¹ This is the Realm wherein the Great Guru Padma Sambhava (here called Urgyan) now reigns.

² ‘Maitreya, the next Bodhic World—Teacher, now bides his time in the Tushita Heavens, where He reigns as King. (See p. 108.)

³ Birth from within a lotus blossom, in the Tushita Heavens, as in the Deva— world, esoterically implies pure birth, that is, birth without entrance into a womb, womb—birth being considered impure.

⁴ That is, the sperm and the o\ um in the impregnated womb.