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English version: The 'Gāgya Eighteen Assemblies,' whether four thousand verses, five thousand verses, or seven thousand verses, all together amount to one hundred thousand verses. It possesses the five families and the four kinds of Mandala, four Mudras (hand gestures or seals), and contains thirty-seven deities. Each family contains thirty-seven deities, and even each deity transforms into thirty-seven deities. It also possesses the four Mandalas and four Mudras, interpenetrating each other, like the light of the jewels in Indra's net, reflecting and infinitely extending. If a practitioner is skilled in understanding the great meaning within this Yoga, they are like Vairocana (the Illuminating Buddha), with each body part, each pore, each characteristic, each minor mark, each accumulation of merit, each accumulation of wisdom, abiding in the fruition, expounding the Buddha-dharma within Yoga that is not shared with the Two Vehicles (Śrāvakayāna and Pratyekabuddhayāna), proclaiming the Mandala Samaya (vow) Dharma gate activities, whose measure is like space. Those who attain realization, as described above, each have their distinct roles, not mixed up, perfectly realizing the four bodies, namely the Svabhavikakaya (Essence Body), Sambhogakaya (Enjoyment Body), Nirmanakaya (Emanation Body), and Nisyandakaya (Continuance Body), capable of immediately benefiting and bringing happiness to all sentient beings, all Bodhisattvas, Śrāvakas, Pratyekabuddhas, and all non-Buddhists. This is called the Yoga Vajrayana teachings. 'A Guide to the Eighteen Assemblies of the Vajrasekhara Yoga Tantra' One fascicle of 'A Guide to the Vajrasekhara Yoga' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------