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stresses the Buddha transformation, which should be
like Vairocana. When the Buddha-body has been
achieved and if the meditator wants to be a savior,
Samantabhadra will do.
The term "body" has many meanings: the Entity of the
Dharmakaya; the yidam itself (Sambhogakaya); or the
body of the practitioner (Nirmanakaya), whose heart is
bodhicitta. The entity-body pursues the truth of voidness;
while the yidam-body offers characteristics of great
pleasure and supernatural power: all gurus, yidams,
dakinis, and protectors are under his control. Thus the
practice of the fourth form accumulates all the merits of
the previous four forms. (Of course, the word "body"
should never be mistaken in this yoga for the fleshly
one.)
Because the personification of the vajra-body channels
arise from the wisdom vajra, the thirty-six impurities are
not in it. Because the vajra resides in the mandala
(hermitage), there are no objects of attachment to lure it;
because it manifests the Dharmakaya, there is no view
of the physical body as real or any ego-infatuation; as it
teaches gods and men, there is no demon that could
harm it.
Furthermore, when such a personification is achieved by
anyone who is in an entity of tathata, he is always in the
Dharmakaya, and has the characteristics of a guru,
yidam, and so forth. He is in a joyful and perfect
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