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This mutuality of kaji is also expressed in Kûkai's phrase, nyûga ganyû (“[Buddha] entering into me, and I entering [into Buddha]”).

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At this summit hosshin seppô is revealed and one attains sokushinjôbutsu through the micro-macro-cosmic correlativity of the three mysteries and through kaji.

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In this state called “secret” or “mysterious samadhi” (himitsu sanmaji) or “secret meditation” (himitsu zen), with the help of kaji, the integration between man's “three acts” and Buddha's “three mysteries” is realized, and Buddha “enters me and I enter” Buddha.

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The closer one is to the center, the stronger one feels the pull of kaji drawing one up towards the central summit.

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One could then also say that kaji expresses the mutuality and coherence or co-responding that obtains between the two major concepts characterizing esoteric Buddhism for Kûkai: hosshin seppô and sokushinjôbutsu, as two ways of conceiving from different angles the same interrelationality of the cosmos in its mantric and mandalic expressions.

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This is expressed in Sokushinjôbutsugi, ch. 5, in Kûkai's notion of kaji (Skrt: adhisthâna), which has been variously translated as

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Through the help of Dainichi's compassionate con-descension or kaji (more on this in a later section), the practitioner is enabled to inter-resonate with the sermon of the cosmos.

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On the basis of kaji, which we discussed above, the three mysteries of the hosshin and the three corresponding forms of activities of sentient beings inter-permeate.

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But one must keep in mind that kaji in itself is not necessarilly enlightenment because the empowerment is in proportion to the level of spirituality attained by the practitioner.

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This mutuality is expressed in the meanings of the two characters that make up kaji: Ka, literally meaning “adding” or “increasing,” is explained to be the Buddha's compassion that pours down upon, entering into, the practitioner's mind (shin) like sunrays on water.

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