It is the king of all samadhi. Where does the Buddha that I am contemplating come from? He does not come from somewhere else, and I do not go off to reach him. Whatever feature I turn my attention to thereupon appears. This Buddha is simply mind perceiving mind. Mind is the visualized Buddha that is the object, and likewise mind is the subjective ‘I’ that sees the Buddha. When it perceives the Buddha, mind is not itself aware of mind, nor does it itself perceive mind. When the mind gives rise to thoughts, then there is delusion. When it is free of thoughts, it is Nirvana. On entering samadhi, the sincere practitioner is able to perceive all the Buddhas of the present age in all the Ten Directions standing directly in front of him. As many stars as a person with keen eyesight can see on a clear night – that is how many Buddhas he sees!
