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Ever creative, all appearances arise from it and fall away into it, always remaining part of it. The
Clear Light is the vast expanse nonconceptual awareness. It is nondual, uncompounded,
unchanging, and everlasting. The Hevajra Tantra uses the equivalent terms Wisdom (Jñāna), the
Innate (Sahaja), Essence (Tattva), and Intrinsic Self-Existence (Svarūpa/Svabhāva). To attain
union with the Clear Light is to attain the essence of enlightenment.
The Bindus
The Clear Light is composed of bindus (lit. drop or point). A bindu is a droplet of ultimate reality
– pure, pristine awareness. Bindus have a brilliant, iridescent color of red or white, are hot or
buoyant, blissful, and possess the nature of ultimate reality. They are shimmering, bright
spherical lights, sparkling with infinite potency. Of diamond-like radiance, they are the eternal,
indivisible vital Essence of reality, pure pristine consciousness. Beyond conceptuality, bindus are
infinite wisdom, love, and creativity. They are also called bodhicitta or Essence (Tattva). Bindus
are the seeds of the Great Bliss. They know you and love you, and have the power to utterly
transform and empower you. Bindus are pure, creative potential. They are the source from which
all life energies arise. The Mahāmudrā Tilaka Tantra (The Essence of Nondual Awareness
Tantra) describes these bindus as indestructible, which demonstrates that Tantric philosophy lies
beyond the teachings of the Middle Way, and as creative, which demonstrates that its philosophy
lies beyond the teachings of Buddha Essence.
The Bi-Gendered Nature of Ultimate Reality
Bindus can be female (red) or male (white). Since bindus are identical to the nature of the Clear
Light, ultimate reality is bi-gendered. This bi-gendered nature of ultimate reality is
indestructible. And ultimate reality simultaneously transcends gender as it transcends all
conceptual limitations. The essential qualities of these female and male aspects of ultimate
reality are described in the Hevajra Tantra. Of the female essence, Lady (Bhagavatī) Wisdom, it
is written: 1) She gives birth to the universe by means of Great Bliss, 2) She reveals the diverse
distinctions between relative and absolute reality, 3) She delights with the supreme bliss, 4) She
possesses the supreme enlightened qualities, 5) She is very fickle – for, as Kriṣṇācārya points
out, “Novices are unable to stabilize her, ” and 6) She is untouchable - so profound that, as
Kriṣṇācārya explains, “She is outside the realm of the senses.” Similarly, the male essence, “the
Lord” (Bhagavān), posesses the Six Auspicious Qualities (Ṣaḍ Bhagāni): 1) Lordliness, 2)
Abundance, 3) Grace, 4) Excellence, 5) Splendor, and 6) Meaningful Activity.
When red and white bindus unite to form a tetrahedron called Evaṃ, the love and erotic bliss
released produces all the worlds as pure and perfect emanations. All appearances are a result of
their erotic union, and are pure and delightful. When these bindus are separated through karmic
stains, appearances arise in a distorted fashion that is experienced as suffering. You possess two
principal bindus in your body, called the Root White Bindu and Root Red Bindu. From these,
vital energy pours out, forming first your subtle body and then your physical body. The Root Red
Bindu resides at the navel cakra (Nirmāṇa Cakra). The Root White Bindu resides at the forehead
cakra (Mahāsukha Cakra). These two bindus love and yearn for each other. The red bindus of the
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