If we rely only on
archaeology to solve this question, then it is a problem
concerning history but not religion.
Did not the Buddha give the example of a man wounded
by an arrow? A wise man when wounded does not ask
whether it came from the East or from the West, or what
sort of arrow it is, he only wants to get rid of it. The
thing is first to get the arrow out, the arrow of all our
troubles.
If there is some difference in this matter—let it be, I
cannot decide.
2. What are the interrelations between the four
initiations and the four yogas? Are the four
initiations practiced separately for the Maha-, Anuand
Ati-yogas?
There are four initiations in anuttarayoga but not in the
other three lower yogas. The latter, practiced in the
Eastern Vajrayana tradition, have initiations similar to
the five small initiations given in the first initiation of
anuttarayoga. The difference is that the former are
concerned with the five Buddhas in the peaceful dhyana
mudra whereas the latter have different subjects (holy
water, vajra, crown, bell, and name). The former never
have Buddhas in heruka-form.
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