Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

meditation, and every action in the dream should be that
of a Buddha. In this way, every thing, person, and place
is transformed into those of Buddhahood.
17. At Death
When dying, one should practice the holy light of the
Dharmakaya.
18. Preventing Low Rebirth
There are four methods to prevent birth in the four kinds
of ordinary states of living beings:
a. To prevent birth in moisture, like a fish or worm, one
should visualize the word Bang arising from sunyata.
b. To prevent birth in a viviparous body, like that of a
mammal, one should practice visualizing a lotus in the
heart.
c. To prevent birth in a metamorphic body, such as that
of a moth, a deva, or a hell-dweller, one should
visualize a moon on the lotus in the heart.
d. To prevent birth in a body such as that of a bird. One
visualizes a bija A on the moon, representing sunyata.
In this way, there is no chance of being reborn in a
physical body.
Just as a needle should be sharp only on one end, with a
hole in the other end, so one who cherishes his physical
body must forsake the Buddha-body. One who seeks the
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