Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

In hair and nails there are no channels which may be
turned into wisdom-channels. They are dead matter and
so more difficult to transmute into light.
Contrast this to the Patriarch of Koya whose body still
remains intact, having to be shaved every month. If a
yogi meditates in seclusion and has a really high
attainment, then hair will not even grow on his living
body not to speak of still sprouting from a dead one!
The great sramana Kasyapa is still meditating in a cave
near Rajagriha, so should we suppose that a barber
comes regularly to cut his hair? The same applies to
another famous monk, Bhavaviveka. He rejected
Dharmapala's philosophy and, learning some Tantric
ritual, met Guan Yin. He was very doubtful about his
attainment but the great bodhisattva assured him that he
had the highest one possible. Still doubtful in spite of
this, he was told by Guan Yin: "You may go. I give you
this mantra. With it fly to the heavens and put your
problems before Maitreya." "No, No!" he said, "I shall
settle all my problems here." So he is still meditating
but it is doubtful whether he was to worry about shaving
either!
To make this matter clear, Mr. Chen said:
There can be neither physical nor mental remains unless
clinging (upadana) persists. Not more than a thousand
years ago, Marpa, at his end, transmuted his body into
light. He had nine yogic consorts and these, one by one,
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