The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c9.s3.19
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c9.s3.19
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The above incidentally shows what part is played by Rājayoga and Haṭhayoga in the process for the realisation of the deity. It shows also that the Tantra begins where Yoga ends. Therefore, the worshippers of the deity must first be adepts in Yoga before they make an attempt to follow the more advanced science of the Tantra which obviously, is not meant for ordinary people. The conception of godhead in Buddhist as well as in the Hindu Tantra is thus philosophically most profound.