Visualizing Forms

Translucence

Amitabha Buddha

Chenrezig Mahabodhisattva

Medicine Buddha

Vajrasattva Buddha

Manjushri Mahabodhisattva

Feel free to select any images of Buddha, Mahabodhisattva, or Bodhisattva as your object of visualization. Make sure you turn the images into translucent forms while visualizing on your mind.

Luminosity

As you progress from stages 1-4 to stage 5, the translucent form turns into transparent form, similar to the form of a water bubble but not quite. The no-form cannot be depicted with any picture because it entails the dissolving of all universes into emptiness yet the clear essence (though invisible) remains.

Example illustration of a bubble