Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

general vision of the Dharmakaya is like an edgeless
sphere full of pure, holy, serene, and victorious
significance. It has a luminous light in which neither the
idea of self nor the idea of the existence of one's own
physical body exists. Nevertheless, it embraces
everyone, good or bad, in heaven or in hell, during all
periods of time. Thus everyone always shares it, though
they are not all aware of it. This is the "head" of the
connection between the first and the second forms.
The ritual stresses the presence of a Buddha who sees
the disciple absorbed in a stable samadhi of the original
mind, unaware of the Buddha, who loudly calls him to
awaken. However, a disciple who is not thoroughly
absorbed in samadhi will be unable to detect the
merciful calling. Nevertheless, as it is a method leading
one towards attainment of consequence, and hence one
should practice it with diligence. One who has
developed bodhicitta in this or in past lives may
recollect the original mind in samadhi. One will also
visualize bodhicitta—the second form—as a full moon
about eight inches in diameter. This completes the
connection between the first and the second forms.
Bodhicitta consists of two great elements. One is the
wisdom derived from the truth of Dharmakaya
(contained in the first form). The other is the great
compassion which one should develop during the time
of the second form in meditation.
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