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e made to endure throughout one's lifetime without a
single second of disappearing. This is firmness, the
second condition. The firmness should be maintained in
all parts of the mandala, and in all activities (not only in
meditation). It may be compared to a wooden image
engraved with a knife: the deeper it is engraved, the
more prominent are the lines.
3. The Holy Pride of Buddhahood
When one has a human body, formed by past evil karma,
one considers oneself to be just a common person. In
Christianity, as a Catholic priest told me, even Jesus had
human nature, but in Tantric Buddhism, human nature is
forbidden to appear. It is for this reason that one keeps
the Buddha's Pride instead of human nature. Human
nature is a seed in the field of the eighth consciousness,
supported and nourished by one's own egotism.
However, if sunyata meditations are practiced diligently
and the Buddha-body visualizations gradually increased,
the Holy Pride of Buddhahood will eventually be
accomplished. One should think of oneself as initiated
and dignified by the wisdom of the yidam. All actions
of one's body, speech, and mind are actions like those of
the Buddha who is one's yidam. One should offer peace
where there is war; food where there is hunger; drink
where there is thirst. When meeting anger, pacify it;
grant requests; answer inquiries; cure patients; convert
non-Buddhists; advise sinners; and so on. If a lustful
thought arises, one should think, "Would a Buddha still
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