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eathing practices. This is like primary school pupils<br />

saying that their science of mathematics is the same as<br />

that of high school <strong>and</strong> college, while they have never<br />

even dreamed of the names of differential <strong>and</strong> integral<br />

calculus. How can one thus comprehend Einstein's<br />

Theory of Relativity (which was inspired by the<br />

non-absoluteness of Buddhism)? Good readers, if you<br />

are still a Hinayana believer, please open your mind to<br />

learn more Tantric doctrines. It will not harm you,<br />

though it may be very difficult for you to glean benefits<br />

from it.<br />

b. The Holy Channels. The way the wisdom-energies<br />

pass through the body is by way of the psychic channels,<br />

which are appropriate vessels (just as lioness's milk<br />

should be kept in a precious bottle, not in one of inferior<br />

quality). All the holy channels belong to Buddhahood.<br />

The most important among them, the median channel,<br />

represents the Dharmakaya. The two major channels on<br />

the left <strong>and</strong> right sides, along with the seven main<br />

wheels along the median channel, pertain to the<br />

Sambhogakaya; <strong>and</strong> the small channels pervading the<br />

whole body partake of Sambhogakaya yet produce<br />

Nirmanakaya. There are twelve wheels in the four limbs,<br />

thirty in the fingers, thirty in the toes, <strong>and</strong> 72,000 fine<br />

channels under the skin.<br />

Besides the five energies, which pass through the<br />

various channels, there are four groups of dharmas<br />

contained in the channels. Outwardly, the channels<br />

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