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Meditating on the Buddha merit field is an excellent way of practicing guru devotion. The practitioner begins by considering their root guru as the absolute guru – the Dharmakaya – the unity of all the buddhas’ holy minds. A painting of the merit field is visualized, with the root guru sitting in the center of the sky (see here). He manifests as Shakyamuni Buddha, who is called Tubwang; and as as Vajradhara, the buddha at the heart of Tubwang. Vajradhara is the embodiment of all the gurus.

Now one being is visualized: the lama, the guru, one aspect. This is the absolute guru, who manifests as a conventional guru to guide a person to enlightenment. The guru is also visualized as all the lineage lamas, who send their blessings.

Visualized on the right side of the picture is Maitreya Buddha, the buddha of loving kindness (see Chapter 9) and all his lineage lamas and disciples. On the left, Manjushri, the Buddha of wisdom, is visualized, with all his lineage lamas and disciples.

By manifesting thus, the guru guides the practitioner from one happiness to another happiness and ultimately to enlightenment. Now s/he thinks:

My guru also appears as all the lineage lamas of the old Kadampa traditions, which start with Lama Atisha* to guide me from happiness to happiness to enlightenment.

Then my guru appears as all the lineage lamas of the new Kadampa traditions, including Tsongkhapa, to guide me from happiness to happiness to enlightenment.

My guru manifests as the direct gurus surrounding Shakyamuni Buddha/Vajradhara, and as the tantric deities Highest Yoga tantra, Yoga tantra, Charya tantra, and Kriya tantra to guide me from happiness to happiness to enlightenment.

My guru manifests as the 1,000 buddhas of this fortunate eon, including the thirty-five Confession buddhas and the Medicine buddhas to guide me from happiness to happiness to enlightenment.

My guru also appears as the bodhisattvas like the sixteen arhats, dakas (the male equivalent of dakinis), dakinis (fairy maidens), and Dharma protectors, to guide me from happiness to happiness to enlightenment.

The Buddha merit field is the visualization of a skyful of buddhas and lamas, with one’s root guru at the center.