KoboDaishiKukaiactivelypracticedesotericBuddhism,thefourmeasurelessheartsofbenevolence,compassion,rejoicingandfreedom,aswellasthesixparamitasandmyriadpractices,andfinallyheleftanincorruptiblebody.TheincorruptiblebodyisaproofofhisBuddhistachievementandismorevividandcrediblethanemptytalkings.
Modernpeopleacceptwesternscience,andhavegraduallytakenthepathofmaterialpositivism,thusBuddhistandesotericBuddhistresearchesseemverystrange,andtheimpactsofspiritarenearlyignoredcompletely.However,spiritualfactorisveryimportantinBuddhistpractice.Whilespiritualapproachesareneverinvolvedintheirresearchoronlylimitedtolanguageanalysisanddiscourses.Westernscienceisnotperfect,theperfectscienceorphilosophyisBuddhistdharma,whichcombinesideallytherationaloutlooksofbothmaterialismandidealism,thusembodiesthetruthofholo-information.
Theuniversecanbedividedintoconcreteuniverseandemptyuniverse,namelymaterialandspiritualones,they’reaunitedwholeandcannotbeseparated.Theconcreteuniverseisthesocalled“thevisible”inBuddhism,emptyuniverseisthespiritsofBuddhasandbodhisattvas.Allthesocalled“supernatural”phenomenaallhappenedinthecriticalstatebetweenconcreteuniverseandemptyuniverse.Divinepowersarethelatentabilitiesorpotentialsofalllivingbeings.TheyogapracticeofTri-guhyaissimilartotheprocessthatcarbonatomschangefromdisorderedarrangementintoorderedarrangement.AllBuddhistpracticesarecontinuousexchangesofspiritualenergieswiththeexternalenvironment.
Theholo-meaningofpreceptsistoguaranteethepracticertoabsorbpositivespiritualenergiesceaselessly.