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First Scrutiny

Part Two: Completion

ONE: FIRST SCRUTINY

Emerging from the Dharma-Cloud of the Tathagatas, Mahasiddha Acintapa realized he was back in his manomakaya-body once again as he moved forward down a long and seemingly endless bridge made of crystalline light. Soon though he encountered a hooded-figure with an imageless-face who addressed him in the following manner: read more

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Riding the Wave

FOUR: RIDING THE WAVE 

Enraptured in deep samādhis during the revelatory action of the Lord’s discourse within the resplendent spiritual plane of Sambhogakāya, Acintapa the Mahasiddha was abruptly roused from his reverie when the Blessed Vajradhara extracted him, like a tiny insect, from the pore of his luminous skin. Mahasiddha Acintapa’s manomakaya-body then expanded to the same relative-size of the Five Dhyanī Buddha’s Maṇḍala and gradually came to rest above and parallel to this shining ideation of the Tathagatas. His form then began to vibrate at an incredible rate as it slowly descended to merge with the Maṇḍala.  read more

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The Descent of Adi-Buddha Samantabhadra

The Tathāgatagarbhatārā Tantra

Verily, I take refuge in the Buddha, for imageless is the Tathagata—who cannot be seen by mortal eyes…  read more

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