PREFACE

12

Special chapter

The Basic Heavenly Scroll for Transmission of the Secret

Doctrine

This is the sacred Yantra representing the five Buddhas at
the five corners of the universe. Vairocana Buddha or supreme
ruler is in the center, Aksobhya Buddha is in the East- Ratna-
Sambhava Buddha is in the South, Amitabha Buddha is in the
West, and Amogha Siddhi Buddha is in the North. Five armies of
heaven, composed of Deities, saints and Gods, surround the five
Buddhas. The Yantra represents the five branches of all religions
in the universe: The Buddha's Way, the Immortal's Way, the
Saint's Way, the Deity's Way and the Human's Way.

In the past, Buddhist masters have passed this scroll from
hand to hand among themselves over thousands of years. The
Secret sect from the South has used it to transfer the Mind Seal.
In the formal tradition of Cambodian Buddhism, it is only