TANTRIC BUDDHISM (INCLUDING CHINA AND JAPAN)And thus it has been said by the Lord:
"Lalanii has the nature of Wisdom and Rasanii consists in the Means,
and Avadhiitl is in the middle, free from the notions of subject and
object" (HVT I.i.l4 ).
The avadhiifi which is found in the middle between the lalanii and
the rasanii is no other than the Dharma-Seal, the sole movement of
mind in which all things are comprehended and which has the nature of
the Simultaneously-arisen; (and it is) the cause of the Great Seal due to
its non-difference (therefrom).
The setting-forth of the Dharma-Seal, the fruit of maturation
(vipakaphala)^131 , is the second.
"It is great and it is a Seal" - hence it is called the Great Seal. The
Great Seal is without own-nature, is free from the hindrance of objects
of knowledge etc., is similar to the clear mid-day sky of autumn, is the
basis of all blessings, combining in one nature sarpsara and nirvai)a, its
body is Compassion without support, its one form is Great Bliss. And
thus (it is said):
"Elements-of-existence not produced by intellection are wholesome,
those produced by intellection are unwholesome".
And in the Pravacana (it is said):
"Who has not a single mental image formed by discursive thought,
whose intellect is not founded (on any idea), without recollection,
without anything formed in the mind, without support - obeisance to
thee!"
That of which this is said, is called the Great Seal. By means of that
Great Seal, whose form cannot be conceived, the fruit which is called
Convention-Seal is born. The setting-forth of the Great Seal, (the fruit
of) purity^132 • That is said to be the Convention-Seal which is a flashing-
forth (visphurai)am) for the good of living beings of Vajradhara in the
form of Heruka, an immaculate form which has the nature of the Body
of Enjoyment as well as of Illusion ......
The setting-forth of the Convention-Seal, the result of heroic deed
(puru~akara)^133 , is the fourth.Finally, I quote a passage from FBT (p. 321):
"In explanation of the "Action Seal" and the "Knowledge Seal" with
which one enters union - by reason of acts (karma) of former lives, one
flings himself on the body of a woman, and there realizes, hence "the
Action Seal"; and such actions as the mutual embrace with limbs do not
require any contemplation by oneself-only the seal itself (or herself)
is necessary, hence "the Action Seal". Nowadays, the general explana-
tion of the expression 'renowned Knowledge Seal' is as follows: one