The actual practice of generation stage > Bringing the three bodies into the path > Bringing the intermediate state into the path to the Enjoyment Body Flashcards
Definition:
A yoga, similar in aspect to the experience of the intermediate state, that is attained after bringing death into the path to the Truth Body, and that has the divine pride of being the Enjoyment Body.
What should we think after meditating for a while on the divine pride that thinks, ‘I am Truth Body Heruka’:
‘If I remain in this state, living beings will not be able to see me and so I will not be able to help them directly. Therefore I will arise in a Form Body for the benefit of all living beings.’
From where does the illusory body arise for completion stage practitioners?
Out of the realization of the mind of clear light.
From where does the Enjoyment Body arise?
Out of the clear light of the Truth Body.
We imagine that we arise out of the clear light of the Truth Body as Enjoyment Body Heruka.
What form does the Enjoyment Body take?
A tiny nada suspended in space.
What do the three curves of the nada represent?
The body, speech and mind of the intermediate state being.
It is not necessary to focus on the aspect of the nada; rather we should emphasize developing divine pride, thinking: ‘I have purified the body, speech and mind of the intermediate state. Now I am Enjoyment Body Heruka.’
What is transformed in this meditation?
We can transform our experience of the intermediate state into the experience of the illusory body, the quick path to the Enjoyment Body of a Buddha.
What is the function of this meditation?
- it indirectly purifies ordinary intermeditate state
- causes the completion stage realization of illusory body to ripen
- sows in our mind a powerful potential to attain the actual Enjoyment Body of a Buddha.
