Paths and Grounds of Guhyasamaja Tantra

Why one must enter Highest Yoga Tantra


Question:  Why must one enter Highest Yoga Tantra?

Arya Nagarjuna:  The reason why one MUST enter the path of Highest Yoga Tantra in order
to achieve the State of a Buddha is that until the instincts of the misconception of the dualistic
appearance of the states of Appearance, Increase, and Near-attainment have been removed
forever one will not achieve Buddhahood.

The way to purify those instincts of the misconception of dualistic appearance forever so that
they do not arise again is to meditate on the direct realization of Emptiness by the spontaneously
generated Great Bliss.  Such a realization is found only in the Highest Yoga Tantra Vehicle
but not in other vehicles.  Until one actualizes the Meaning Clear Light that integrates Bliss
and Emptiness and meditates on it, the obstructions to omniscient knowledge cannot be
abandoned completely and therefore the Truth Body will not be attained.  Similarly until
the Illusory Body has been accomplished from the Winds and Mind purified by the
Meaning Clear Light, the Form Body will not be achieved.  Therefore, integrating
Bliss and Emptiness and accomplishing an Illusory Body are the exclusive causes of
the "Similar-type" required for the Truth and Form Bodies respectively, and are
the innermost essence of the Highest Yoga Tantra.


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