Four complete purities
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Four complete purities; A Tantric practice is one that possesses the four complete purities:
(1) complete purity of place – the environment is seen as the mandala of the Deity;
(2) complete purity of body – ordinary appearance of the body is prevented and the practitioner imagines that he or she possesses the body of a Deity;
(3) complete purity of enjoyments – sense enjoyments are transformed into offerings to the Deity; and
(4) complete purity of deeds – the practitioner regards all his or her actions as the actions of the Deity.
