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The Wisdom-Buddha's body in the Pure L<strong>and</strong> may be<br />

invited into the samaya Buddha-body of the meditator,<br />

while the visualized incarnate Buddha-body may be sent<br />

to the Pure L<strong>and</strong>. The wisdom-m<strong>and</strong>ala may be invited<br />

into the visualized m<strong>and</strong>ala. These feats have been<br />

performed by many accomplished gurus on the<br />

occasions of initiations. All events <strong>and</strong> acts—whether<br />

broad or narrow, hidden or manifested, present or future,<br />

involving subject or object, form or voice, merit or<br />

demerit—take place simultaneously with all the others<br />

at all times. This "Evolutional Yoga" evolves mystically<br />

from the nature of sunyata <strong>and</strong> is shown with the<br />

conditions of sunyata. It is not like common things,<br />

some of which grow in arithmetic progression <strong>and</strong> some<br />

in geometric progression; it evolves in a philosophical<br />

<strong>and</strong> mystical progression. Whether or not one is able to<br />

practice it, one has to try in this way when following<br />

this stage of the path.<br />

The evolutionary practice described above stresses<br />

visualization, for which the philosophical motive is the<br />

six-element yoga, yet right view is also important. The<br />

other five elements are only thought of, not worked on<br />

by the meditator. In order to have many "irons in the<br />

fire" of visualization meditation, the five material<br />

elements should balance right view (or the ninth<br />

consciousness) <strong>and</strong> be included in all the steps <strong>and</strong><br />

practices of anuttarayoga.<br />

Hence the qualities of the five energies, their manner of<br />

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